After listening to the weather this morning, we headed into St. Georges. We needed to do some grocery shopping and place an order with Island Water World. After finishing up at Island Water World, we caught a public 'bus' to the Grand Anse mall. Public transportation is interesting here. A public bus looks very much like a taxi (both of which are minivans), except that they are red. However, one thing to note is that while public buses are always red, taxis can also be red! So, before you get in, you have to make sure what price you will be charged for being transported. Oh, and the other interesting thing is that the taxi and bus drivers all name their vehicles. It can be amusing to see vehicles named Naked and Da Beast driving down the road. Anyway, we wanted to stop there since last week I found bagels at the Food Fair there. We found bagels again, and burrito shells as well!
From the Grand Anse Mall, we walked up to the Spice Island Mall. We had heard that you can find sour cream at the grocery store there. We haven't been able to find sour cream since Puerto Rico. We must have been living right. It looked like the supply boat had just come in! We found everything we wanted, including the sour cream!
Unfortunately, our luck didn't hold all the way to getting back to the boat. As we checked out, we discovered that it was raining! We called a taxi to pick us up and rode back to the marina. Just as we pulled into the driveway, the heavens opened up! By the time we got the dinghy back to the boat we were completely soaked!
After stowing all of the groceries and getting dried off, we set to work. Mike changed out the light switch in the galley while I installed 3 indicator lights on our DC electrical panel.
We had just finished our boat work for the day when Ken on Stormy Petrel called to inquire about a computer problem that a friend of his was having. Right after we got off the radio with Ken, Mike on Mariah called to inquire if he could stop by. We said sure, and he headed over. Reg stopped by, and we showed him our USB hub as well as our null modem cable. We explained the issue we thought he was having and suggested that he borrow our null modem cable to verify it. As Reg was leaving, Mike arrived. He came by to show us the information he had on squall proof wind scoops. While we were talking, Karen from Bahati came by. We had called them right after we got back from the grocery store to let her know that we had picked up some sour cream for her.
Right after everyone left, around 3:30 PM, we started cooking dinner since we were headed to Mariah at 5:00 PM for cocktails.
Cocktails was very fun. Mike and Barbara have a beautiful boat and are very diverse. We spent 4 hours chatting with them about everything under the sun. Unfortunately, we got so wrapped up in our conversation that we lost track of time and missed the International Space Station fly over!
We returned to the boat around 9:00 PM where we had one last drink before going to bed.
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