South Pacific!

Joining us for lunch at the Riverside and South Pacific at the Riverside Theater were Pat and George and Wendy and Bob (our Olympics watching friends). Lunch was very good and the show was SPECTACULAR! We have come to really appreciate musical theater and this show reinforced that fact. 

The actor who played Emile Dubraque was spectacular. He has a powerful voice and brought such emotion to the role that he had tears in his eyes at the conclusion of the song "This Nearly Was Mine." 

It was another great show at the Riverside Theater.

Nimble Cushions Again!

Picked up the cushions for the Nimble. This time the foam is very firm. I put a five prong plug on the trailer to accommodate the brake actuator wire. 

Once again we went to the lounge at 2000 hours to watch the Olympics. Bob and Wendy. We're their when we arrived.

More Olympics!

For the last week or so, we've been gathering in the lounge to watch the Olympics. We were joined there by three other couples. The pair from Annapolis moved on after a couple of days. That left us, Ian and Jan, Scots who live in Canada, and Bob and Wendy from Bainbridge Island, Washington. Ian and Jan are headed north and left a couple of days ago. So now it's just us and Bob and Wendy. They are going to lunch and South Pacific at the Riverside with us and the Henkel's on Wednesday.

We talked to Sandi a couple of times yesterday. She's going through some pretty bad times right now. Anna Marie and I  talked about heading home early to see if we could help. Last night she asked if we could come home. We said yes, but it'll take a week to move the boat and lay it up. We're going to try to get home early next week.

Uh Oh!

Are you up for a bike ride? Sure! We rode to South Beach, had lunch at the South Beach Pizzeria and headed back to  Hummiston Park. On the way, Anna Marie's bike broke. When she pedals, the gears just spin. I'll have to look up how to repair it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

The rain stopped by 0700 but the wind continued to blow strong until late in the evening yesterday. It has become a bit chilly with a high temp that reached only 67 degrees. Today promises to be sunny with a high of 70.

We have big plans today! First on the agenda is a long walk. We started out right after breakfast. Then we went on a date. Lunch was at Subway in the Mall and then we went to see The Monument Men. It is a good story, but the acting was average or below and there was little detail presented. Still, it was enjoyable.

Anna Marie made a delicious Valentine dinner complete with a salad, filet mignon and baked potato. Then it was off to the lounge to watch the Olympics from Sochi, Russia. We brought a Key Lime pie to share with the two other couples who are regulars for the evening Olympic program. By the time we got home, it was bedtime.

Anna Marie and I have celebrated 44 Valentine's Days together. Most have not been very memorable. I think I used to put a lot of energy into the earlier ones, but my efforts to come up with really special celebrations haven't always been on target. I remember a very special one in 2006 when we danced under the moonlight at the Anchor Inn in Key Largo. The music wafted across the waterway from Gilberts. That was special even though our boat was disabled at the time. It was our first trip down the ICW and the transmission in our Atlantic City Catboat blew out. We were stuck at the Anchor Inn until we could make arrangements for repairs. We made the best of a bad situation and had a wonderful time.

I guess you can't make every Valentine's Day special, but you can try. Our celebration today probably fits in that category. We tried to make it special, but ten years from now, I doubt that we'll think of this as one of our better Valentines Day celebrations.  

Returned!

It started raining yesterday and last night we had a storm complete with strong, gusty wind, thunder and lightening, and rain. The rain and wind lasted most of the night.

In the morning, we returned the cushions and told the guy only one of the cushions had the right foam. He said he would put the firmer foam in all of them and that he would call us on Monday when he finished them.

Anna Marie got tickets to the Riverside Theater's production of South Pacific. We're going to the matinee next Wednesday, February 19. Our seats are right next to George's and Pat's.

Cushions!

It has been a little over a week since we took the Nomad's cushions to Golden Eagle. We ordered new fabric and new foam. About mid-day, we received a telephone call telling us the cushions were done. 

We picked them up and made a run to the boat to install them. Although they look good and we are happy with the workmanship, we are not happy with the foam. One cushion is firm, the others not so much.