On Sunday it was supposed to start pouring rain mid-afternoon and not let up until morning. To get off the boat while we could we had brunch back on StSI then headed for the grocery to grab some supplies.
On the way back to the boat we got some cheap chinese takeout. On the wall of the restaurant they have several framed articles and pictures about their oldest son going to Harvard. Every other time we have been in this place another son is sitting at a table below doing his homework, or tutoring someone else. This time he was moving some boxes back to the kitchen, but then started on his homework. No pressure.
We got back to the boat and closed ourselves down below just as it started sprinkling. As we were watching a movie it slowly transitioned to a downpour. Heather likes the sound of rain on the boat, especially for sleeping.
In the morning it was still rain alternating with mist, but we headed back down to Jax because I needed to visit an office that was only open during bankers hours. To make it a day we also visited REI (wool socks for slippers), Costco (Tupperware type stuff), and Ikea (organizing and storage supplies). Heather also needed some supplies for her keto diet that were not available in Brunswick. We had dinner at one of those make your own pizza in five minutes places and rolled back to Brunswick.
You don't go to the bathroom on a boat unless you have to (how's that for a transition?). Usually I will at least once a night make the long walk up to the clubhouse. Soon after we arrived in Brunswick I was sleepily shuffling up the dock in the middle of the night when on the ramp I saw something big moving toward me. I very nearly dumped on the dock what I had intended to do ashore. It was a very big bird that apparently believes that after hours the dock is his. I would have sworn he was over four feet tall, but he was on the ramp above me when I first saw him. We creatively named him Big Bird.
I finally got a picture of him. He doesn't look as big in the picture but I'm looking down at him here. For reference, the post to his right is more than a foot wide. In my defense, there aren't a lot of birds this size in Arizona, especially on the way to the bathroom.
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