Friday, November 20, 2009

It was a beautiful sunny morning with temperatures forecast to be in the mid-70’s. Gale mentioned that we should go to MacDonald’s – Maureen was thinking pancakes but Gale was thinking about the internet connection. So, we took our computers to MacD’s and received a complimentary hour of internet service on their network as we enjoyed our breakfast. We left the restaurant a little after 10 am and walked to the gym where Maureen left Gale and continued her walk to the library. She spent the day at the library while Gale went back to the boat after his workout and continued working on his anchor project.

At 5 pm, we walked over to our new friends’ boat, Bodacious, where we met Sandy and the dog, Dudley. Tim arrived about 30 minutes later as he had been held up at the doctor’s office where he had gone for an appointment. We had admired Bodacious at the boatyard in Demopolis when we were out walking. Gale had introduced himself to Tim on a later walk in the yard and learned that Tim and Sandy lived on their boat in Port St. Joe during the winters and kept it in Demopolis during hurricane season. They spend their summers at home in Indiana.

After a couple of cocktails, we climbed into their vehicle and drove to Provisions for a wonderful dinner of red snapper. On the way back, we stopped at Piggly Wiggly to pick up a frozen key lime pie and some lime sherbet for dessert. The pie just didn’t measure up to the Dockside Café’s but we appreciated the sweet treat all the same.