Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Taste of Grape

We went to a wine tasting party last night....had a GREAT time and met more great cruisers.  We hesitated about going as it wasn't supposed to start until 7pm., which is approaching bed time for us, jeesh are we lame or what!!  I was talking to the gal from Blew Moon (the boat that saved our dinghy) in the laundry and she encouraged us to go. They had been last year and said it was a great time, everyone brings a bottle and some finger food. Of course I knew that anyone who liked wine would be great fun!!  Gary took his cooler of Busch and off we went, we got there at 6:30 and it was in half swing, by 7 it was in full swing, probably about 50+ people, young and "mature".

We talked to three very interesting couples from N.C., and N.Y., one who had just started this journey like us and the other two, seasoned experts.  The topic of the night was of course, batteries!  That seems to be the main issue for all of us.  We found out in this discussion that although we know our frig is a real problem we didn't know quite how bad, talk about an energy hog.  Now we know.....  We are drawing 16 amps when it runs and most of them only draw 2 or less.  OMG   here we go again.!

We are here for 3 more weeks and then we will head out, barring any unforseen problems.  We hope to go our and anchor a little further south for a few days in the interim.  Although it is great here....we want to experience more variety in our surroundings.  Everyone we talked to last night is only here for a while.  Some will be heading up Florida's west coast, some to the Bahama's.  All will head back north in the spring so we hope to meet up with them again.  Chesapeake Bay sounds like the place to be this summer from all accounts.

Kent & Christine moved into their new house last weekend.  Seems like they are really going to enjoy it.  Sydney already has a new friend in the new "hood"!  

We're supposed to get a big blow tonight and tomorrow, so Jill, I'll try and send pictures of the roiling waters.  Now we are off to more fun in the sun!

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