As we had a ton of leftover risotto, Jim made risotto cakes with a poached egg on top for breakfast. Yumo!
We continue to struggle with the last code that needs to be broken in the murder mystery. Jim has been saying that it seems like the website we are now on must be related to a whole diffe…
Still on the dock at Ganges, it was time to head out for an anchorage. One of our favs – Montague Harbor. After a breakfast of pancakes and sausage we head out for the one hour hop. After grabbing a mooring ball, Jim, Margaret and Dave all head off to the park for a walk. Melissa stayed behind t…
Today Dave awoke with a renewed determination to fix all the motors that have been misbehaving. Truth is that motors just don’t like to sit idle. And since Apsaras has been back in Seattle, we’ve not gone on more than a weekend trip. So its not really very surprising that some maintenance is requ…
Melissa awoke determined to solve some more murder game mysteries. We begin to read through all the websites related to the game materials and find a vague reference to morse code. This caused Jim to realize that some of the babble speak was actually morse code! And with Dave’s help (cuz he knows…
We awake to another gorgeous morning at medicine beach. Breakfast was Mexican. Reheated the leftover pulled pork with tomatillo sauce and scrambled some eggs. That along with some small corn tortillas, cheese, and salsa – and voila! Breakfast!
Because yesterday was such a long day under…
We start off early. Melissa was still snoozing when Dave pulled away from the dock. A short while later she hears “thunk” and realizes we hit something. She jumps out of bed, only to find that the gang realized they forgot to return the marina key and we had returned to the dock.
We left …
I awoke early at 6:30am to start blogging. No we haven’t even left yet, but I had to finish up the electrical systems blog post before I could clear my brain to get ready for trip blogging. I don’t know why Dave thought that was funny. Seems totally logical to me.
After that we packed up …
Electrical systems on boats are complicated.
There are two sets of batteries - the starter battery which starts the engine, and the house batteries which power everything else from the kitchen lights to the toilets. You always want to isolate the starter battery from the house batteries so that …
Woke up at 7am and started getting organized for the trip home. After breakfast we had our LPG cellulite fighting massages. I can see a noticeable difference on my legs now. Then our final training appointments where Anthony gave me more variations on the home workout. And then our final lunch.…
Woke up around 7am. Have routinely been sleeping exactly 8 hours solidly and waking up refreshed. Must be those massages. The heat rash is looking much better, so maybe the coconut oil theory is working. Did a bunch of email and blogging and then headed up for breakfast. Eggs again today. Soon…
Awoke just before 6am this morning to a text message from Cathay Pacific saying that our flight today from Phuket to Hong Kong was canceled. I hopped on the Cathay Pacific website to see if they had rerouted us. No such luck. But I could check in for the Hong Kong to Seattle leg if I wanted to. …
We started out early today, alarm set for 5:30 for a 6am departure for our hike to the big buddha. We hopped in the taxi and were dropped off at the base of the hill. The grade was at least 7% at the bottom. It would flatten out for brief periods, but was pretty much uphill all the way. Others ha…
The day started out as usual, rise early, head to breakfast at 8, and then first fitness class at 9am. It’s a cross fit class, but with a twist. This time we were working in teams with everyone’s performance determining who “won”. This of course is intended to create competition to both be fun an…
Awoke this morning and was relieved to discover that my pulled glute muscle is doing ok. I credit the ice bath. It’s still a bit sore, but I can do the stairs without favoring my left leg. Usual routine of breakfast at 8, hang out by the pool trying to solve the murder game, and then 10:40am hot …
I was up at 5:30 am and wide awake. Apparently, all I need these days is 8 solid hours. Couldn’t convince my body that because it was still dark out that it should go back to sleep. So got up and headed up to the top floor restaurant so that I could do some work and write these trip blog posts wh…
Bounced awake after 8 hours sleep. Feeling pretty good. Sore in places but not so stiff I can’t move. Did some work on the computer before meeting Erica for breakfast at 8. Our first class wasn’t until 10:40 so we had a couple of hours to kill. We decided to play with the murder puzzles (https:/…
Shortly after we moved the boat to Carillon Marina in June 2018 all the coolant leaked out of the refrigeration system. So we called Cliff Marine service to come take a look. Dave was certain that there was a leak in the system somewhere. Cliff had serviced the unit and filled the coolant before we…
Woke up early this morning at 6am despite having taken a half a muscle relaxer last night. Drat. Breakfast was silly. A bowl of cooked beans in some sauce alongside some steamed veggies. Nowhere near enough protein. Seems that without eggs the kitchen has no idea how to feed me breakfast. Later Anth…
This morning we got up for breakfast at 8. Giant pile of scrambled eggs and steamed broccoli. (Seems when they asked last night what I was allergic to I forgot to say eggs.) Erica wanted to start a workout at 9. We have schedules that tell us when all the classes are – most open to the public. The g…
I worked a 12-hour day in the office on Friday, went home to finish packing, and headed for the airport. Erica and I got on the plane Friday night just after midnight. The flight to Hong Kong wasn’t bad as we had premium economy seats with a bit of extra room and they tilt back further. They also fe…