Monday, June 14, 1993

While Roy repaired the winches for the headsail sheets, I rode buses to the Post Office to get my mail from General Delivery. The Post Office is about as far from the marina as you can get and still be in Fort Lauderdale, so it took a while to get there. They had a boxful of mail that Kathy had sent me.
Took a different bus back so I could see some different scenery. Bought weekly passes for Roy and me. Now we can ride as much as we want to. Also got a map of all the bus routes.
After I returned to the boat and looked over my mail, we took a bus to Wendy's and ate baked potatoes for lunch. Then we went to the SSCA headquarters (Seven Seas Cruising association, of which we're members). Bought sixteen used charts for $3 each. What a bargain! New charts are $14 each. Most of the charts we bought are of Chesapeake Bay.
In the evening, I phoned Nancy and found out she and my granddaughter Jeanette will be flying out here this Saturday to go sailing with us for five or six days! That will be fun. We're planning on leaving Fort Lauderdale Wednesday or Thursday, so Nancy and Jeanette will spend Saturday night in a motel. I'll phone them Sunday morning to let them know where we are. Then Nancy will rent a car and drive up there.
The weather here is surprisingly pleasant. I thought it would be hot and humid, but it's a lot less hot than Central America, there's usually a cool breeze blowing, and the humidity is so low we can shake salt out of the shaker for the first time in weeks!