Roy is still sanding the hull. He is delighted with the facilities here. He has said over and over that this is the easiest place to work on the boat he's ever been. Instead of impromptu scaffolding of loose planks and sawhorses, he has a portable metal platform that goes up and down, so he can adjust it to any height he wants and move it to any location he wants. In addition to water and electricity, the yard supplies compressed air. Roy had thought he was going to have to buy his own air compressor. The yard even lends him tools for free if he wants them, but they're not in very good condition, so he prefers to buy his own.
I started sanding the starboard toerail in the morning. Went to the nearby grocery store and bought a couple of things. After lunch, I went wild-goose-chasing for Roy. He needed some more of the special sanding discs he uses. I walked about three miles and checked at several stores. Found plenty of normal, run-of-the-mill sanding discs but couldn't find the kind Roy wanted. Finally, I came to a large building-supply store that had everything under the sun. To my joy, they had the type of disc Roy wanted. Found out they're called "hook-and-loop" sanding discs. To my disappointment, they didn't have the right size. They had 5 inch with 5 holes. Roy wanted 4 1/2 inch with 8 holes. Bought a package anyway, figuring half an inch could be trimmed off the circumference. It was getting late, so I took the bus back. Roy said the discs were fine, and he could use them just the way they were! Wow! But he still wanted to go over to HQ Builders Supply and see if they had the kind that fit his Ryobi sander. We thought HQ was in Virginia Beach, so we were going to take the bus there. It would have been a long ride, so I said I'd phone first and find out if they had the discs. When I looked up the number in the phone book, I was surprised and delighted to see there was an HQ store right over here on Little Creek. I'd been within a few blocks of it when I'd turned around. Phoned them and lo! they had the Ryobi 4 1/2 inch sanding discs. Hooray hooray!
We showered, ate supper, and caught the 7 o'clock bus to Granby and Little Creek. HQ is HUGE! Roy was a kid in a candy store. Bought three packages of the sanding discs, and also bought a chain saw, an electric planer, a file to sharpen the chain saw blades, some knobs, and a few other things.
We'd missed the 8 o'clock bus back, so we had to wait for the 9 o'clock bus. It was cold and windy out, so we went to a nearby mall and sat inside on some benches. At ten to nine, we zoomed out to the bus shelter and caught the bus. A very successful trip, even if Roy is now broke.
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