Reeeally windy today! Something blew our shore power late yesterday afternoon. Hey, we're a sailboat, right? We're supposed to be self-sufficient. We did pretty well - used our 12V car chargers for our cellphones and the boat's diesel heater instead of the electric space heater we usually use. I'm proud of us. The only thing that *didn't* go well was the blender we use to make our morning smoothies. We have a hand-cranked blender from a camping store that's pretty effective, but it's awkward finding a place to mount it - no rocks or downed tree branches here.

Also had a great re-connection from an old friend via Facebook - got a friend request from Dan's old C.O. on his first Navy sail trip. He'd let us know he was going to be in the area and we had a wonderful time reconnecting and discussing future plans. Funny, when we joined we deliberately didn't make ourselves findable to our childhood friends, for example, I didn't include my maiden name. Some people belong in the past. But it's been glorious reconnecting with more recent folks who we've lost touch with unintentionally. (Like A. - I'd called her several times and left messages, but she never returned the calls. How was I to know she'd dropped her phone off the dock?)