Windy

It's still windy here in Marathon. A lot of the sailboats in the mooring field have wind generators. (a fan looking thing about 3' in diameter) When the wind blows, it spins a generator that charges their batteries. Sounds like dozens of small helicoptors. They might call the wind "Mariah".......but we call it "Honda".

Keeping the batteries charged can be a challenge. Since we're on a mooring (no shorepower) and not running our outboards for at least 2 weeks, we have to run our Honda generator almost every day. We have a battery charger, and the refrigerator switches over to AC while the generator is running so it's not draining the batteries. We haven't needed heat or air conditioning lately.
I mentioned the cruisers net at 9am on the VHF radio. This morning, a boat on mooring A5 said he awoke to find a black & white cat on his boat. (Remember, we're not tied up to shore.) He didn't know where it came from or what to do with it. Someone suggested that they are good with Merlot. Someone else said the people on A1 had a black & white cat--maybe it belongs to them. Those people were not on the radio this morning so we are looking forward to finding the outcome tomorrow. (Reminds me of that song......"cat's in the kettle").
And speaking of cats........TW, ask your wife about Hemmingway's cats. "gimme 6"
Today's my birthday. We took 2 spoons up to the Mini Mart and consumed a carton of Haagen-Dazs Butter Pecan. I got birthday phone calls from the grandchildren. If you want to know my age, check with the grandkids........Vera, Chuck and Dave.