We were supposed to cruise over to San Joaquin Yacht Club with Ox Bow Yacht Club to celebrate St Patrick's Day but Matt and I were both sick and did not want to become known as "those people who got everyone sick." But the day was much too beautiful to lie around feeling sorry for ourselves, so what to do? Well we still needed fuel, so....
We were so out of fuel that we were not sure we could make it two hours to Village West for fuel... well we had enough to get there but it is always good to have more than enough just in case, etc, so we stopped by the fuel dock at Willow Berm for "some" fuel so we would have "plenty" to get us to Village West for the real fill up.
Our fuel at Willow Berm was dispensed by Martin. Matt asked if there were any fuel discounts and Martin said only for berthers. Matt told him our slip number and then Martin saw the pineapple logo on the bow and said, "ah you are the pineapple boat, I pump your boat out every Monday." One of the best things about being on the "new" side of Willow Berm, valet pump out! Thank you Martin!
We ran into the Commodore of Ox Bow while we were at the fuel dock and gave our coughed excuses for the party. I think they appreciated our quarantining ourselves.... we headed out for Village West and just could not get over what a beautiful day it was. We kept commenting that it was like summer but we will be missing 70 degree days when the 90s come later this year!
When we did get to Village West, who did we find at the fuel dock but our good friend Al of Flywright! Unfortunately I hugged him before mentioning the part about being sick but they say germs spread more from handshakes than hugs. So if he gets sick it is Matt's fault. Al said he would take a Clorox shower as soon as we were gone. We had thought we might get a spot at Village West for the night but turned out Al and his Bayliner club buddies had the guest dock pretty full so after we filled up we headed back for a wonderful trip home. We took the scenic route past Herman and Helen's and through Potato Slough. It is just as well we came back as we were both completely exhausted and I think we were asleep by seven pm and slept past 10 am!
We saw the Vice Commodore from Ox Bow on Sunday morning and heard they all had a great time at San Joaquin. Next year, next year! We needed the rest. We saw some photos from the party and don't think we could have kept up, even if we were feeling well!
Out new smooth surface stove was delivered last night. Sink and faucet should be here tomorrow. Looking at the calendar, we don't think we are going to get the new things in until May but we have decided to redo the whole counter while we are at it so we will have a new galley in just a few months!
I almost forgot we took apart the windlass to install the new wildcat. We decided we needed new friction plates as well so those are on the way. We should have everything we need to have it all put back together and working for our next overnighter next month! We are hoping this will solve our skipping problem. If not, we will be rather disappointed.
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