August 17, 2009 Monday

Windy & cool

Phil's been up for hours.
7:00ish
I hear Phil helping Nik dock canoe and get off to work.. Nik is whining about having to "paddle 40 minutes each way".
Phil tells her "It's okay to be hot". Trying to get her to think about the pluses of such a workout.

8:53

I get up to help Phil find his cell phone. He's going to canoe to Nik's boat w/our car battery along, to see if he can drive it to this dock.



9:00

Sa wakes.



9:30

I worry about Phil. He'll need to raise two anchors by himself, with Nik's boat b eing close to the rocks, and he'll need to pull the canoe along behind.

Phil calls - he's trying to find the boat keys - Nik's 5 dogs are barking in the background.

9:48
I see Nik's boat coming up the river. Phil ties her up behind us. Now the dock is full.

Morning
Sa and I play in the park pretending to be Sam the dog and running through the sprinklers.
We see a lot of periwinkle snails in the shallow river water. We head back to the boat when Phil calls and says breakfast is ready.

afternoon
Sa and I spend the afternoon in the air conditioned Toys R Us store. We went for Bodukan but end up with a new hot Wheels race track.

Nik's here, happy to be back at the dock.

A couple 'rough' girls strip to their underwear and jump in the river. You gotta appreciate that.

Evening
We paly with the new race track and we bring Sailor's raft into the Pilot House and play in that.

10:10
Phil's on the front deck trying to get computer reception.

Night
We play Hot Wheels and watch cartoons until we all fall asleep.