My captain has heard that there will be a Mardi Gras Parade in Cocoa Beach. No time for us to go to New Orleans, so we will delay our progress and participate in the Mardi Gras festivities here.
The marina is full ....... no room at the inn for us. The harbour master is calling all of the boats that are away from their dock to see if he can find us a dock. What service? We won't know till later in the day.
Peter is off to find a new alternator belt as a replacement for the one we broke yesterday. It is always good to have a spare.
I completed the application for the decal for the boat for another season. I started the process our last day in St. Augustine, got the paperwork in Marineland, completed the final details of paperwork this morning in Cocoa Beach. That only took 3 days. Pretty good. The delay was the account number. I didn't think we had one. When everything was complete, I decided to record it in the Password Wallet program I have on the iPad so I would have it for the next time. When I had entered all the info and saved it, found that I already had the a/c number saved. Silly me. I only had to look it up on the iPad. Sometimes being organized means that you have to look it up on your system. Peter is off to fax it away.
I have the boat to myself for a little while. Now what to do? Nails need to be done. A good project.
Nails done. French White this time.
Peter returned with a new belt. Also, good news, we can stay and we don't need to change dock positions. How fortunate. While the plan was to go grocery shopping; the rain moved in so we just stayed on boat and read. Quiet day.
Mardi Gras Day. Nothing starts till 5 pm today and then runs till 11 pm. Good time to go to the grocery store for groceries.
I have been corrupted. While most girls look forward to going shopping for clothes, getting their hair done, or to buy chocolate; I once again long for a West Marine store. I want a new duck bill flapper for the head. For those of you who are not boaters and are unsure what a duck bill flapper is or does ..... It is a little piece of rubber that fits in the toilet that once you have flushed the head (toilet) it prevents the sewage from the holding tank coming back into the head and partially filling the bowl. We tried the oil trick to no avail.
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| My hero, once again saves the day. Installation of duck bill flapper. All is good in our world ..... the bad stuff is staying where it was intended to be. |
I have my priorities. West Marine store first, then grocery store. Bus ride is .60 cents per person. What a bargain.
Jeff and Terry Zukerman, aboard Ariel a 42' Catalina, invited us to their boat for cocktails and then we will go to the Mardi Gras together. Had some pretty good crab cake. While waundering around, Peter noticed people were wearing hats that would light up. Of course he wanted one. He came back with two head bands that had fiber optic plumes in a mohawk effect. Looked awful. One for him and one for me. Imagine my embarassment. I just kept telling myself that no one knew me here, and I would not see any of them again.
Numerous vendors of trinkets and trash, deep south food vendors, alcholic beverage vendors, and two bands playing at different locations ..... one rock and roll band and a Louisiana blues band. The rock and roll band was a big name band locally however unknown to us.
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| Peter sporting his mohawk head gear. |
The parade was fun. Beads being thrown from floats, just as you would expect. A couple of bands. A caribbean band lead the parade. The parade circled the parade route 2 times.
All in all, a good time. Tomorrow we will make our way to Vero Beach.
Now picture those fiber optic tufts, flashing and rotating thru red, yellow, green and blue colours. There was more attractive head gear available, but I think he just looked for the most outrageous. And when we were returning to the boat, another compulsive purchase...... glasses that would light up. Docktails, here we come.
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