Rest and chores

Finally, a day of rest and chores. Last night I finally slept well anchored in Big Pine, and no anchor alarms, or dragging, or tides to mess me up. I woke leisurely, and I made pancakes from a recipe I found, and they were pretty good with agave syrup and strawberry preserves! I was reading about doing laundry on the boat last night and I wanted to try it, never having done laundry by hand before. It took about 2 hours to do 3 small loads which was all the clothes I had dirtied since I left on my trip, and it only used 7 gallons of water. I talked with Chiung for a while, and I made another delicious coconut curry chicken soup, missing a few ingredients and using some ill looking cilantro. But it was still very good. Tomorrow I will sail over to Marathon and get on a waiting list for a ball. I expect I’ll have to anchor outside, but there is a bit of a storm coming on Wednesday and I would prefer to be in protected waters. If that fails I can always hide on the other side of the island. I also went on a wet dinghy ride to check out the surrounding area, but it was just all houses, nothing a cruising sailor might be interested in. Not much else to report. Sometimes it is good to have a boring day.