And again

 11/10- We are still here! We did make the move over to the town dock which is free. We tried to back right over to the dock but we got stuck in the mud. It was close enough that we threw lines to Lee and Wendy and they hauled us in. It’s weird how the water is here. The tide has a range of less than a foot. It’s really pretty hard to tell when it’s high or low. But people at the docks were complaining about how low the water was. One boat was stuck in his slip because his keel was in the mud so bad the boat was leaning. Then today the wind changed to the north and suddenly there is water across the road here. I have to keep lowering my fenders as the boat is riding higher on the dock. It supposed to blow fairly hard out of the north for the next couple of days so we might be able to sail across the street to the Bean (the coffee shop). 

    We bought some fresh shrimp from a guy down the street today. The shrimp boats go out all week but are not allowed to fish on the weekends. So they come in here and off load their catch just across the the fairway from us. That means we had some very fresh shrimp which tasted delicious. 

This is a pretty small town and I was worried we would use it up in no time but there seems to be plenty to do. People keep stopping by the boat to chat. Most seem to recognize a Cape Dory when they see one and it seems they get a little excited about it. We went to a local brewery tonight which had live music which was very good. The crowd was so big I thought that the whole town was there. 

It’s supposed to rain tomorrow so we’ll end up doing some inside projects. Happy Veterans Day to all of you veterans out there. 

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