When we finished the house work we took a walk to down town Coconut Grove. It was ok but not what we really expected. The recession has hit here also. Lots of stores are empty and not very many people about. There was a wide variety of restaurants but none were crowded. Of course the weather was not very nice so that may have kept people away. Jane mentioned to one store keeper that if it was a cloudy day like today in Cape Cod everybody would be shopping and eating out instead of going to the beach.
We stopped at a Fresh Market store on the way back to the boat and picked up some groceries. What a store. If it were near us in Solivita I would be 50lbs heavier by now. It is amazing and the produce etc. etc. is awesome. We picked up some sandwiches and dessert and sat outside and ate our lunch.
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| One of many peacock sculptures |
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| Beautiful sculptures in Coconut Grove |
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| The sailing competition continued today. |
When we arrived yesterday we could not receive any TV channels. We had just replaced the antenna and we both came to the conclusion that the connection at the top of the mast must have disconnected. Jane volunteered to be hoisted up on the bosun's chair to do the repairs. That is 60 feet above the water. We went over the procedure to do the repair and then the big hoist. Up she went as happy as Larry as the saying goes. She drew a crowd on the dock who were just as amazed as I was at her bravery. Most said that they never saw an Admiral going up the stick before. The bottom line is that she successfully repaired the antenna and returned to the deck with no problems. Bravo Jane.
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| 60' above the water...we have TV!! |
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