RABBIT, RABBIT March 1, 2009

Catrina starts a new month with a non-typical Florida day. We start with a warm, sunny day. Tom heads for the MCM to do laundry and catch up on the news. Unfortunately, the women who are also at the laundry require that he stay at the machines or lose his spot! The machines are going downhill quickly. We cannot wait for the new bath/wash facility opens!

Debbie spends her time getting Catrina back in order. First on the list is to put the snorkel gear away. She creatively hangs it outside in the sunshine to dry.

Very soon the wind rises. Debbie uses special clips to attach the hangers to the main sheet to keep them from blowning away!
As she stores gear, she notices an unusual sight.

Can you pick out what Tom should not see?

If you guessed that the ladies are rowing their men upwind and all appear very happy, you win the Observation Award of the day!

In the early afternoon, the sky clouds over and the wind whistles by. It is a grey day!

We hear one clap of thunder and rush to close windows before a brief rain shower hits us.
About 3 p.m. we decide we need exercise and take the bikes for a ride to the Airport. Tom wanted to stop and get ice cream but by the time we visit Publix, it is biting cold and we head for home quickly. Next time we will wear long pants. Debbie’s hat blew off three times. It just might make 30 mph winds as predicted.

Of course, we stop at MCM to catch the news as Tom claims he was so busy tending the laundry, he missed it this morning!

When we reach Catrina and look back we see that the lights at the sports field are already on and it is way to early for that! If you cannot see them, they are directly over Aquila's sail cover and above her stern is blue sky!

Tom checks the mooring lines while Debbie whips up a Salad and Spaghetti. We pull Tigger out of the water because no one is going out tonight! We can see the sliver of moon through the top windows as Catrina wanders back and forth and rocks us to sleep.