Another day waiting

No real news over the last two days, waiting, waiting.....it has made me realise that I am not a very patient person! hmmmm where is my Buddhism book? We have at least got our new chain which is spliced to rope and set that up in the anchor well this morning. We also have all our charts on board now...all the way home!

Today we went to a very unique Bar for lunch, just up the street near the Yard workshops, I think it was called 'Rooster Roadhouse' it looked dubious, Geoff was keen, so I made him go in first. Inside is a smoky dark club with a open kitchen area and a dance floor with a mirror ball!!! Two pretty rough looking dudes were at the counter and grill. hmm, this should be interesting. Geoff went for the BBQ special and I went for the 1/4lb burger, the smallest burger they have. It looks like a lot of bands play here and there are signs all over saying 'No in and out Policy upheld'??? I suppose the one that said 'No guns, knives or flicks tolerated' was the one that made me realise I wouldn't be coming here at night to check out the live bands. Now, Geoff's BBQ special for $4.95 consisted of 1/4 chicken, 4 big smoky BBQ ribs about 10 cm long each and a big bunch of fries and sweet potato fries!!! I HAVE never seen Geoff eat so much.....he sure was enjoying it!! We both smelt of smoked ribs all afternoon!

The good news was that when we got back the guys were finally ready to start installing the solar panel framework. Yay!!! It also started drizzling and the temperature started dropping too. By 5pm the guys packed up with only the brace poles to do tomorrow morning. The rain is a bit more constant now and the temperature is currently at 12 degrees and dropping. I did get a chance on my walk to Pagano's hardware today to take a few more shots of amazing homes. It is becoming a bit of a favoured habit of mine to walk for miles up different streets on my way to and from places. This is the great thing about cruising, no car means lots of walking. That not only means lots of exercise but you really do get to walk through the suburbs and get a real sense of the place.

The big thing that is holding us up now is the installation of the Autohelm system, which unfortunately could still be another 10 days away. :/ As I said I don't think I am very patient.