It’s hot.
How hot is it?
Nah. Not going there. Let’s focus instead on what we’ve done while waiting to get the shaft.
I SEE what you’re doing. Don’t squawk about it. Just tern this into a fun post.
By the way, are you gulling to eat all those fries?
The heat may be making the writers punchy…
We already admitted to seeking solace in ice cream shoppes and s-l-o-w-l-y perusing air-conditioned store aisles. Back at the yard, we watch the comings and goings. Like the day the crane arrived to remove the mast from our friend Bryan’s beautiful sailboat, Defiant.
Steve didn’t appear to mind the ride.
Ham. 😉
Introducing, Sydney
Sydney is boat companion and service dog to our neighbor, Captain Tony, on Blind Faith, and she’s become the unofficial yard mascot.
Enjoying the View
While the scenery isn’t quite as pleasant as in the islands,
we do occasionally catch a nice sunset (if you ignore the dirt). 
Todd should have saluted this one with the conch horn. He could have entertained the folks dining next door at LouLou’s.
Speaking of LouLou’s, Holden Beach put on a spectacular fireworks show for July 4 from the restaurant parking lot behind us. Talk about a front row seat!
While running errands one sweltering afternoon, we got caught in a sideways, gulley-washing, toad-strangler of a deluge. When we returned to the yard, soaked to the skin, we had to wade to the boat! We joked that perhaps God was trying to lift our spirits – aaah, water under the keel.
Chore Time
Naturally, we don’t just sit around taking in the view. We’ve also been doing chores.
Among other things,
There you have it, the highlights of our first few weeks in the yard (sans gross, sweat-soaked photos).
Our original cruising schedule had us arriving in Virginia mid-July for several important dates. With the ‘Mare laid up, we’d need to hit the highway. More on that in the next post.
Our Travels 