June 24, Day 11 - In Croton

Linda took a walk early this morning along the Westchester River Trail that fronts the Hudson River while Gerry got a little extra sleep. The trail, when finished, will run from Yonkers all the way to Peekskill.

We spent the day doing chores. Linda whipped the lines that will be used for locking once we reach Troy. Gerry inflated the large round bumpers. We decided to try out our washer and dryer. The drain was plugged and we had the bilge pump running like crazy to keep up with the overflow. After crawling around the aft bilge area (a space that only a 3 ft tall 50# person should attempt), Gerry figured that out that the aft cockpit drain scupper was plugged (washer drain connected into that), cleaned it out and things worked fine after that. The washer uses a lot of water and the dryer uses a lot of electricity, so this will be a marina only exercise from this point on.

We figured out how to watch Netflix streaming movies and watched a movie that neither of us can remember the name of. The movie was interrupted several times with fading internet connections and the laptop turning itself off every 30 minutes (as it was set up to do – no longer). Another learning experience. We might have this stuff down pat by the time we finish the loop.

Sorry, no pictures today – you wouldn’t want to see Gerry all scrunched up in the aft bilge or pictures of the washing machine doing its thing.