Take a Seat

We're in Port Hardy for two nights. There are two marinas in in this bay. The public dock, and a private dock. I used the public dock last time I was in this harbor and they had me tie up to the Coast Guard slip because they were away on assignment.

This time we're tied up to the private dock. It does the job, has showers, garbage collection, fresh water, etc. But... I hate to say it, but the reviews of this marina were right: the place needs a face lift. The whole town does.

Everyone I've interacted with in this town has been super friendly, but the town and this marina in particular is a little run down.

The marina has WiFi, which sounds great, but it doesn't work at the office. It doesn't work at the boat, so where does it work?

This afternoon I walked around the marina looking for likely places for a router to be located. When I saw a trio of plastic lawn chairs set in front of a small shed, I knew I had found what I was looking for.

I plopped into one of the chairs and found I had internet connectivity immediately.

But it's cold and dark out there now. Who wants to deal with that? So as with any slow Internet, the trick is to write messages like this in the comfort of home (or boat) and walk over to the secret spot when it's ready to send.

We cleaned the boat, filled the water tanks, and did the non-perishable provisioning today. Tomorrow we'll finish provisioning and relax.

It was nice to eat out tonight. No prep, no clean up.

Okay, Now it's time to go take a seat in one of the lawn chairs.