Great Kills - Ian leaves

Finally the remnants of Ian moves out of the area. The next weather window for the New Jersey coast is a couple days away. I make reservations at Atlantic Highlands for a mooring, assuming Diane had already done so. Some how she missed my text recommending it. It turns out we get the last available mooring for the following day. Great Kills Yacht Club is getting rather expensive for them since the Canadian dollar is worth 70 cents here and Great Kills does not take Canadian checks, requiring them to use US cash, ouch !

We walk into town to “Frank and Sal’s” a small Italian grocery. On the way we stop at a store specializing in fishing equipment. Linda has been trying to find foul weather pants that fix. They have some heavy duty pants that are met for fisherman who need hardworking pants. Linda finds a pair that are relatively inexpensive, which will do until we find some sailing foul weather pants that fit. 

Back at the boat we put our groceries away and head to Happy Hour. Again, as we walk in with Diane and Alain, our usual drinks are put down in front of our bar stools, before we engage in any conversation with the bartender. As we leave for dinner back on the boat Linda has a long conversation with some of the club members setting up for an even of playing Mahjong, a game she would like to learn to play.