Today

Following a large barge down the Eemskanal. The 2 upright 
sticks in front of the barge are parts of a lifting bridge.

 
We woke about 7am; Dwight started the engine so the heater would take some of the morning chill out of the boat, he threw on some clothes and took the dog for his early morning walk, while I made coffee.  We ate breakfast then I took the dog for another walk while Dwight disconnected our electricity and prepared the boat for its small journey.  When Yogi and I returned to the boat, we threw off our dock lines, backed out of our rented slip and started down the canal toward our first lifting bridge of the day.  After three honks of our horn, the bridge slowly opened and we were off down the Eemskanal.  Six bridges and three hours later, we moored at the Groninger Motorboot Club.

 A not-so-typical Dutch Windmill on the Eemskanal

After taking Yogi for another walk, we unloaded the bicycles off the boat and pedaled the couple of kilometers to an electronics store where we bought more time for our European cell phones and then another kilometer to a ship's chandlery where we spent entirely too much money on a new VHF since ours died....dead.....and it is hard not to have one here on the Netherlands' canals!

Proudly carrying the new VHF in his backpack, Dwight led the way on his bicycle, back past the boat to the grocery store where we bought dinner for today and tomorrow......plus the all important chocolate and wine, packing everything tightly in our backpacks and bicycle panniers.

Back at the boat, we unloaded the groceries, took the bored dog for yet another walk,  Dwight went to the hardware store looking for special screws, I made dinner, Dwight cleaned up and now, here we are; me writing this and Dwight talking on Skype to our banks about our no-money accounts in the U.S.

Today's been so typical.  Is it any wonder we've lost weight?