The Rivah

If we spend any more time down here in the South, ya'll won't even recognize us. That's right, ya'll. It has almost slipped out a few times. We may be only in Virginia, but it's still the South. The marina is along the Rappahannock River. Down here it's called the Rivah. Say River with a Southern accent. It took me a few days to figure out what exactly a Rivah was. I thought it was a girl's name like Reva. But then I'd see signs in people's yards, saying "Welcome to the Rivah". Boy was glad I figured it out.

So while we wait, impatiently for that work to be done, Josh and I have to keep ourselves busy. Josh has a full time job on the boat. So far he's re-insulated the fridge, sound-proofed the water pumps, worked on the teak, tried to fix the dinghy engine,put in a new anchor lock and is about to put in a new washdown pump (not an easy job). I on the other hand have a pretty good tan going!!! We've both been keeping ourselves fairly busy.

Yesterday we took our bikes (loaned from the marina circa 1960, for mine anyways) for a few mile ride to West Marine (THE boat store). We only had to pick a few things up. HA! I can't even type that without laughing.

While surfing their website Josh came across what was described as a folding seat for 9.99$. So while we're at the store I ask about them. The guy checks them out, but then says that it's only a cover for the 59.99$ seats. (Which we wanted to get anyways). Well I start arguing my point, that they are described only as a seat not a cover. In the meantime, Josh is embarrassed and keeps asking to stop hassling this man. I didn't, and I got the seat for 25$!!! The only problem was that we were on bikes!! The seats are roughly 2feet by 3 feet. Oh did i mention I got 4. The guy at the cash offered to drive us back to the marina. But Josh managed to strap them to the back of his bicycle. He looked so silly. And, no I didn't get a picture. But the entire way home I couldn't stop thinking that he needed a little red flag, with flashing light. It really was funny.

We are living next to the trailer park, the water trailer park. If you notice in the picture, the one in the middle has an outboard, for moving it. And a sun umbrella for hanging out on the front porch. That one is pimped out. What you can't see from the back is the dock that runs along the front looks like a street. Everyone's front porch has chairs and flower pots!

So other than that not much is happening on the Rivah. It's big weekend, Memorial Day. We have a farmer's market on Saturday (which I'm really looking forward to, not only because I need fruits and veggies but because it's not a long bike ride!) and there's a big party at the restaurant near by. Also a couple of the "cool" guys from the marina are lighting fireworks at the point. It will be a big change from their usual Saturday night stealthing. They put an electric engine (very quiet) on the back of the dinghy and go around knocking on people's boats. It's the equivalent to lighting dog poop on someone's front porch. It should be an interesting weekend.

We'd love to know what you are up to. We also love the comments. It's the first thing I check when i get online.

Lots of love
Roxanne and Josh