More Than A Weekend Away

My husband got unexpected vacation time over the week of the 4th, so we went off to the boat.  We are in Channel Islands Harbor - a lovely site in & of itself - but also the gateway to the beautiful Central Coast of California. Our little sailboat serves as a seaside cabin a lot of the time.  But it's really cozy & it's beautiful there. 

It's good to get off the computer and get away from the TV.  When I am there I read a lot and play my instruments.  This time, I took out my little concertina again.  No wonder they were played on boats!  They don't need tuning and are just the right size...the sound is so nautical. 

Finally the weather got good enough for a real sail - The central coast weather is nice and cool - but often cloudy til 2 or 3 in the afternoon. 

We also visited all the local thrift shops, which are great - probably because of the local rich folks and the retirees. I do all my clothes shopping (or almost all) at thrift shops nowadays.  I also found some more nice padded Hanes bras (w/o underwires, I hate those) at the local 99 Cent Store when I was looking for my bargain reading glasses. (I had just lost another pair when window shopping in Ventura.) And some bargain underwear, too....

I estimated from all of our purchases that we were spending about 20-30 cents on a dollar - a really good discount! So we have great stuff - topsiders, great solar hats - nice t-shirts - etc. at a bargain rate. Which allows us to eat out sometimes - and buy bargain books for me....

The boat certainly makes sense over the summer.  It's funny but most of the boats in the harbor just SIT there, with no one on them and never go out, either...We take our weekends, holidays and longer stretches there as much as we can!  So the boat certainly pays for itself vs. other lodging fees!  It's sort of like camping - but you don't have to pitch a tent every time and it's a lot warmer at night, even by the water.

Almost a week there, and I certainly feel a difference now back in the city - Lots of fresh air and sunshine (we pile on the sunblock) and taking long walks... They called it re-creation originally in the sense of replenishing yourself - sortta rotating your psychic tires...and it does work.

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