Cuties visit A-dock

It seems that everyone on A-dock who was there this weekend really enjoyed visits by Sienna, age 5, granddaughter of Joanne and John Tardibuono and Karis, age almost 4, granddaughter of Bob and Dianne Caisse.  Both of these young ladies were visiting for the first time and were under the supervision (if that's the right word) of their respective grandmothers.  Grandkids are nothing new to the residents of A-dock (we'd guess that more than half of our boating neighbors are grandparents) but it is still fun to have two very nice young ladies come down and spend some time with us.

Sienna began by watching her grandfather install a new radar antenna. At least she got to sit in the captain's chair.

After spending the day running their grandmothers fairly hard, it was time for A-dock's famous cocktail hour and the girls fit right in, minus the cocktails, but plus a lot of attention.

 Milo, the official A-dock dog watched everything and bothered nobody.

Granddad Bob Caisse had his inflatable in the water so it was a perfect time for a sundown cruise. Everyone donned their PFDs and off they went. Bob steers and both grandmothers keep a proper lookout.

And off they went.  They didn't stay out long or go very fast but they (including the grandmothers) loved it.

On this lazy mid-summer weekend, we got a few other thing done. We changed the oil pressure sending unit on the starboard engine. This thing was difficult to get to but with the help of a long pair of slip-joint pliers, we finally got the old one to break loose. Wow, now we have real oil pressure readings!

We also installed new mounting brackets for the cockpit ladder...

...and finally changed the name on the bottom of our old inflatable.

The summer is only half over.  Lots of places to go and people to meet are left ahead.