The Arrr!!!: October 2003 Archives

The Arr!! has returned home for the winter. Friday night, Dear Husband went to Chicago to spend the night on the boat. He left the truck and trailer at the boatyard and then took his first EL ride to get to the boat. That alone was an experience. It seems the train didn't stop at his stop the first time around. He stayed on and did the entire trip around the Loop to get to his stop.

Neither of us have ever ridden an elevated train, so it follows that we've never purchased a ticket, either. DH put a $20 bill into the dispenser for a $1.50 fare, thinking he would get change. Instead, he got a little credit card worth $20 of rides! I'm going to make him take me to Chicago to ride the EL and go Christmas shopping. That's going to be one expensive elevated trip! lol

I thought today was the last day the ARRR!! would sail this season. I was wrong. Dear Husband spent the day taking down sails, taking down the boom, and stowing "stuff" in the cabin for the season. Because we spent yesterday celebrating my niece's wedding, he didn't get to sail this weekend. That was a major concession for him, and he never said a word about it.

I was working in the office when he got home. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and he should have been out until 5:30 or 6:00. I went to find out if he was ill, and he told me how he had spent his day.

Next Friday, he'll drive to the city and stay overnight on the boat for the last time this summer, and then he'll be at the lock early Saturday morning to have the mast stepped. Then, he'll motor down the Chicago River to the boat yard where the boat will be craned out.

It will seem odd to have DH back after a season of solitary weekends. Of course, you understand that there will be WEEKS of putting the boat to bed......*S* Maybe by January we'll have some time together.