From May 30 to June 10 when we left for Greer, it was incredibly HOT.....every day in the 90s, inside the boat was only a degree or two cooler. The air conditioning system recycles water and therefore cannot run on the land. Alex explored the outside of the boat with and without his leash, and he was convinced that it was bearable outside in the shade. We tried to work on our boat projects; however, the weather caused us to defer our projects to cooler days or do a small amount of work first thing in the morning.

We arrived in Greer on Sunday, June 10 and stayed for over two weeks. All three of us enjoyed living in the air conditioned condo, and Alex thought the white needlepoint pillow on the leather sofa was a prime location to keep track of our activities. Jim and I ran errands and tried to forget the projects awaiting our return in Oriental.

Our friends, Jim and Sue on Water Dancer III, were waiting for us when we returned to Sailcraft in Oriental, NC on Wednesday, June 27. Remember their boat leaned on Palmetto Moon in the Erie Canal last year. We spent as much time together as we could before they left for Michigan. Even though it was still extremely HOT, Jim and I painted the bottom of Palmetto Moon.....he stood and used a roller while I crawled around and used a brush on the shafts, through-hulls, trim tabs, and anything else under a boat. We did this last year and now have this down to a fairly quick routine -- it looked great! The picture above shows the view we had while on the hard.

On Saturday, June 30, Palmetto Moon was back in the water with the air conditioning on full blast and Water Dancer had taken our place on the hard.