They all slide forward

Some of these days are a lot like the last.  Kind of like a "Here we go again" theme.  A saying has started that "You can come to Isle of Hope Marina, but you can never leave", reminding me of the Eagles Hotel California.  The reason for this seems to be two fold.  If you need some work done, no matter how minor, the people that do it will be here, after many phone calls.  Bill thinks it is like being in the Islands where "Come Soon" is the saying.  Then, since you are here you figure, well I might as well get this there thing done.  It is a vicious circle.  Secondly, the computers is the office always seem to be down when you need to pay, extending your time here.

So yesterday, since Drift Away has been here longer than they expected and will be here for a little while longer, they needed a pump out.  Many of us are already in a spot so we don't need to move to get pumped out if we are staying awhile.  They were just out of reach.  This has now become the entertainment of the day for C-Dock.  The marina needed to get boats closer anyway to fit in the transients that will be coming from the south to go north for the summer anyway. First they moved Journey to... forward a couple of yards.  Then their dingy along with Drift Aways.  Then they pulled Drift Away forward.  Right behind them was Miss Muffet, a pretty yacht that came in on Monday.  Along with the dock hands and the captain some of C-Dock also helped. 

A little later, as you may have guessed, was C-Docks Happy Afternoon.  Chevy, one of the dogs on Drift Away, was a little confused.  He walked down the dock, paused in front of Drift Away and looked up.  He then proceeded further down to Miss Muffet, who was now in the spot where Drift Away was.  Chevy sat down next to Miss Muffet, smelled around where the gate would be to get on, looked up quizzically, tilting his head as dogs sometimes do, the proceeded back to Drift Away and sat for a minute.   He then came back to us partiers and looked at us like "Okay, who decided to move my house!"  Chevy has the best expressions of any dog I have ever met.

Gnats were really in full force so some of us retired inside our boats early.  Tomorrow is our Pot Luck Dinner.  My tummy is rumbling already thinking of the food.  :-)