Weather: Overcast and rain all day. Winds: S 0-5. Waves: <1ft.
Rain dampened the day as we remained rafted on Freestyle, doing laundry, visiting the store and saying goodbye to Hannah, one of the 13yr olds. The day was both frustrating and emotional in separate events.
Frustrating was doing laundry in the local facility...and what started as a load between the two boats became a couple loads. The facility was crowded, hot, humid, boring and expensive. This facility is the single biggest reason why I wrote Laundry and will avoid laundromats in the future. Waiting, trying to stave off the boredom and escape the oppressive heat and humidity, I visited the store. The customers were in a rush and focused only on themselves. As a result, they ended up being rude, hopefully unintentionally. Tip of the hat to the employees for their patience. I could not have done it. Regarding the store, not badly stocked, similar to a convenience store but with a more frozen goods and fresh veggies. It was a bit cheaper than the store at Refuge.
The emotional part was the departure of Hannah, one of the 13yr olds and a lovely young lady. She flew out on the 1330 flight and sat right front, in on the cockpit's starboard seat. We were aboard the boats when the float plane's engine fired up. I grabbed the binoculars to see into the cockpit and there was Hannah, waving like a maniac! The Kenmore Air's pilot taxied right past the our boats giving us a chance for a last goodbye. The entire time, I was doing a running commentary on what Hannah was doing. "She's waving, now with two hands, face is in the wind screen now, huge grin, her camera now, face again, single hand wave, now two!" You get the idea...just image the unbridled enthusiasm of a 13yr old girl! Then the throttle was firewalled and with a roar, the plane lifted off and disappeared over the trees and was gone.
Why were there tears in my eyes? I'd only met her last week. I'll chock it up to the unbridled enthusiasm of a....
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