A Quiet Day

Howdy.   Today, we pretty much did nothing.   A bit more maintenance and a bus ride.   We are living on the edge.

When I fill the water tanks from the shore, I use a filter to trap sediments and chemicals.   Those filters need to be replaced as the old ones clog up.   Yesterday, I filled the water tanks for 7 hours and only added about 200 gallons.   That filter is toast.   I don't have another.   Today, we walked to the nearby hardware store and bought a house water filter housing, two hose fittings (3/4 to hose) and four sediment/carbon filter cartridges.   I'm happy to report that my jury-rigged water filter system works great.   I was able to add another 200 gallons today in about ten minutes.   My proof of concept works.   Now on to a longer-term solution (which I'll work on over the winter).

We decided to head into town for lunch.   Ketchikan has a free bus that circulates every 20 minutes, so we walked to the bus stop at the nearby Safeway and hopped on.

Downtown, we went to a pizza place that we'd been to before, because they had great pizza, Fat Stan's is the joint.   Bill, Nicki - look familiar?   A bit of walking and Christmas shopping, then we caught the free bus back to the Safeway bus stop.

I decided that I would make poached salmon for dinner.   I didn't want to make the salmon exactly like we did last night.  We needed to pick up some key items at Safeway; a white wine, vermouth, lemons, shallots, and a few miscellaneous items.

Back at the boat, Karen read a book on the back deck.   Ross played some video games, and I watched the 49ers-Saints preseason game (49ers won - it is only pre-season, but yea!).

Then I cooked dinner.  Salmon poached in olive oil, butter, lemon, and a bit of Pouilly-Fuisse with a lemon caper beurre-blanc sauce over lemon risotto, and green beans.   This was paired with a 2020 Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuisse.  I'm not a big white wine fan, as most of you know, but this went pretty well together.   If I am going to drink a white wine with dinner, I generally prefer Chablis, Sancerre, Arneis, Sauvignon Blanc, or Pouilly-Fuisse.   I find these styles compliment foods well.

Tomorrow, we are changing the oil, & filters on the main engine and SE Alaska Diesel is going to troubleshoot and, hopefully, repair the generator.   Fingers-crossed!

Bonne nuit.