38 36N 18 55W Heading 89 degrees 5 Kts

Pipedream
Sat 4 Jul 2009 12:08
We are about 450 miles from Lisbon. Winds are light the sky is overcast and with a steady misting drizzle. We are still managing about 5 kts although the wind is clocking around. Yesterday Matt made chocolate chip cooks but some how they never got baked. The dough was totally consumed in the cockpit. I made a huge pot roast, 6 or 7 big potatoes and about 6 huge carrots in the pressure cooker and to my surprise we at it all! So much for left overs on the last of the fresh meat.

Our weather has been nothing like the weather map. But so far that has been a good thing. Because the antenna tuner is not doing its thing I am unable to talk to Herb. I can only listen for boats near us and expect the same. We are getting so far out however that it's time we find a European station to contact. I am enjoying getting snippets of news from the folks back home. Sounds like the political front is starting to simmer back in Florida.

Just an observation on bread. Not much to do out here. We bought a bunch of bread in the Azores and it is starting to mold after only four days. We ate the last piece of Marietta bread we bought at the Food Lion in OP about a week ago and it was still fine? Dead sea bread? Must be the water! George is making BLT's for lunch i.e. the interest in the bread - time to eat it up. Of course the stuff I made doesn't last long enough to get cool. Breakfast is ready, that means Chris will be waking up soon.

I think Matt's lady is opening a new store in Bar Harbor, ME today... we all wish her success. I am sure she can find something for a biochemist to do around the store when Matt gets back.

All is well...