Oriental, NC

 More items crossed off the list....

Cathy loaned me stencils and some fabric paint - the cover for our new hatch lens needs the warning "NO STEP".  The pink lines are just chalk.

 

All done - hopefully no one will stop on our hatch and break it in the future!  (There are other hatches, but they're not really in a normal traffic area.) 

 

Next I got busy with a couple of huge bags for the bikes.  I know, you're thinking that I just made bike bags.  These bags will only be used to transport the folded bikes in the dinghy - mostly to protect the dinghy from the sharp edges.  (The hanging bags I made recently will remain in place on the lifelines when we take the bikes off).

 

Simple construction from tough Sunbrella material.  Started with the handles.   I didn't even take photos during the assembly of the bags.  Simple boxes with drawstrings.

 

Two bags finished - just like huge shopping bags.

Duane is busy with watermaker plumbing - doing some maintenance and replacing old/worn parts.  

 

And in the evening we rode over to Oriental proper with Ed and Cathy.  This weekend is the "Old Front Porch Festival" in Oriental.  Our friends Jim & Bentley from Salty Paws are here from Florida to play their music on Saturday.  They said they'd be at the brewery in town this evening so we planned to see them there.  Unfortunately, it was a zoo of un-masked people in close quarters and we didn't connect with them nor stay long.  But we'll definitely see them tomorrow when they do their public performance.