Bonus

We had another visit yesterday, this time from my brother, Dave. He drove 3 1/2 hours from Ocala, FL. We had a lovely time catching up in the cockpit, then walked the short distance into town for lunch at Reid’s Apothecary. After lunch we walked around town a bit more and stopped to take a selfie in front of one of Brunswick’s squares. 

Once we returned to the marina we hopped in Dave’s truck and he drove us to Publix, a few miles away. I had hoped to buy the ingredients I needed to make a new recipe for granola but Publix didn’t carry oat bran. When we returned to the truck Dave had the idea to search for health food stores on his GPS. We found one that had the oat bran and I made the granola later in the evening. I singed it a bit so no photos for this batch—have I mentioned how hard it is to control the oven temperature?

We had a great visit with Dave and so appreciated the effort he made to come see us. 

There are a lot of birds in Brunswick and several seem to enjoy hanging out on the docks. This egret particularly like this dock. 

The pelicans and laughing gulls like to hang out here. 

More laughing gulls and cormorants on the fuel dock. In the early morning and late afternoon the laughing gulls really get going. You can see Brunswick’s pulp mill plant in the background. We can smell it when the wind is right. George used pulp mill effluent for his master’s thesis, Effectiveness of aerated lagoons in the treatment of bleached kraft mill effluent as determined by avoidance reactions of pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides), and grew to like the smell. I typed his thesis way back in 1976—before the days of word processors—and typed the words, Lagodon rhomboides, many times.