Oranges, Onions and Limes. Oh my!

Day 25 in the books!

On day 23 (8/17, Friday) we ended up slipping into Bay Springs Marina at 3:30 which gave us a little time to socialize with the local marina population. What a nice crew! After showering we feasted on a Mexican dinner utilizing our first canned meat dinner!  Not bad!  The Marina’s address states New Site, Miss. but we’re to,d it was only the size of a four way stop.

Day 24 was annoying in that we were hoping to go thru 4 locks and travel down to a free dock called Blue Bluffs looking up at, you guessed it, the blue bluffs.  Our first lock was near so when we asked permission to lock thru. We thought we’d get it right away!  But, the lock master (and believe me they are the masters of our current universe) told us we had to wait for this tow behind us.  Well we could barely see the tow because it was so far away and we felt we could have been locked thru but no, we had to wait.  2 hours actually before we could get in.  Then, the next lock was only 5 miles so we thought maybe we could pass and get in first but again  no. This lockmaster was at least nice and apologetic because not only did we wait for the tow right by us but we had to wait for a northbound one also. (Almost 3 hours wait time).  We limped in to our next marina after only traveling 18 miles!

However, I was treated to a Pizza Hut dinner and a trip to WALMART! (Date night)

Holding on

Pushing us off

**see pics of my duties at each lock.  1. I have to lasso a bollard (a big metal thing that floats with us up or down). 2. I have to hold on to it.  3. When instructed by my Captain, I unlasso and shove us off. (Who needs but exercises?)

I’ve lassoed the bollard

Now to the meaning of the title...I read how to store food for optimal times. Citrus needs to be wrapped individually in foil. Keep the onions away from the potatoes, as well as isolating the apples.  Buy bananas and tomatoes in degrees of ripeness and store some away in dark places! Hang them to prevent bruising. See pic!

PS.. day 25 was great, 4 locks breezed thru and 59 miles traversed! Out of Miss. tomorrow and into Alabama!

There they are!