Robert F. Spalding Access ( +39° 33' 4.30", -91° 40' 7.86")
We had a choice of heading to Truman lake and sailing up to the Tebo islands; or heading back to Mark Twain Lake (MTL) and joining the fleet there in an annual raft up with the Mark Twain Sailing Association.
We chose the later. We got there Saturday evening and motored out to the main channel to hoist our sails and get an hour of sailing in before seeking the raft up. We passed Tom and Sandy on their 37 ft Tartan Higher Porpoise and found out that the raft up was to be in Ski cove (39.548555,-91.677293). We decided to head straight there as the winds were light and sporatic. Here is Angie grilling shish-kabobs and chatting with Dennis & Lois on the 28.5 ft Hunter Mac2 which was tied to Galactica. Good People! I found it humorous that the Hunter Mac2 was tied up to the only Mac with a hunter in it. :)
Hmmm, shish-kabob! Great stuff! 
The next morning brought us heat, humidity and zero wind. We decided to hang out, hoping for some afternoon wind. We got some work on the boat done, read some, checked out the other boats and a lot of swimming!!!
Here is a picture of Tom in his dinghy, Higher Puppis which was used to ferry the dogs to land and relief. Later Tom rowed around the raftup and took some pictures of the boats. This was our first time rafting up Galactica!
THere were guitarist and singers at night. I almost brought my guitar, after this raft up, I'll remember it in the future so that I can dazzle them with the three chords I know...
Even the dogs went for a refreshing swim!
No wind ever showed up Sunday so we relaxed the day in Ski cove!We were very pleased that most of my newest mods worked very well! This included the temporary galley mod whic is half finished and...unfinished...
We noticed how hot the stove was on the galley so I built a platform to raise it with a removable heat shield and provide some much needed galley-storage. Here is a picture of it Monday morning after breakfast was over as we waited for the thunderstorm to blow by.
After dinner Sunday night, we got word on radar that a major storm was coming in. Rather than deal with a raft up and storms dragging anchors, we broke up about 10pm and motored to Blackjack Marina at night. I borrowed a slip belonging to a sailor whose boat is out of the water at this time. Angie has a difficult time getting in and out of Galactica and was very tired. As she laid down to read, I headed over to Higher Porpoise for some awesome 'Dark & Stormy' dark rum drinks and conversation!
Of course, the rain didn't come. I woke up early and watched the tail-tales blowing lighting, consistently enough to get a good sail in yet! We needed to head home but wind was blowing for a good run back to the ramp. We ate breakfast and as I finished my coffee to go remove the canvas boots from the sails--thunder and lighting hit close. VERY close.
I explored the marina as we waited for the bad storm cell to blow by.
Eventually, I just cast off and drove back in the rain which quit as we got to the ramp. What a great weekend!!! Angie drew up lists of changes and things we need. We are getting there!
Here is a short video I took while we were grilling up the shish-kabobs!
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