After yesterday's marathon bike ride, we decided to take the bus this morning. It's a pretty nice system, and relatively popular, especially amongst old folk and retarded people. We fit right in. Caught the 8:05 and headed for Wal-Mart. Ended up picking up all kinds of miscellany--yes, the budget is in real trouble this month.

Were hungry after we got everything unloaded, so Thomas made some fried fish out with the rest of our mackerel. They were huge and quite good. It was a basic beer and flour batter with some pepper for taste. They were much better with lemon juice. Thomas liked the mackerel better fried than grilled; I'm split on the issue.

Next up was laundry and a mega-swapping of books. My goal was to drop off twice as many books as I picked up. The selection was pretty poor, so for probably the first time, I found this goal easy to meet.

The afternoon was spent with basic cleaning and boat work. One of the fishing rods is acting up a bit, but Thomas has a temporary solution until we can get a part. The intention was to have steak fajitas for dinner, but we may have a fish appetizer, as Thomas just caught a couple of small sheepshead, maybe 9-10 inches.