Second Repost of Grocery Delivery Day

(Sheya's mom writing again: I see that the repost of the pictures still didn't come through with the pictures. Not sure what is up with those. I am trying one more time, but if this does not work, please go to the website of https://svredwitch.blogspot.com to see the pictures there. Via the actual website you can also feel free to comment on anything about Sheya's posts. She receives the comments via e-mail when she has internet access. She has responded to a question about the cost of the shipping, which was "It worked out to just over 60cents a pound for frozen items, just over 50cents a pound for other items, and a total of around $50.")

February 25th (Tuesday)

In the morning, after a nice, long session of Spanish, I worked on getting the next set of blog pictures organized. Since it was mail day the following day, I wanted to get the next memory card of stories and pictures ready to take to the post office.  

In the afternoon we headed out into the rain and cold. We first went to see Blair to deliver a California roll that we had made and kept for him last night. We had used the avocado and cucumber that he had given to us to make the California rolls with, and we knew how much he liked them, so we wanted to share one with him.  

We then carried on to the post office, and after mailing the next blog set to my parents, we used Dorothy’s laptop to order some items that we wanted to have ready for pick up in Shearwater on our way north. 

Because the internet at the municipal building is not fast, this took some time, and Tiger got some good loving cuddles. We also heard from Dorothy that the barge with our groceries from Richmond on it, would likely be arriving mid-afternoon.  

At around three o’clock we watched from our boat as the barge came down Cousins Inlet and into the head of Ocean Falls. We had asked if we could go over to meet the barge and help with the receiving of boxes, however, we were told that the pallet would simply be loaded onto a pickup truck by a forklift, and that we should just meet the others afterwards.  

We headed over to the covered area beside the municipal building, and met everyone there. Boxes were unloaded from Gladys’ truck, weighed on a scale, and then sorted based upon the names on the boxes. First came the refrigerated boxes, which included shelf items, and then the boxes from the freezer. The weight of each box was marked on a spreadsheet, as the total cost of shipping would be divided into a price-per-pound for frozen and refrigerated items, and then charged to everyone individually based upon the amount of weight they had purchased.  

A little pile of four banana boxes formed with our name on it. Once the sorting was complete we checked our boxes to make sure that we had everything that we had ordered, as well as to check that we didn’t have anyone else’s items. We then loaded our boxes into Dorothy’s truck, and I rode with her, while Jason rode with Gladys, as they had generously offered to give us a ride home through the rain with our boxes. At the head of the marina dock we grabbed our boxes, thanked them very much, and headed home. 

Once inside we got to unpack our boxes and put everything away; this was a fun time as we watched our storage areas fill slightly with food, instead of emptying. 

In the evening, as the barge left its unloading area, we were surprised to hear the rumble of the engines getting closer instead of passing us by. We looked out and saw that the barge was pulling up to the dock at our marina.  

It docked on the outer side of the outer dock, and remained there for the night.  It was odd to have such a large vessel at the dock, as they kept their lights and engines running all night.