The Shearwater Barge

March 10th (Tuesday)
  
On Tuesday we awoke to about two inches of slush. The ground and the trees were white, but our dock looked like it was covered in opaque gelatine.  
It splashed as we walked through it, and it was a very slippery, wet mess.  
At around 11:00 in the morning the Shearwater barge arrived into Ocean Falls. Gladys stopped by to pick one of us up to go with her over to the barge because we had requested to get some propane. I went with her while Jason continued painting, and I waited in the slush talking to some of the residents. 
It was interesting to watch the whole operation of the barge unloading; first came everything that was on pallets, food, alcohol, lumber, etc. Once that was all unloaded and claimed, I was allowed to go on board the barge to get our propane.  
The propane was in a propane truck, which was strapped down securely to the deck of the barge. Once the lady at the truck had connected my tank to the system, she started the truck and then the pump, to transfer the propane. There were only three crew on the barge. Apparently they used to make the run with four crew members, but the company had made cutbacks, so now it was just a three-person crew. They were all very friendly and helpful.  
After our tank was full of propane I drove one of the residents’ vehicles back to the gathering spot. The vehicle I was driving was full of boxes of food that had come off of the barge. Back at the meeting spot we sorted and weighed all of the boxes, and after everyone had checked their boxes to make sure that it was all the right stuff, we loaded up and headed out. Gladys drove me back to the marina, and I made two trips up and down the dock to get our three boxes of food and the propane tank down to the boat. Once I had everything put away I headed back up to help Jason at work.  
In the evening I made a batch of brownies. I had ordered a small tub of ice cream from Save-on Foods, and it had arrived today. I had not told Jason that I had ordered ice cream, and since I was the one who had put the groceries away, he still didn’t know. I imagine, and hope that it will be a big surprise for him.

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