Well today was planned to be a work day. I fell a day behind on this blog; there were
emails I had to clear regarding my retirement, just a bunch of hanging tasks –
which are unrelated to hanging chads! My
first task was a General Dynamics separation questionnaire which was fairly
easy. Next I cleared up a couple of dental
insurance emails and then it was my Navy reserve retirement. I retired from service in 2004 so at that
time my retirement percentage became fixed.
You would think that my 60th birthday would not be a surprise
to the federal government but they always seem to hit new levels of
ineptitude! I was told they did not get
my paperwork on time. The reason the
paper work got to them late was because I sent it to the address in the forms
instructions, which hasn’t been a navy office for two years! The government loves you when you’re a male
between 17 and 19 years old but after that…
Now that I’m completely frustrated I had to take a break to
calm down. So we went for a nice ride to
the post office to mail the truck payment.
Fortunately, the Reserve pension doesn’t pay that! The post office is in the village of Westport
Point. Westport Point brings back the
quiet New England fishing village.
Navigating the village is tough because the roads are VERY narrow. The driver does not get to do much sightseeing. From the port, which is still geared around
commercial fishing, there are a few blocks of ‘Captains’ house from the whaling
days. The village quickly fades to
farms, many still functioning.
After that it was back to Lee’s Market for some items that
didn’t seem to make the food list and then we went in search of a guy who sells
wood in bins - $5 a bin! Don’t tell the campground! Only their wood is allowed here! We then made a quick tour of the Head of
Westport. This looks like the ideal
place to launch kayaks – and there is a snack shop there for when we get
back! We also did another check of the
boat launch since we want to tour the salt marshes.
Well tomorrow starts the Holiday weekend and the
campground is full.
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