Life is Great

Yesterday was cool and drizzling much of the day so we finished up some indoor projects then went shopping. We finally bought a small flat screen TV and VCR/DVD player for the boat. Diana has a collection of old movies that she brought along. We got everything hooked up and then watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers last night.



Today started a little cool and cloudy (we had rain overnight) but quickly cleared up with the temp getting into the upper 70s again. Diana did a couple of loads of laundry this morning while I started on the remaining outside projects. I got the dinghy down and with the supervision of the Admiral put the name on the back of the boat.






This picture shows the name completed with the dinghy down but still attached to the davits.

This picture shows the dinghy up and covered, and shows the name on the bottom of the dinghy that I described in an earlier post.

The other day I had a quick ride in the dinghy with the guy we bought it from but Diana had not tried it yet. So after lunch since the dinghy was already down and it was a beautiful day we went for a dinghy ride. We went about a mile and half up river to another large marina where some of the people associated with Wahoo Marina keep their boats. We slowly cruised through the marina looking at the boats and enjoying some of the creative names.
On the way back Diana took a couple of pictures of the water front homes along the river. They all appear to have “flow thru” basements, since the current level is about an every five year occurrence. The 1993 record was sixteen feet higher, ouch.















We also went by this sixty footer cruising down river without a crew on board. It certainly could mess up a boat if you didn’t see it.

When we got back Terry Bachman , Scott’s dad and very capable boat technician was on board. When we were out Monday for Diana’s driving lesson we drove from the fly bridge for the first time. Diesel engines do not stop when you turn the key off, you must also push a kill button. Well the kill buttons on the fly bridge didn’t work. We had to use the ones at the lower helm. That was why Terry was here he was trying to make everything right.
It is now after dinner and we are sitting enjoying a beautiful warm, calm evening.

In an earlier post I mention the kitties exploring the boat. Here is a picture of Oreo, Cheif Inspector, checking out Diana's closet drawer while she turned around to get something to put in it.