The unruly dinghy motor was picked up on Monday by a wonderful repair guy, repaired, rejuvenated, and returned to us the same day! That's not an easy task, as it weighs over 100 pounds and is a pain to get on and off of the boat. But it was successful and at a very reasonable price, I might add. The motor purrs like Smokey now.
Luke did get a great shot of evening at the mooring field.
Rental car on Tuesday so we could provision Latitudes with the rest of our groceries prior to setting sail for the Bahamas. While we had the car, we decided to drive a bit into the state and what to our wondering eyes should appear but orchard after orchard after orchard of orange and grapefruit trees. Never knew there were so many! The picking process is interesting....some one leans up against the tree branches, shakes the heck out of them, the fruit falls, and is then loaded into huge open topped trucks. Not a great picture, but it was taken at 60 mph...note all of the little orange dots!
Then, a nice evening with local friends Marina and Dave, along with Marina's cousin Laney. We had great pizza and then a few hours at the Disney Resort, listening to buddy Bernie play and sing. He's been working on the Disney Cruise Lines for the past two years and just now back to Vero for a while.
Today ---- the big news is the our chart plotter returned from the manufacturer's repair efforts.
Happy Luke with the revamped chart plotter!
And, the chart plotter installed and WORKING!
Shortly after Luke finished programing the plotter, the rains came. We are lucky that we have only rain, not the awful ice and snow that is paralyzing a lot of the nation, even in northern FL. We will happily wait out the wind and rain in our dry, warm boat.
Received one of "those calls" this evening - my 94 year old dad fell today and is in the hospital in NC for observation. No broken bones apparently, but very sore. We will certainly need to be sure that dad is ok before we cross to the Bahamas.
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