LET'S GET WORKING

The last three days has been awesome.

On Wednesday Paul and I headed over to Sam's Club (this is owned by Wal-Mart and is competition for Costco). We bought a membership so Paul could buy 8 Duracell Batteries for Coyaba. We took the 6 batteries out of the compartment and headed 2 a time down the dock in a cart. … ok Paul did all of this as they are super heavy. The Mustang was pretty weighted down in the back trunk. We were not able to actually shop at Sam's … ok I did go and get a big bottle of white wine as Traci was coming. We had to head back to get the 8 batteries in the boat... again 2 at a time down the long dock. Our car return was 1pm. We had 7 in the trunk and one by my feet as the trunk was weighted down. (68 lbs each)

This is the empty compartment that did fit 6 old batteries

This is now the compartment holding 8 brand new batteries!

Wednesday night Dave and Traci arrived from their cat Daruma. Their catamaran is about 3 hours away, they tore themselves from their working days to come and visit us here. We put them to work! (as per their request). We got the watermaker working just fine. The watermaker makes drinkable/usable water from salt water. This is a necessity in the Bahamas (or anywhere in the Caribbean) as the water is expensive to buy and we don't have to conserve to such a great extent like other boats with no watermaker. When buying water who knows what the quality is too. The water tasted fine to me, no bottled water on board saves all the garbage. Dave is a pro on anything mechanic!

We played Euchre and the way I see it Traci and I were the champions.

Friday is Black Friday in the United States but the small shops in downtown Stuart were not busy as everyone is at the mall being crowded and trampled. :-).... Traci and I went to the downtown shops while Dave and Paul took their smart car to Home Depot and West Marine. …. West Marine is a candy store for boaters. We met for lunch downtown and enjoyed a great meal. After lunch we pumped up our inflatible. This is large and we wanted to try it on the davit. Paul has to purchase different D rings to attach to the “tender” to have it hanging on the davit properly. It is nice for Paul to “bounce” things off of Dave on advise for things like this.

This morning Traci saw dolphins playing just outside the breaker wall here in the marina. I haven't seen any this time yet, only 2 manatee hanging near the laundry room. Traci and Dave left this morning. We will enjoy the weather as we hear it hasn't been nice up in Ottawa area.

Solar Panels are next! The other necessity before we leave for Bahamas.