Day 121, November 30th, 2009
We woke up feeling so much better after having slept like logs all night!
During the storm at Carrabelle, two welds had broken on the stern rail from the dinghy getting sloshed about by the waves. (We have a contraption called a dinghy tow whereby we pull the dinghy backwards. Part of its support is attached by brackets to the stern rail.) The harbor master in Tarpon Springs had been able to find us a welder who could come to the boat and fix the welds right there. He arrived around 11:00 a.m. and had a look at the job and then returned with his equipment at 1:00 p.m. He did a great job and we were happy to get the repair done. We pulled away from the dock at about 1:45 and met up with Sue and Paul at the anchorage. We were off again.
It was warm and beautiful as we went back into the Intracoastal Waterway and tootled along just a short way to a lovely anchorage at Belleaire. This is really the Florida we were looking for. Palm trees, gorgeous homes with docks and lanais - beautiful!
For supper, Paul and Sue came over and we cooked up the Trigger fish that Buz had given us.
His deckhand had recommended we bake it in a can of mushroom soup. We did that and along with rice and a salad we had another gourmet meal!!! All this brain food!!
We woke up feeling so much better after having slept like logs all night!
During the storm at Carrabelle, two welds had broken on the stern rail from the dinghy getting sloshed about by the waves. (We have a contraption called a dinghy tow whereby we pull the dinghy backwards. Part of its support is attached by brackets to the stern rail.) The harbor master in Tarpon Springs had been able to find us a welder who could come to the boat and fix the welds right there. He arrived around 11:00 a.m. and had a look at the job and then returned with his equipment at 1:00 p.m. He did a great job and we were happy to get the repair done. We pulled away from the dock at about 1:45 and met up with Sue and Paul at the anchorage. We were off again.
It was warm and beautiful as we went back into the Intracoastal Waterway and tootled along just a short way to a lovely anchorage at Belleaire. This is really the Florida we were looking for. Palm trees, gorgeous homes with docks and lanais - beautiful!
For supper, Paul and Sue came over and we cooked up the Trigger fish that Buz had given us.
His deckhand had recommended we bake it in a can of mushroom soup. We did that and along with rice and a salad we had another gourmet meal!!! All this brain food!!
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