All, just woke up. We made it. We radio'd ahead to the marina that we were close and he said to take it easy as they had to move a boat to accommodate us. So we slowed down even more as the river is a "no wake zone" anyway. Any slower and we would have been going backwards. 20 minutes later and the other boat still wasn't moved. So we sat in the channel for another 30 minutes waiting for them to move the boat.
We load it onto the hydraulic lift trailer in the morning, then yank it out of the water. I was going to stay and winterize it, but the marina owner said that they do it as part of the haul out and storage fee. I went ahead and dumped my fresh water tank anyway and went over to the pump out station for the sewage and gray water. I'll open the engine cooling water valves after the boat is out of the water.
Once we got to the dock, we ordered pizza for a local Ma and Pa shop. Reminded me of a Godfather's pizza. Tons of goo and meats and toppings. Delicious.
Angela showed up about two hours later. Seems a semi tractor-trailer went off of the road. The trailer split open and there were boxes of canned goods all over the road blocking traffic. The driver gave here 6-cases of can goods since they cannot be sold after being involved in a wreck. So, I have 6-cases of various canned goods now. Looks like we have peaches, tomatoes, mixed veggies, applesauce, green beans, and peas to last us a while.
I don't feel quite as bad about my little tumble. My nephew stepped out onto the deck and was ankles over head. He's a pretty big boy, goes about 260# and he made this hilarious sound like OOOOOMMMPH!!! when he hit. He just looked up at me and laughed. He knew what I was thinking as he laughed when I hit the deck. But, the look on his face on the way down was classic.
Jim, I couldn't open the "zip" file on those pictures. That guy has quite a collection just from the first set of photos I saw. I wouldn't mind having a couple of the less pricier ones. No way do I need a $500 structure on my layout. What program did you use to open the files? I may have to wait until I get home to the home computer to open them.
Well, time to brew another pot of coffee. I fell asleep around 8 o'clock and I doubt that i'll get back to sleep. Guess I'll just trudge around the internet, maybe scope out eBay. Haven't been able to visit them for a couple of days. See what items I can't live without.
I'll check back in later.
Bob
with the high going all the way to 5C---yay
A mix of sun/cloud
--but with no rain
As soon as I entered my employee # 90% of the work was done! Even if it weren't the online form is super simple, even a caveman(Larry) can do it
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