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Date:Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:13:00 GMT
Friends and Family
We should have at least a day between guests!
The last few days have been filled with new friends, visiting,
cheese, wine, and walking in the park. But we are also getting ready
for family to arrive on Wednesday.
The last few days have been filled with new friends, visiting,
cheese, wine, and walking in the park. But we are also getting ready
for family to arrive on Wednesday. We absolutely love meeting new people
and sharing stories! It is one of the highlights of cruising for us. It's
still a little odd for Hannah and I because we have always tended to be a
little bit like hermits. I'm not sure what clicked in us but now we simply
can't get enough of hearing new stories and meeting new people. It's a very
small community of cruisers and I'm always amazed when we find people who
know each other. I mention a story about someone we've met and low and
behold they've talked to the same boaters perhaps even years ago!
The symptoms were that it couldn't get fuel. It tried to start but
would sputter and die, sputter and die. I thought that perhaps we had
water in the fuel or bad fuel so I checked the fuel filter. No water was
draining out the bottom plug. So we tried to change the fuel filter with a
spare. It was way way too tight. But we finally got it off with the help of
a rubber jar opener. I need one of those oil filter straps. After
replacing the filter the generator runs fine. Whew! I'm always skittish
about the generator failing because repairing it will be very difficult and
will require completely disassembling the nav station and drawers.
Hannah got fresh eggs from a farmers market so we've had eggs for
breakfast for the last couple days. But now after having guests over and
plates of cheese and deviled eggs we need to go on a major shopping trip.
That is today, shopping and preparing for Thanksgiving!