And Benji liked my leg...
Monday through Wed was boat chores. Cleaning, varnishing, etc. Pretty cool here for this time of the year. But nothing to shovel!
A new neighbor...an 80 footer. His bimini is taller than our mast head light!
Later in the day, Amber, Mark and two of their daughters visited us. They have been west Michigan boat neighbors at North Shore Marina and Terrace Point Marina for many years. We have much enjoyed their company as well as watching their family grow up over the years. They were in the Keys on vacation and took the time to stop and say hello. Thanks Amber and Mark, it was so great to see you!
Thursday I put the final clear gloss coat of varnish on everything. Not a perfect day with the breeze but I think it looks pretty darn good for a rookie.....
Friday we planned a pool day as it was starting to warm up. So Julie was fixing us a great lunch and took some bread out of the freezer. "Why is this bread not solidly frozen?" she asked. Water in the bottom of the freezer....not good. So we called for service and they came very promptly. Found low voltage to the freezer, batteries very low and an inoperable battery charger. So what was thought to be a freezer issue was really only a symptom. The technician also made some recommendations to set up our charging system a little differently, tying in the inverter charger with a switch that can be used to be able to use it as a back up charger. So I am having him make this modification as well "while the hood is up" so to speak. West Marine across the road had the charger in stock, so we are again good to go. And a big thank you to Tim and Carol for the use of space in their freezer while repairs were underway.
Saturday we took a bike ride over to Sombrero Beach, about a 9 mile round trip.
It is a very nice little beach! We also toured Sombrero Marina. Boy, it is much more protected from wave action versus the Faro Blanco site we are at. May have to check into availability for next year.
On Sunday Susie and Jeff from Idyll Time picked us up and took us to Sparky's for lunch. Great fresh fish! We first met them in Grand Haven when they were on the Loop over 5 years ago. We told them we one day wanted to do the Loop and they gave us a wonderful tour of their beautiful Kady Krogen and many great tips for getting started in our planning. And today, here we are with our paths crossing just by chance! It was great spending time with them again.
After lunch we went to their boat and got a demo on their FLIR night vision system. Amazing stuff. Jeff also showed me a product called Marine Strip that is awesome for cleaning vinyl, power cords, etc so I of course had to buy some and add it to the cleaning product arsenal.
Monday morning Julie went to water aerobics in the pool here at Faro Blanco while I stayed and managed electronics technicians and battery charger installation. I also ordered a SIM card for Julie's phone so we can use it in the Bahamas for voice and data. Call or text Julie as incoming calls and texts are free on the plan we picked. I will share her Bahamas phone number once we have it. We are planning to leave for the Bahamas in mid March.
The marina is also filling up for the winter now.
DeVere and Carole's boat Job Site in the sunset. We will travel to the Bahamas with them next month. They are from Bay Harbor near Petoskey.
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