Well it has been awhile since we sent our last news out. Then we told you about the grouch (steve) who found a person who has helped his back etc, plans to go back to CC for physicals etc and then on to Brunswick, GA, getting our truck and bring it to Carrabelle, the dingy cable breaking again and the dingy winding up in the water, and getting the new bimini.
So what have we done since then and what is next.
Done since then – NOT MUCH – Ain’t that the way it is supposed to be. In general we have just been enjoying life. With the truck here we have explored this part of Fla and it has been great just to git stuff when you need it. Of course the boat maintenance is ongoing as anyone who has one knows. The good part of that is that work is good for the mind and body. The bad part is it interrupts margarita time.
The one thing of note about the boat is that the issue of the dingy lift keeps popping up. We finally got all the good solid parts and the issue fixed. BUT as we did not have a salt water washdown to clean the anchor Steve installed one and it works great. But when wiring it up to the distribution panel, low and behold the dingy lift struck again. It appears like when the cable jammed and snapped the lift motor drew so much current and the terminal board was not of the quality and amp size required there was some overheating. To the tune of melted wire installation, crystallized terminal boards and charred back panel. The odd thing is no circuit breaker popped, the smoke detector did not sound, and everything electrically worked fine. Whew – Well that is almost all fixed still have one terminal board to replace (the ole parts on order thing).
On a SAD SAD SAD note. Cat is no longer with us. He was a GREAT boat pet and we miss him every day. He was getting old (somewhere around 16-18), had cancer, but he still was a good pet. We did not want him to suffer so put him to sleep a couple weeks ago. Even the people on the porch miss him.
Also on a kind of sad note, our cruising plans are on hold for awhile. We will be returning to CC by truck sometime in January (probably during the first week). We hope this is not the end of our cruising plans but may delay them for awhile. As you know Steve has had some issues with his back and recently his knee. Everything seemed to be doing a lot better, little to no pain, walking instead of waddling, etc. and then we went to CC and had our physicals as well as visited friends and family. Everything was great, we had good reports, fun with friends and got to wish a couple good luck on their start of cruising, enjoyed the family and started back to Sandpiper in Carrabelle. While going over a bridge in Mobile we got a call from our Dr. which is putting our plans on hold for a bit. What happened is that while in Corpus Christi for our Physicals, our Dr. had Steve get MRIs for his back and knee. On the way back to Carrabelle, she called and indicated that he has a torn knee and back. So, we are staying here for the remainder of Nov and Dec to get the boat here ready to sit for awhile, possibly putting her up for sale, and to get opinions from Doctors here as to what we should do. Then we will return to Corpus Christi in Jan to get opinions from the Doctor there. While getting the opinions and making the decisions, we will probably stay on CJ like old times. If he has to have surgery, we will do it in Texas and do rehab in Corpus and stay at our house for the rehab. Then we will look at which boat we have and how much he can do and then determine where we are going to cruise (may be continue current “plans”, cruise Texas again which ain’t bad, or do cruise ships and be spoiled, or land cruise. Only time will tell.
In the meantime, all is well in Carrabelle. We have Turkey day planned for on the porch and Christmas parties/boat parade etc.
More later as it happens
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