We are settling into a sort of routine. Every morning at 9am there is a radio program called the net. It is on the vhf radio pn the boat and it is for all the boaters in the area. They give new arrivals a chance to introduce themselves, the people who are leaving a chance to say good bye, and then something called buy-sell-give away that involves a lot of boating equipment. It is also where I hear about the yoga class at the city park. Pretty fun to listen to.
Today we had Greg come over in his scuba equipment and look at the bottom of our boat. Thankfully it is in very good shape. But he did pull off some nylon rope that was wound around one of the props. We probably picked it up from a crab pot or maybe it was just floating in the water and we ran over it. Our friends Randy and Sherry had the same thing and Greg was able to get it off theirs also.
Greg also put zinc on our prop shafts. Since we are in salt water now it tends to generate low voltage electricity and will corrode props and shafts. The zinc becomes sacrificial because it is a softer metal so the saltwater corrodes the zinc instead of the expensive props and shafts.
We spent yesterday at the vet because our sweet dog Abby has a recurrence of her cancer so will be having surgery in a couple weeks. She had this surgery last June also. I guess labs are prone to it.
Dick is off to the dentist. And so it goes.
We continue to have fun with our looper friends. Some of them feel like we have known them a long time instead of a few months.
We have just made reservations in New Bern, N. C. for the summer. Starting June 1 we will be there for 5 months. Come on down.
Dick and Pat (not to be confused with the Nixons) and Abby the boat dog.
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