I spent some time on the computer today. We had to send some documents to the credit card company related to the accident we had with the Enterprise rental car. Enterprise finally sent us the bill. It as just over $500, so we were happy about that. That was also sent off to the credit card company. They will let us know if they will pay Enterprise or if we should and then be reimbursed. Hasn’t been too much of a hassle so far. We are just so thankful that nobody was hurt when we were rear ended.
Dave changed the impeller on the Lehr outboard yesterday. We may just need it on the Portland Pudgy. Today, when he tested the Lehr motor on “Skadoosh”, the Pudgy, it was stuck in gear. He had to take apart the motor again and have it in neutral when he put it back together. Then it worked. So we hopped in the dinghy with the 3 cold beers we had on board and went for a “Dinghy drift”. We motored out in front of the boat, shut off the motor and drifted back to the boat. It is always so peaceful. While we were peacefully drifting, Dave said “We’re illegal right now. If we put a motor on the Pudgy, it has to be registered and pay to license it. Plus we don’t have life jackets. Thank goodness for countries without laws.” Of course we were only in 7 feet of water.





We found out this morning that a close friend of ours for over 40 years passed away this morning. Randy and Deb Louchart lived in SD when we met them in the late 70’s. They moved to Atlanta later. We were able to see them, at least yearly, when we moved south and onto the boat. Randy was only 63 years old. Living on a sailboat makes it harder to be with family and friends at times like this. But it also confirms that we are doing the right thing, living our dream before it’s too late. Love to everyone of you reading this post.
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