Well, we're still here in the mooring field. The outboard has konked out once again. We had been marooned on the boat for three days, except for the kindness of the Dockmaster who gave us a gallon of gas for our outboard, since we thought we had just gotten some bad gas. Also, Andy and Vickie, who live on a Hunter in the mooring field, who let David borrow their kayak. They also brought us five gallons of fresh gas and took us into town and back one day so we could order parts for the outboard. Then there's Bob, sorry, but I didn't get his wife's name, who was very kind and brought us five gallons of fresh water. So without all this kindness, we would surely have been in a fix!
David has rebuilt the carburetor again, but it's still not working dependably. So I think tomorrow we will get into town and we are probably going to have to purchase a new outboard. We have to be able to depend on it. It's like not having a car, only worse, since land is pretty far away!
We enjoyed a great fireworks display from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park; the longest one we've ever seen.
So, once we get the outboard either repaired or replaced, we will provision and weather permitting, we plan to finally head out to the Dry Tortugas . . . unless, nooooooo, I'm not even going to say it!
Without much else to do, hey it's way too hot to work on the boat, I played around with the blog and changed the template a little. If anyone is having trouble accessing the blog, just send us an email at newhorizonsblue@yahoo.com and we will re-invite you.
Stay tuned!
