Bottom Dave & his newly built tool shed...
No, you perverts, he is not submissive...he is quite talented when it comes to working on boats...he can weild a grinder and 16-grit paper like no one else, his reputation is far-flung as we heard about him years before we actually met this enigma. This guy invented Jack of All Trades. But back to the shed...last year it was under construction and a few days ago we walk by and the 'his' & 'hers' graphics were being put on. What a riot.
I know....I said hopefully the next blog would be from the Bahamas, well...
The road to hell is paved with good intentions... (I already used Stuck Inside Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again for a title last year so...) we're still waiting to leave. We got up yesterday to fog so thick you couldn't see 200' so we got everything ready so that when the fog broke we would head out. While we were waiting we installed the new VHF radio...while doing this I look up...
"Was that thunder?"
"I think so." Heather says.
CRASH, BOOM!!!
"Yep."
It commences to fluctuate between sprinkle and monsoon for the next 2 hours. By the time it quit raining we had soup on the stove for lunch and the tides downtown were turning against us and believe me the St. John's River is no fun to run against a several knot current. It's much more fun to ride the outgoing current and fly than to go 3 knots (you can walk faster than that)
We got up this morning to a brisk wind and 40-some degrees. Tonight and tomorrow night are freeze warnings. Heather and I looked at each other and said "Wanna stay here, stay warm, and find another project to do?" Last year we left in similar temps and were quite miserable underway. We've no need to go on that ride again.
At this point we're indifferent wether we run the ICW or a multi-day run outside (I lie, our preference is to run outside but this time of year is tough to get a window so we will relent and run inside if we have to.)
We'll get some paid work done, find another boat project to tear into, maybe I will get some writing done...but for the next couple of days we're going to sit tight, be productive, and when the time is right we'll slip-slide away...
Popeye, EVOO, & the SweetPeas | 
