We made it back home to the cloud belt this evening.
Still some sNOw in the corners of the house that are in the shadows.
No more problems with the truck--as a matter off fact, it runs better than it has since we've owned it. If your Ford needs service, I'd recommend Langdale Ford in Valdosta, GA.
March 8, 2011
March 7, 2011
On the road again
The problem was a leak in the high pressure oil injector. A $.15 part and $896.00 in labor to get to it. We got the truck back about 6 pm and made it NOrth of Atlanta tonight.
Thanks for all the calls and emails. My neighbor Jake offered to drive his Chevy truck down here to tow the boat home if my Ford couldn't handle it.
Brown O bOb was southbound on I-75 and offered to stop to help us. We passed each other at mile 50.
Thanks for all the calls and emails. My neighbor Jake offered to drive his Chevy truck down here to tow the boat home if my Ford couldn't handle it.
Brown O bOb was southbound on I-75 and offered to stop to help us. We passed each other at mile 50.
On the hook
March 6, 2011
Road dog trouble
Made it to the Georgia state line. Stopped at a Cracker Barrel, came out and the truck would not start. Left the truck and boat there, and walked to a motel. Look for a Ford dealer tomorrow
March 5, 2011
Curses! Foiled Again!
So Pam says "We have to start home Sunday."
"Can't be time yet" says I, "look at all the vitamins that are left," shaking the bottle for effect.
Then she says "On our last few trips, I've noticed that for some reason your vitamins have not been a good indicator, so this time, since you eat oats for breakfast every day, I counted out the packets of Quaker Oats, and there's only one day left." She also said she noticed when we left home that I packed two months worth of deodorant, and I was now out. Not going to ask how she knows that.
Next, I tried the financial defense. "But it will cost us more to drive home, than it would to stay here another month." She pointed out that situation would never change, and only get worse as the price of diesel fuel continues to rise.
Looks like we're leaving Sunday.
We enjoyed a nice pitch-in dinner in the shelter house last night with Mike & Kay Ann and Phil & Cathie. I suppose it was our farewell party.
Kay Ann was attacked by the marina cat, "Dockie," Thursday and had to go to the emergency room for treatment. Probably won't be seeing the same cat here next year.
So now it's time to deflate the dingy (along with my spirits,) wash the salt off the boat, and drive NOrth. On D-day (departure day) we'll pump out the holding tank, empty the water tank, and winterize both so they won't freeze when we get home. I'll try to spend as much time as possible before we leave here looking at the clear green water, clear blue skies, and the lush green foliage that's everywhere. When we get back up NOrth, everything will be such "beautiful" shades of brown.
Update on hot dog man's jet boat. We knew it had old gas in it when he bought it. Walrus man thought he would help by adding 5 gallons of new gas, so he took a full 5 gallon gas can off the top of the hot dog boat, and poured it in the jet boat. At first, hot dog man didn't know where walrus man got the "gas." Seems it was the can where hot dog man stored his old motor oil, as well as the old cooking oil from his deep fryers in the hot dog boat.
"Can't be time yet" says I, "look at all the vitamins that are left," shaking the bottle for effect.
Then she says "On our last few trips, I've noticed that for some reason your vitamins have not been a good indicator, so this time, since you eat oats for breakfast every day, I counted out the packets of Quaker Oats, and there's only one day left." She also said she noticed when we left home that I packed two months worth of deodorant, and I was now out. Not going to ask how she knows that.
Next, I tried the financial defense. "But it will cost us more to drive home, than it would to stay here another month." She pointed out that situation would never change, and only get worse as the price of diesel fuel continues to rise.
Looks like we're leaving Sunday.
We enjoyed a nice pitch-in dinner in the shelter house last night with Mike & Kay Ann and Phil & Cathie. I suppose it was our farewell party.
Kay Ann was attacked by the marina cat, "Dockie," Thursday and had to go to the emergency room for treatment. Probably won't be seeing the same cat here next year.
So now it's time to deflate the dingy (along with my spirits,) wash the salt off the boat, and drive NOrth. On D-day (departure day) we'll pump out the holding tank, empty the water tank, and winterize both so they won't freeze when we get home. I'll try to spend as much time as possible before we leave here looking at the clear green water, clear blue skies, and the lush green foliage that's everywhere. When we get back up NOrth, everything will be such "beautiful" shades of brown.
Update on hot dog man's jet boat. We knew it had old gas in it when he bought it. Walrus man thought he would help by adding 5 gallons of new gas, so he took a full 5 gallon gas can off the top of the hot dog boat, and poured it in the jet boat. At first, hot dog man didn't know where walrus man got the "gas." Seems it was the can where hot dog man stored his old motor oil, as well as the old cooking oil from his deep fryers in the hot dog boat.
March 3, 2011
More hot dog man stories
It's been windy the last few days. Blowing 20 today, increasing to 30 tonight and tomorrow. We're rockin at the dock.
We were able to go out to the reef on Tuesday. Saw this boat on the way out. Most sailboats are identified by an insignia on the sail. My sailing friends can tell what's wrong with this picture.
The other day, when hot dog man told us about his trip to the emergency room due to man-of-war stings, he also said there had been a fatality caused by man-of-wars. We have decided that maybe some of the hot dog man's stories might be true, but without a second source, I'm reluctant to repeat everything he says. I was reading a local newspaper today, and it mentioned that they were performing an autopsy on a 64 year old New Jersey man who was snorkeling off the S.S.Minnow out of Key Largo. The skipper of the Minnow shouted to the man that there were man-of -wars close to him. The man tried to swim back to the boat, but suffered a "trauma" before making it back on board the Minnow. The paper said the authorities doubted if his death was due to the stings. Therefore they're doing an autopsy to confirm the c.o.d.
The next hot dog man story is about a boat he bought. It's a small jet powered boat. Not much bigger than a PWC. On Monday, some gold chainer was sitting on the dock, drinking an entire large bottle of Mike and Kay Ann's vodka. He was boasting about going to the Bahamas, buying an island, building an airstrip, and developing a resort. Said he had to fly out of here the next morning, and he had this boat he needed to get rid of fast and cheap--and of course, it was like new. So hot dog man says his family is coming here for spring break, so he will buy it. The next day, the gold chainer is gone, hot dog man has the boat, and to no one's surprise, it won't run. We can hear it cranking and cranking, and since it's so windy, and it's directly upwind, we start to smell ether. (He's spraying in starting fluid.) The boat roars to life. Then we can smell the old fuel which has turned to "varnish." Instead of removing the old gas, he dumps more in.
It's too windy to take his boat out, but it looks like he might eventually make it go. Later, he told us he's already sold the boat to a local sheriff deputy. Hot dog man keeps it until after spring break. I suppose if you work with grease, problems slide right off.
We saw this sea creature swimming around the transom of our boat at the dock. It looks a little like a sea horse.
We were able to go out to the reef on Tuesday. Saw this boat on the way out. Most sailboats are identified by an insignia on the sail. My sailing friends can tell what's wrong with this picture.
The other day, when hot dog man told us about his trip to the emergency room due to man-of-war stings, he also said there had been a fatality caused by man-of-wars. We have decided that maybe some of the hot dog man's stories might be true, but without a second source, I'm reluctant to repeat everything he says. I was reading a local newspaper today, and it mentioned that they were performing an autopsy on a 64 year old New Jersey man who was snorkeling off the S.S.Minnow out of Key Largo. The skipper of the Minnow shouted to the man that there were man-of -wars close to him. The man tried to swim back to the boat, but suffered a "trauma" before making it back on board the Minnow. The paper said the authorities doubted if his death was due to the stings. Therefore they're doing an autopsy to confirm the c.o.d.
The next hot dog man story is about a boat he bought. It's a small jet powered boat. Not much bigger than a PWC. On Monday, some gold chainer was sitting on the dock, drinking an entire large bottle of Mike and Kay Ann's vodka. He was boasting about going to the Bahamas, buying an island, building an airstrip, and developing a resort. Said he had to fly out of here the next morning, and he had this boat he needed to get rid of fast and cheap--and of course, it was like new. So hot dog man says his family is coming here for spring break, so he will buy it. The next day, the gold chainer is gone, hot dog man has the boat, and to no one's surprise, it won't run. We can hear it cranking and cranking, and since it's so windy, and it's directly upwind, we start to smell ether. (He's spraying in starting fluid.) The boat roars to life. Then we can smell the old fuel which has turned to "varnish." Instead of removing the old gas, he dumps more in.
It's too windy to take his boat out, but it looks like he might eventually make it go. Later, he told us he's already sold the boat to a local sheriff deputy. Hot dog man keeps it until after spring break. I suppose if you work with grease, problems slide right off.
We saw this sea creature swimming around the transom of our boat at the dock. It looks a little like a sea horse.
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