Still not wearing flip flops!

Not much to report since last week.  Maintenance,cleaning and provisioning have been our priorities, but not over doing it.  Still no firm plans as to a departure date and not even sure yet where we are heading.  Hoping that the temps start to warm up a bit before disconnecting from our power source.  We have been using a couple of ceramic heaters to keep things nice and toasty and occasionally using the reverse cycle heat when temps drop below 30 (hoping that won't happen again).

 Last Friday, buckets of  rain and strong winds moved thru the area (the stuff that headed to New England).  The wind blew the water out of the river into Abermarle Sound - for most of the day we sat about two feet lower than normal, which made getting from the boat to the dock a bit of a challenge.

 Amazed at how many boats are still heading south - we see one or two a day, passing by or stopping here for a night.

 The heat exchange issue seems to have been resolved.  Rick decided to take it to a radiator shop just up the street from the marina, have it flushed, and pressure tested and everything appears to be fine.  We will see, once underway.    

Izzy is enjoying the big grassy yard to play ball and we have found a good place to take a daily walk.  Temps warming up this week, daffodils and tulips are blooming, all is good here.

      Izzy downtime.  Amazing what a little exercise does for her or perhaps she is growing out of the puppy stage (yah right).

Celebrating my big 60th birthday on the 7th.  Not sure how I feel about it yet - I'm adjusting.

My sister told me, 60 is the new 40.  Easy for her to say - she's just turning 59.

Thank you, Rick and Izzy for my new iPad.  

Dreamin of warm sunny places.

"Dream as if you'll live forever. 

Live as if you'll die today."

James Dean