Saturday, October 27, 2012

It's been a little more than a week since our last post.  John ordered a reconditioned detail sander because he wore out his old one.  He received an email saying it had been shipped and so a couple of days later, we walked up to the office to pick it up.  On the way, we ran into Tony the service manager.  He asked us what two people living on a boat would want with a weed whacker.  We thought that was a strange question.  He said that a package came for John that says weed whacker on the outside.  Sure enough, instead of a detail sander, he received a weed whacker.  After emailing back and forth with the company, it was discovered that the person who ordered the weed whacker got the detail sander and vice versa.  They shipped us the sander with a label to send the mistake package to the correct person directly.  We got a giggle out of that one.

We visited Shiloh Battlefields again.  This time we bought the CD that narrates the driving tour.  However, they have changed the order of the stops and so far, we have not figured out how to visit each stop in the order on the CD.  We need to go back to the visitor's center for clarification on that.

Two days ago, I fell down the four steps going into the aft cabin and bruised my back.  OUCH!  It's slowing me down just a bit.  Then, the next day, John did the exact same thing.  He cut his knee in his fall.  What's up with that?  The steps aren't any different than they have ever been before.  Oh well.

Yesterday, we finally met Cathryn and Bob on our "sister ship" Next To Me.  We have been playing leap frog for a long while.  John has been reading their blog and emailing them.  They arrived at Aqua Yacht Harbor yesterday afternoon and we went to Freddy T's for dinner with them last night.  We thoroughly enjoyed meeting them and hope that our paths cross again sometime.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

We have been busy keeping the boat in ship shape in case someone wants to come to see it.  John took the van to the dealer to have the air conditioner worked on again.  The freon keeps leaking out and the last time, they put a dye in so that if it happened again, they could tell where it is leaking.  Well, it took them an hour and a half to find the leak because it is leaking all the way in the back of the van.  When the trailer hitch was installed, it was rubbing on the A/C line and rubbed a hole in it.  So, the new line should arrive tomorrow and, hopefully, this will be the last time having the air conditioner serviced. 

I have begun making Christmas gifts.  There are so many really good ideas on Pinterest.  I am excited about some of the ideas I've gotten from this source.  I intend to make a lot of gifts, so the work is started.  No time like the present. 

A couple of days ago, John and I visited the Buford Pusser Home and Museum in Adamsville.  I thought he was a fictitious character made up for the movies, but he was very real.  He was truly amazing.  One time he had part of his face blown off, his chin hanging off of his face.  After many surgeries, he looked pretty good and could even talk.  His wife was killed in an ambush.  He was shot in that ambush as well.  I don't know how he could keep going and doing the job of sheriff. 

We also went to the Savannah River Museum.  It is a typical museum.  It has archaeological displays from around the area.  There are displays about the steamboats, including the Delta Queen.  There are also displays about the Battle at Shiloh.

I am looking forward to going on our "Sisters' Trip" in a couple of weeks with my sisters and my Mom.  We are going to the Derby theater in Clarksville, IN to see "Mousetrap".  It doesn't matter where we go, we always have a good time together.

Monday, October 8, 2012

We were home last week in Cincinnati to visit.  We spent time with our children and grandchildren.  We visited our parents.  I had lunch with my sisters. We attended movie night at Lighthouse Point Yacht Club (our home port).  We had a wonderful time, but now we are back on our boat in Iuka, Mississippi.  Our next trip home will probably be over Thanksgiving. 

 

These are all of our grandchildren.  We so enjoyed spending time with them last week.

 

While we were home, it came to my attention that you might be interested in some statistics of our trip.  The trip took us from October 15, 2009 until September 7, 2012, almost three years.  We bought 4884.3 gallons of diesel fuel for a total of $ 17,781.28.  We spent $22,775.09 on mooring.  We spent $ 34,854.22 on maintenance and repair.  We put 1145 hours on the generator and 1154 hours on the engines. We cruised a total of 9117 miles and went through 135 locks.  Whew!  It makes me tired just to think about it.  We thoroughly enjoyed the entire trip.  We met tons of really nice people everywhere we went.  We are both so glad that we were able to do this trip of a lifetime.