Sunday, September 23, 2012

We have been so busy since arriving here at Aqua Yacht Harbor.  We have scrubbed, and decluttered, and scrubbed, and decluttered, and scrubbed, and decluttered until we fall into bed at night.  It has been so worth it though.  "Seas 2 Day" looks good.  We had the air conditioner fixed this past week.  It turned out that the problem was a burnt  wire.  Apparently, one of the repair people who worked on it, didn't crimp the wire properly.  It did receive a little shot of freon, but the big problem was the wire. 

We listed the boat with Marine Max on Friday.  We both have mixed emotions about that.  This boat was very reliable throughout the loop.  She is comfortable and there is space for each of us to be together or not deciding on our moods.  We are anxious for the next chapter of our life with our new boat though.  We have all these ideas about what we want to do to the Pluckebaum and where we want to put things on her.  However, we don't necessarily have the same ideas.  :)

Today we went to Our Lady of the Lake Church.  There were only 40 people in Church.  It looks like a pretty new church, but I don't know how they can afford the building if that's all the parishioners they have.  They only have Mass at 5:30 on Saturday and 8:00 on Sunday. 

Yesterday we scouted out a place to watch the Bengal's game today.  The first Sports Bar we checked out, didn't have any TVs.  How can that be a sports bar?  The second one said they have NFL package and one of the TVs could be tuned into the Bengal's.  Well, we got there after the game started because we weren't thinking about the time change between here and home.  First, we found out that they don't have a Sunday liquor license.  Okay, we ordered soft drinks.  The owner tried for 45 minutes to tune into the channel that had the Bengal's game on it, but was never able to get it.  He was on hold to Direct TV the entire time we were there.  We finally gave up and listened to the game on the computer.  Not the same.  We will have to find a different place for the next game. 

We are going to be home on the first week of October.  Hope to see many of you then.

Ron, this boat made me think of you.  The name of it is"The Rockin Robbins".

 

Our boat

 

The pool

 

 

Rack Storage of boats.  Many, many boats.

Our dock for the winter.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

This morning began early again.  We left Perryville Marina at 6:15, hoping to make it all the way to Aqua Yacht Harbor.  It was a trip of 80.5 miles and one, typically slow lock.  We called Pickwick Lock and the Lockmaster said it would be a half hour wait.  It took us about 15 minutes to get to the lock after the call, so we only had to wait for 15 minutes.  Not bad at all.  We arrived at Aqua Harbor shortly before 4:00.  We met a very nice lady named Susan who has a houseboat on the end of our dock.  She had come down to catch our lines. 

John and I had dinner at Cafe St. Claire right here at the harbor.  It is nice to be here.  Our hope is to sell our boat soon so we can complete the sale and move onto the Pluckebaum.  Our fingers are crossed. 

Our daughter-in-law said I shouldn't stop blogging completely like I had planned upon arriving here.  She said I should blog once a month or so.  I am considering doing just that.  So, check back once in awhile to see if I have anything new to say.  You never know. 

Friday, September 14, 2012

We left Paris Landing State Park this morning at 7:00.  This time we did not leave our splitter behind like the first time we stayed here. :)  We saw lots of fishing boats today as we chugged along.  All in all, we cruised 69 miles is 7 3/4 hours.  We arrived at Perryville Marina.  We no more than got here when the Harbor Master (Billy) offered to call Monroe Restaurant for us.  He said they would come to pick us up.  He also said that whatever time they said they would be here, they would be here exactly on time.  No such luck.  We waited 15 to 20 minutes past the time we agreed on.  John was on the way back to the boat to cover the bridge and dash when the car pulled up.  He, therefore, walked back to the parking lot without covering the bridge or closing windows.  There was only a 10% chance of rain.  Well, we were about halfway finished eating when the rain started.  It lasted long enough for us to walk down the dock in the rain and get things closed up.  Then, it stopped raining.  Hmmmm....

We have about 81 more miles to reach our winter destination.  We probably won't do it all in one day, but you never know.

Sunrise.

 

I like this house and where it is situated.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

What a perfect cruising day.  We fueled up before leaving the harbor and pulled away at 8:00 A.M.  It was cloudy and comfortable.  We passed one barge and lots of fishing boats.  We did not pass any runabouts or cruisers.  After five hours, we arrived at Paris Landing State Park.  It's 70 cents a foot per night here.  Pretty good, eh? 

Tomorrow is supposed to be like today in the weather department.  So, we expect to move on in the morning.  It won't be long before we are situated for the winter.  Two or three more cruising days ought to do it.  I hope I'm not jinxing us by saying that. 

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

It was hot again today.  It was nice to have the van available to us to check things out.  We drove over to Green Turtle Bay hoping to see the people on "Next to Me" which is a 42 foot Jefferson like our boat.  We have been playing leapfrog with them for awhile now, and not meeting up with them.  I guess it wasn't to be today either.  We are leaving in the morning heading toward Aqua Yacht Harbor.  It will be nice to get settled in for the winter. 

Kentucky Dam State Park is hopping busy.  The Convention Center parking lot is overfilled.  There is a group that have filled the cottages.  The overflow people are renting houseboats and staying at the dock.  The marina parking lot is full and it's not even the weekend.  It's nice that they are so busy.  Hopefully, that says something good about the economy.

Tuesday September 11, 2012

When I signed on tonight, I noticed that the last blog was Saturday.  I don't know what happened to it, but I did blog on Sunday night.  Anyway, John rode home Sunday with Mike and Linda to pick up our van so that it is closer once we get situated at Aqua Yacht Harbor in a few days.  He was gone overnight.  I had quite a lot to do while he was gone.  I missed him and we spoke on the phone a few times.  He stayed overnight at Gina's and then drove back here on Monday. 

Monday night we watched the Bengal's football game.  Can we really call that a game?  Either the Ravens are really good or the Bengals are really bad.  It was hard to watch. 

This morning, I went to the grocery and got the cupboards restocked.  We have choices now as to what to eat.  This afternoon, we drove over to Kuttawa Harbor Marina to visit Richard and Becky on Chillin'.  They weren't around though.  We are sorry we missed them. 

We are either going to leave here tomorrow or Thursday.  Til next time....

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Our inverter has been acting up lately.  When we were anchored out, it would only last about 4 hours and then it would beep to tell us it was out of juice.  So, today Mike and John got down in the engine room and tested the batteries to see if maybe one of them had a bad cell.  They really couldn't tell what was going on with them, but decided to replace the batteries anyway.  Mike drove us to a golf cart store and they had the golf cart batteries that John was looking for.  John bought four batteries and Mike and John replaced the old batteries with the new ones.  Once the old ones were out, they noticed that two of the four were split open.  The inverter is working like new.

Mike and Linda had made a reservation at Patty's for dinner tonight to celebrate our finishing the loop.  The food, the company, and the atmosphere were all perfect.  Thank you, Mike and Linda.  You are the best!  They are kind enough to let John ride home with them so that he can bring our car back here.  Our plan is to take our boat to Aqua Yacht Harbor in northern Mississippi.  When we get there, the car will be at Kentucky Dam Marina and we won't have as far to go to pick it up.  I will continue to blog until we get to Aqua Yacht Harbor.  At that point I will stop blogging.  What will I do with my late evenings? 



Linda, Carol, John, and Mike at Patty's.