Saturday, December 21, 2013

Saturday December 21: Still in Bradenton

It was so nice pulling into the marina the other night and seeing many of the boats totally decorated for Christmas.

Not to be outdone, Steve pulled out our lights and Yesterday's Dream is now in the holiday spirit!

Yesterday was a work day. Reinstalling the engine alternator and starter and the generator starter after having them checked over in Cleveland.

For a work day it went exceedingly well! Thanks to good diagrams made as we took things apart, every wire was reconnected in its appropriate place.

And everything ran as it should! It's a miracle :-) Bonus: the battery charger was having issues running off of the generator but after replacing the starter and reconnecting the battery, it worked just fine. Go figure ..... although the armature in the starter was getting pretty loose. Perhaps that was causing a short?? Who know  ... but it's fixed :-)

Today was a play day. Steve spent most of it fishing off of the dock. Apparently there are many kinds of fish that call this area home.

Steve's biggest fish was a black grouper (out of season) but Sandie (neighbor lady) caught a nice flounder. She loves to fish and was happy to help Steve in his quest to catch - well, just about anything!


Tomorrow's another day, right? But as we were biking around the neighborhood we found a place that sells fresh fish.

Why take a chance? I see tuna in my future for tonight's dinner!



Also spotted today was the sign below. Just thought it was really funny! These folks must get a lot of turnarounds in their driveway ....



There was a very nicely done Maritime Museum across the street also. Many models of the types of boats used in the fishing industry that was so big in this area in the early 1900's.













Spotted some Roseate spoonbills in a small pond in the area. Steve saw them - I totally missed them!

We don't see too many - or maybe we just aren't looking closely enough :-)








And for your entertainment tonight: Steve's Beard Looks!


The raised eyebrow look.










The Happy Look.










The Very Serious Look.










One more happy look - time to shave this thing off!










How about a Fu Manchu?








Or a Serious Fu Manchu?

Well, maybe a moustache?








Nope - all gone. Just the way we like it :-)








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