Back to NC and Yesterday's Dream

One more change of cars. Wendy met us at the New Bern airport on Sunday – we made it back with one hour to spare. Renting cars one way is the best way for us to get back here but keeping the car longer than 1 day really gets expensive!

So we transferred our stuff for the second time and headed back to Matt and Wendy's to spend a few days while we completed getting Yesterday's Dream ready to travel again.

It's good to be 'home' again :-)

After watching the Browns lose by 1 point in the last 30 seconds of the game yesterday, we made plans for the week ahead. Yesterday was to be a trip to the boat to check a number of things but unfortunately we pulled up to the ferry only to see it pulling away – next one? One hour. Change of plans – head off to Moorehead City instead.

We tried again today and happily made it BEFORE the ferry left as can be seen by the ramp being raised and we are ON the ferry!!

It's a short 15-20 minute ride across the Neuse River. Total time to the boat is about 40 minutes by taking the ferry. Without it, we would need to go north to New Bern and then south to the marina. Total time would be over an hour! Let's hear it for North Carolina's ferry system – and free to boot.

After being on Guppy for 2 months, Yesterday's Dream seem enormous!!! I'm sure it won't take long to get used to the additional space though. For the most part, the boat looks good – quite dirty but then it's no different than anytime we've left a boat this long uncovered. We gathered the lazarette hatch cover which needs to be replaced, canvas that needs attention and all of our tie ropes which we'll wash and soften to get them pliable again.

Once back at Matt/Wendy's, Steve started on the hatch by taking the old one apart. Parts of it will be reused but the wood is pretty soft at this point. The thought is to fiberglass the wood used this time so it won't absorb water. Hopefully it will last longer than the first one (4 years).

My project was the canvas. First scrub the flybridge canvas in preparation for reapplying the waterproofing. Once it was dry, there were a few spots that needed restiched but no problem for my now well seasoned sewing machine!

Tomorrow? More work on the hatch, more sewing projects and who knows what else?

We won't be leaving until AT LEAST next Wednesday as there seems to be a huge boat blocking our boat and the marina doesn't really want to move that big boat twice. I get it so if we have to just hang out at Matt and Wendy's place with the absolutely fabulous view of the Neuse River from their living room, dining room and office, what are we to do?