Sunday December 10: Be Careful For What You Are Wishing!

 Being in Ohio for a week was enough :-) And it was due to be even colder so of course what was on our minds was returning to the warmth of the Keys.

The approaching cold front was due in Tuesday night but we really weren't prepared to have to scrape the heavy frost off of the rental car in Columbus on Wednesday morning.

The rental places in the north will often have a scraper in the car but that was not our luck this time! So we used what we had: credit cards and drivers licences :-) Worked fine and it saved sitting in the car with the defroster running for the 15 minutes it would have taken for the car to warm up enough to melt the impossible to see through frost on the front windshield.

The time of our arrival to Ft. Lauderdale at 12:45 was perfect as my appointment to have the stitches removed from my thumb was for 3:00 but the ever accommodating office at the Clinic in Weston said to just come whenever we wanted. Out and on our way by 2:30 in order to beat the traffic to the Keys.

So we were wishing for the warmth of Marathon but got more than we bargained for! Hot, sunny and more humid than usual this time of the year.

Solution? Run the air conditioner and stay inside of course!

Still way better than the cold of Ohio. Besides the cold front was headed here next. Northwest winds 30 knots or so were headed our way and blew in very suddenly Saturday early morning - the day after dumping snow to the southern states that rarely see the white stuff.

This is the neighbors boat docked next to us.

The good part of a cold front is it makes working under the main cabin floor much more comfortable with the cool air. Of course there was yet another job for Steve under the floor. There are quite a few jobs on his list but working on the holding tank was not one of them - until the front head decided to no longer flush!

Suddenly that job became number one on the list!

Remove the 7 foot length of hose and replace it. Not a fun job as any boater has discovered!

Hopefully these issues will finally be resolved and the things needing repaired from Irma can finally begin ......