Nothing Could be Finer than to be in Carolina
We are finally making good progress south after a week occupied with the engine service. The work took a day longer than expected as we had them address a fuel pump issue as well that required a part order. Since we arrived on Friday ahead of the wind storm, and didn't get away until Thursday, it made for a slow 6 days. I occupied myself with some minor maintenance chores, and the weather turned very nice on Monday, but we continued to think about what great travelling days we were missing. Fortunately our friends Mike & Marilyn, who live nearby, returned Tuesday from an excursion, and we were able to have dinner with them that night and lunch Wednesday. And a much appreciated provisioning run. The location for the service on the main ICW channel yielded some interesting vessel viewing. On two consecutive days the river cruise vessels Independence and American Star cruised by heading south. These small cruise ships do the ICW from Baltimore to Florida as well as other