All right Ali was right again. I didn’t get a thing done today. Our cockpit still contains a toilet. And every time Ouest walks by it she yells out, “Pee!” I guess it could be worse, she could be yelling, “Poop!” The Oscars are on tonight. We haven’t seen a … Read More
Agua Stink
Ouest and I took the bus to town today to visit the marine store. Basically what I do there, according to Ali, is buy stuff for projects that never get started, much less finished. And while there is some truth to that I’m determined to finish this project. If for … Read More
Another Day
Just another day spent entirely within three hundred yards of the boat. Ouest has started to put letters together with certain words. Points to L, says, “Lowe.” M, “Mama.” P, “Papa.” B, “Boat.” D, “Dog” O, “Me.” She has also randomly started doing somersaults. Perfect straight over the head somersaults. … Read More
Not All Kisses
The boy is a kisser. He grabs Ali’s face and lays that slobbering open mouth right on top of her. This morning play time went from fun and games to this. Ouest has taken a shining to all of Lowe’s baby toys lately. To be fair she has been pretty … Read More
Boats
I hooked up the refrigerator compressor today, started the engine, and flipped the power switch with fingers crossed. No good. The grinding noise continues. Meaning, I guess, that the damage is internal. Very disappointing as at this point I really have no idea what this means. As in, can it … Read More
Down On All Fours
Today I got the bilge cleaned out once and for all. There was a section of the bilge that I couldn’t get at while the compressor was on, and even with it out, it was a reach. It was the area underneath the transmission, which required me to climb under … Read More
Doctor Time
Lowe’s little cough hasn’t gone away still, so today we went in for a pediatrician visit with a new doctor. Excuse me, Doctora. She was recommended by some friends and seeing as we never really liked our original pediatrician we decided today was as good a time as any. On … Read More
Never Own Another Boat…
Here’s a hot tip for the would be cruiser: Learn to weld stainless steel and you’ll never be wanting for money or work in your travels. In all of our years aboard we have hired welders seven times that I can think of off hand. Mechanics, twice. Refrigeration guys, twice. … Read More
Work Crawl
This morning while Ali put down Lowe for his morning nap I took Ouest downtown with a refrigerator compressor slung over my shoulder. I knew things were looking up when we walked up to the bus stop at the same instant the bus pulled up. I always get a thrill … Read More