On our way to Coinjock!!! Yay!!!

 The water was still water this morning, not ICE!  We 5 ice hostages started departing at daybreak.  Painkiller, we left at 9am.  All the ice that was left was in small pieces and nothing that we had to break up with our bow, since the other 4 boats who had blazed the path before us had done a good job.  Being in the ICW one can expect smooth waters for the most part. And it was smooth, some wind which made a little bit of an impact when we got out into the middle of the ICW.  It gave us a gentle and soothing motion.  I had no nap today, I know, its one of the few times I've missed it.  I drove the boat quite a bit today, including taking it off the dock.  I love that and am looking forward to more Captain Duties. The Navy was practicing touch and goes in their fighter jets, maybe F-14's.  It is an unforgettable sight and sound.  I heard them before I saw them.  I managed to get a few good videos.  Make sure you sound is on to enjoy the full experience.   We got to Coinjock mid afternoon, got tied up and headed to the marina store to see if they still had any TOE Jam (Tangerine, Orange and Elderberry).  Its pretty tasty and it has such a fun name.  The marina restaurant requires you to pre-order your prime rib entree, they have 16oz and a 32oz size and man does it live up to its fame! We had a most excellent dinner with some new friends.  Now, to bed early, we're up at 5am for our long trip to Dowery Creek tomorrow.  With any good luck we will be at our destination before sunset!

 Swing Bridge

  Ice this morning, volume up!



 Fighter Jet


Fighter Jet


 Those little rectangles on the blue screen are FISH!


 Sunset


 Sunset


 Coinjock Marina


 Just a view out the front window


 A million stumps to dodge


 More stumps


 Just a pretty view


 Ice on the water surface this morning


Just leaving the dock


 The HUGE 32 oz prime rib, it was goooodddd!



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Wrapping it up

Image
 Boss Bobby was absent again today.  He volunteered to come install our hydraulic hoses tomorrow, Saturday, his day off.  Management said no overtime,  doggone again.  David was out on the dock and Boss Bobby came up to him, put both his hands on David’s shoulders and said, “I may have good news for you!”  Boss Bobby called management and explained without anybody else here to bug him, he could come and get the hoses “knocked out”.  Music to my ears!!  He said he’d be here around 9am, I said, “I’ll have lemon bars ready for you”.   Don’t know if he can get all the hoses installed, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed!  We both did more cleaning today.  I got a razor blade and scraped off some dried varnish drips that a previous, sloppy painter had smeared all over the boat when he was applying varnish to the teak rails.  I moved inside and scraped the edges and corners of the floors so get them really clean.  I applied a cle...
Read more

Crabbing

Image
 The day started out nicely.  Grant FaceTimed us, he and Harrison were hanging out at home. Grant got him to smile sooo big several times we even got to watch Daddy do Harrison’s tongue exercises  (tongue movement so everything heals correctly). The smiles were real and intentional, not just hot air came out of my butt kind of smiles!!🤪 It was so great to see them both!  I got the great idea to try my hand at crabbing, we took a chicken thigh and tied it with string to the crab trap, I thought it was pretty secure but I was wrong.  The first time we pulled the trap up, a big crab make a fast escape, the next pull we had a baby crab, the third pull we found the chicken thigh completely gone and no crab,  and one of the lines that pulls up the sides to trap the crabs inside had been chewed off. We pulled it up may more times but still no crab. But I am not giving up!  We had a squall come through the marina, we heard noise, it was lots of rain, looked u...
Read more

Yes, Sir

Image
 We made it to Palmetto, FL.  The winds were still blowing too much, the water was still   Coast Guard departure    Jake and Harrison playing on the Ipad    We had a stowaway,  we turned him loose when we got close to shore, I didn't know how far they can fly so better safe than sorry   Our soldiers at work!!   Jake will be 14 in a few months   Harrison is 11 months rough but what a gorgeous shade of teal blue!  We only saw a few dolphin but none came to play along side of the boat.  I used the patch again and Ellie had her L-Theanine so we both tolerated the rocking' and rollin' better.  When we only had 3 hours left to go to reach the marina, we were hailed by the Coast Guard.  Oh, crimany, what did we do or not do???  We were asked to put the boat in neutral, did we have any weapons on board and may they come aboard for a safety check?  We did as asked, they pulled up beside us and came aboard. ...
Read more