So another month has passed by with the boat still in Jacksonville and us mostly at the "dirt house". where isolation has been an interesting experience. We're safely secluded in rural GA on Lake Hartwell. Pretty much locked ourselves in here with just a weekly trip to the grocery. Really odd fixing and eating so many home cooked meals after a year of continuously eating out along the way on the trip. After getting tired as well as caught up with binge watching previously recorded TV programs, we finally started doing some work around here. Being in the woods we annually need to pressure wash our deck, patio and dock so that wound up taking multiple days since it now had 2 years of grime built up. But the finished results always look good. Only problem was one projects always begets another and in this case we decided the current railing around the deck had seen better days and needed replaced. So, a little internet research for designs, a long list of supplies and several trips to the local lumber yard and we were ready to start. Got to say that Martha was a trooper working alongside me and keeping me straight as we calculated picket spacing. Pretty happy with the final result. Certainly a big improvement over the old railings. And of course we've been enjoying our sunsets over the lake.
If you fall off the deck now, it's your own darn fault!
Sunset over Lake Hartwell
Things started opening back up in FL and Lambs Yacht Center was finally ready to take in our boat to start on some projects so we headed back to Jacksonville. We had been away from the boat for 6 weeks!! First order of business was giving it an overdue washing. The trip from The Marina at Ortega Landing over to Lamb's was a whole .77 miles taking us under one hiway bridge and one railroad bridge. But it felt so good to just fire up the engines and move again. Even got to practice our docking skills leaving our tight slip and doing some fancy spinning and backing into a spot at Lamb's. A leaking front windshield got recaulked and Cummins of Jacksonville came by to diagnose and fix an issue with incorrect oil pressure readings on the the electronic dash readout. Then things came to a standstill waiting for our turn to get hauled for a bottom cleaning and some cosmetic hull repairs. Spent the days boatbound so read a few books and did an awesome jigsaw puzzle that was passed our way via our friends on InQuest. Had a good view of the Blue Angels flyover honoring the medical workers in Jacksonville, Got word from Lamb's it would be a few more days before they could get us hauled so we packed up and headed for home again. Gave us time to start our downsizing/simplify process. Ads generated for selling a few cars. Off site garage was listed with a realtor.
Puzzled by the puzzle
Working without a picture of the final product but shapes of pieces gave us a clue
Waiting to put the final piece in.
Blue Angels honoring medical staff heroes
Getting hauled out of the water - easy work for Lamb's 100Ton Travelift
Bottom is in pretty good shape - just a little slimy.
Running gear covered in barnacles - not so good.
Quick pressure wash cleans right up. We managed to make the trip without getting a bow moustache although a little 5 o'clock shadow is starting to show
Blocked up on the hard. Is that our next boat in the background???
Martha says "You wish"...note, she didn't say "As You Wish"
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