Sacrifices must be made.

You know you haven't had a shower in a couple of days when Apple's Face ID doesn't recognize you.  We're having a great time cruising in new areas so sacrifices must be made - daily showers are one of them.   A Facebook post from cruising friends of ours reminded me of a few more, "HOME! Family & Friends, Square bed, endless water, endless 120v power, no more battery 12v, hot water, air conditioning, flush toilets, large showers, high-speed internet 600 Mbps, curbside trash pick up, Weber propane BBQ, a car, Wawa, drive the car to the grocery store, no more walking 2 miles for milk...." The mention of Wawa really struck home. I could use a roast beef hoagie right about now.

We had a two-night stay on a free dock in Rome and left Thursday 6/2 for Brewerton, New York.  We picked Winter Harbor Marina because it's a full-service marina and we needed a little plumbing work done.  We had a small - one drip every 15 seconds - leak in the freshwater system.  I could see that a connection was cross threaded and thought it just needed to be backed out and rethreaded.  No such luck.  It became impossible to rethread the connection.  So I managed to turn a small leak into a rather steady stream.  Winter Harbor Marina was able to find a plumber, and fortunately for my ego it was not just a simple unscrew and rethread operation. 

You may recall our little soft grounding in the Niantic River. We were "pretty sure" that the prop and rudder were ok, because we've had the boat up to full speed several times without any vibration. We wanted to be absolutely sure. So we did a short haul which is basically just lifting the boat out of the water on a  big hoist - inspecting the bottom - and returning it to the water. Egret was fine.  

Yesterday Chrisy had a "little" craving for some ice cream.  She explained her predicament to the office worker who volunteered the courtesy car.  A wrong turn out of the driveway was not going to deter this woman.  She came back with two ice cream sandwiches, a diet Pepsi, and a Frappuccino - a woman on a mission.

I've seen a lot of drive systems, but I've never seen one like this.  My initial thought was that this boat goes really well in reverse. On further inspection the scoop -looking thing moves up under the swim platform to reveal some jet drives. Anyone with further knowledge is welcome to drop a comment.

A pretty nice Kadey Krogen

Egret on the dock

Chrisy led Roger on a nice yoga session under the pagoda.