As I promised - a "dirty" story. As they say, if you haven't experienced repairing the head (toilet) you aren't a serious boater. Well, we (Alan) has jumped into this delightful situation right away. The head has been "acting up" ever since we have been on board. After the third time (thankfully we have another head) we decided enough was enough. Marine heads are fairly uncomplicated and drain into a holding tank. Alan found the schematic for it in the boat papers and proceeded to take it apart - part by part ( I have a picture I hope to get posted - priceless!) and then cleaned each part. I gave moral support!! We found the problem. When you have to replace a part in a head, you can buy a kit that contains most of the essential parts and you just go ahead and replace all the parts in the HOPE that this situation will not rear it's ugly, stinky head anytime soon! Alan says we will know if he completes the project sucessfully when there are no parts left on the floor! We drove to Jacksonville yesterday with Mike and Mary to West Martine - the mecca for boaters - and ordered the kit (it will be here today) and picked up some other items that we needed i.e. new lines (dock rope) and fenders (inflatables that keep the boat from rubbing the dock). Of course, we had to make a quick trip in to Costco - aaaaaahhhh - it soothes my soul!!! It isn't really the ideal store for boaters as we just don't have much refridge/freezer space but we figured out the items we just cannot live without!! Pathetic
We did get a leg of lamb that we will do on the stovetop. We don't have an oven and really don't miss it, but hope to get a convection microwave in the future for those times that you really do need/want an oven type meal..
The afternoon was spent making all the campground reservations needed for the trip to Tenn, Minn and Colorado - done!!It took more time than usual as the phone signal/internet was off and on.
Isn't this the 21st century???
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