Boat Bites and other creatures.

The tide is out but no clams (like in Puget Sound). More likely alligators and snakes.

Playing shadow games. 

Mom says quit messing around - we have to make a run to West Marine and Flaming Amy's Burrito Barn! Radish, fried avocado, beef burrito. Really spicy. Really good!
Also have to drop the car off at the airport. We're leaving tomorrow and heading north.

 OK. No more car. We're on our own. Back to the boat for some of Mom's homemade tortilla soup.
(Have to love the Instapot!)

Who is this pretty girl? And what is that beaded Chippewa design on her hat?

Some fun boatyard pics and sailboat names... 

Who needs a real tire when you can paint one on.

Nice Polynesian sea turtle design. Head for the Caribbean and don't stop till you see sea turtles.

Looking down the dock and checking for alligators.

 And this is Bob on his Lord Nelson 42. He's installing solar panels and will be heading up to the Chesapeake in 2 weeks. His boat is from Hawaii, but he's not. Maybe someday, he says...

Patricia Anne is ready for departure tomorrow. If weather permits (thunderstorms predicted) we're headed to the intercostal waterway via the Cape Fear River and Snow's Cut. (Check it on a North Carolina coastal map.)

Maybe a 3-4 hour trip.

We refer to the dingy as Patty Ann. Shorter version of Patricia Anne. 

Relaxing, drinking orange juice (best on a hot day), reading, and eating salty crackers. 

It was a tough day working outside on the dingy and the outboard engine. Lots of scrapes, bumps, cuts, and sunburn. 

 It wouldn't be right without the "boat bumps". But we all survived, and except for almost dropping the outboard engine into the river, no one was seriously injured or anything of significance lost overboard.