One more time

 11/13- We are still here in Oriental. Yesterday was a cold and windy day so we settled in to do some boat projects. I have needed to replace the primary fuel filter for a while now so Alayne went for a walk while I tore into the motor. This filter always bugs me and I can never be sure if I can get the motor started again after changing it. Sure enough it was a struggle. I bled the motor about 6 times until finally I burbed the last bit of air out and it fired up. After cleaning up and getting the boat back together we went over and visited with Bob and Samara on their boat “ My Pleasure “. Later we were invited to Jerry and Anne’s boat for cocktails. It is so great that people are so friendly and interesting.

It rained most of the evening and when we got up the street was flooded. Today the bulkhead was completely under water and I had to move my fenders again. We were just hanging out reading on the boat when a couple who had stopped yesterday to admire our boat came by. They said they were bored and wanted to know if we wanted to go for a ride. They drove us up to New Bern and we shopped at a Walmart. Then they took us to the home of a friend who owns a couple of Cape Dory’s. We chatted for a while and we got to see a CD 30 motor sailor which was an interesting boat. 

    It stopped raining but now it was getting cooler so we hunkered down with the heater on and watched a movie. Hopefully we will be able to move on tomorrow. 

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