Resigned

Saint Marys, GA

30 43.09 N 081 32.79 W

We are forced to resign ourselves to two truths.

The winds for the next week do not look favorable for an outside passage. We swore that we would never do the Georgia ICW again, but that seems illogical. We could sit here for a week waiting for weather, with no guarantee that the weather will be better the next week. Or, we can motor up the ICW to the Carolinas. Our friend Don on Heron recently did it. He got through the Georgia ICW in only two days.

We have also been wrestling with refrigerator problems for weeks. We wanted to blame it on the thermostat. However, now it has gotten visibly worse day-by-day the past week. I'm afraid we had a coolant leak. I put all the coolant we had on board in. No help. Today, I'm going to shop for two more cans of coolant, but I fear that any fix will be temporary if we have a leak, or will not work even temporarily if we have air in the lines.

I'm also going to buy a block of ice as a backup. We may have to live with an ice box instead of a refrigerator until we find a refrigeration repairman. Our box is lined with vacuum panels, so we can not drill any holes to drain melt water. We have to dab up melt water with sponges.

Expecting that we may need to make an appointment with a repairman a week or more in advance, I'm thinking of looking for one in Oriental, NC. Do any of you readers have recommendations?

Today however, we don't address problems, we just enjoy. Saint Marys GA is a delightful place and we're going to enjoy the day. Blog reader Mike from Fernandina saw that we were in the area. He contacted us and invited us for lunch. How nice. We haven't met Mike yet. It should be fun.