More Voyages of the Cornucopia: Saturday, Februrary 11, 2012 Saint Augustine--day 2

Yippee, today is laundry day. After 10 days, it was time. While I am busy getting quarters, and spending them on detergent, washing, and drying, Bob is on the boat taking care of dingy issues and supervising pump out by the marina staff. When we're done, we sit down at the table to address the major issue of the day--what to do about the Suzuki outboard. We know this is going to be one of those problems that will take $$$ to solve. Bob called the local Honda Suzuki deaerl who also does repairs. Immediately someone was dispatched to pick up our ailing motor.

The first words out of the man's mouth were, "Do you use marine gas or get it at the service station." Well of course we had to answer service station gas. He shook his head. " Well, that's the problem. Ethanol. We'll have to sand blast the carburetor, yada yada...." After the guy left, Bob said. "Did you notice he didn't have a single callous. He's no mechanic. He's a salesman."

I never looked at his hands. I was figuring $75 for his perfect hair cut and designer T-shirt---not the usual for a mechanic.

After that we went to the marina office and paid for another day on the dock. We will probably go out in the mooring field tomorrow and await delivery of our perfectly repaired motor. I'm hoping that will be sometime on Monday. But then, I've never been a realist.

Next is a walk to the locally owned grocery recommended by marina staff. Stewart's Produce is only 0.8 of a mile from the marina. Just cross the Bridge of Lions and walk 3 blocks. We found an excellent meat department with homemade sausage and beautiful steaks. The locally grown produce was outstanding also. The prices on the meat and veggies are very reasonable. Canned items are outrageous--over $3.00 for a jar of Ragu Spaghetti sauce.

We got back to the boat and had a sub sandwich with fresh tomato and cucumber. YUM.

Now I'm writing on the blog and Bob has gone walk-about. He always finds the most unusual people. Just as I finish this sentence, Bob hops on board and begins recounting his adventure...more to follow.