Well another day in the same place. We have been here so long they have offered us benefits! As I was walking to the shop this morning to pick up a couple buckets to change oil in the main engines, I took a few photos around the marina to add some spice to the blog. The shot 
across the river is Grand Mariner 
Marina which has a great restaurant which we sampled again tonight with our friends Charlotte and Bill (Precious Time) who drove over from Eastern Shore Marina in Fairhope to have dinner with us. They plan to leave for Panama City tomorrow but we will meet up again 
in Port St. Joe after Christmas. They had some battery issues that had to be addressed today so they couldn't leave this A.M. as planned. We are hearing stories that loopers are stacking up in Carrabelle and Appalachicola waiting on a weather window to cross the gulf. I called this morning to move our 12/3 reservations into next week at Port St. Joe and they didn't seem to mind since they are also getting full. The photo of Quest at the transit dock is at low tide which runs about 2 feet here in Dog River. That is about the same that we will see until the east coast when it will get to 9 feet in SC. We didn't see anyone from Cummins today to check out our fuel leak problem so we hope they show up tomorrow so we can get going again. It is supposed to be in the high 60's for the next few days with nothing but sunshine so we ready to move.
I faxed the bill for the new shaft, coupling and prop repairs yesterday evening to Boat US Insurance and got a call this morning before 9 a.m. that a check was in the mail. That seems like amazing service but I am sure that the reputation of this marina repair facilty didn't hurt.
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