After a two plus day road trip we are back to the boat at Fort Pierce, Florida. The boat seems to have survived the summer without to many problems, we have some mildew in spots but nothing serious. It was a very wet summer here in Florida and lots of boats suffered some damage, a neighbor boat had his engine seize up from water entering the cabin, another boat was full of water damaging the interior, unsure of the condition of his motor, he hasn’t tried it yet. Much earlier on we had installed a garboard plug drain low in our bilge so any water finding its way in quickly ran back outside again, lucky for us because without it we may have had problems also. This year we are staying in a Days Inn motel while working on the boat, at 35 dollars a night including taxes it’s hard to pass up, it’s nothing fancy but is clean, plus the air conditioner works well. The humidity down here is unbelievable; you can’t move without perspiring something fierce. We have a bunch of parts ordered, once they arrive and we get them installed we will get launched, it always feels cooler out on the water, at least a breeze should be blowing, there’s not much at the marina.