Today there is less pain in my mouth, that is until just now when I slapped at a bug on that side of my face. Daughter Sarah wrote a prescription for amoxicillin for me before I left. I have started taking that. What a great and wise daughter. The woman in the office went through a terrible toothache, so she feels my pain and will make something happen with a dentist on Monday.

I got my Thanksgiving/Christmas marina reservation finally. Then I got my plane tickets. So that finally worked out and removed a great deal of stress for me. The shroud guy called and was just here, so that is looking good. The photo shows the crippled shroud.

Got my backup iPad working. Not easy, but it is back. I had to let the battery die. Then I had to cycle through dialogue boxes several times.
You need to restore this iPad
Go ahead
Restore failed
You need to restore this iPad ... Go ahead ... Restore failed ... and around and around we went.

Then the day almost turned on me. My brother convinced me to pull the paddle wheel to clean it so it would work again. The problem with that is when you pull it out, water comes running into the hole in your boat until you get the plug in. And then you have to reverse the process and get it lined up properly. Well, I couldn’t get the paddle wheel all the way out, and then I couldn’t stop the boat from leaking after I pushed it back down. I won’t repeat my thoughts at that point. It turned out Mark forgot one step, and when the previous owner showed me how to pull out the old paddle wheel, it didn’t involve this missing step. And from what I could see from the top, I didn’t realize it had to be done. Upon further review with a flashlight, it became obvious (hindsight). After understanding better how it all went together, I got it put back properly with no leak (I hope). I still need to check underwater to see if it is lined up properly, but that will wait for better water.

The tide here is 6 feet. That means every six hours it is going up or down 6 feet. The current can be up to four knots. So coming and going at slack tide is very useful.