Now that we are back in Annapolis we have been concentrating our efforts on replacing our water and fuel tanks. We were able to remove both of them the day after we got home and are now living on the boat without the ability to take a shower, move the boat, or turn on the heat. Bill got the water in the marina hooked up so we can have running water but the pressure is not good enough to be able to use the shower. We’ve been missing our diesel powered heater a little bit in the mornings but we are making it through. The shower thing is much more of an issue but, for now, we’ve been able to “borrow” showers from a nearby commercial marina. Above is a picture of where the tanks go. Of course it didn’t look nearly that clean after we removed the tanks. Luckily our floor lifts out easily and there is good access to the tanks.

Besides working on our boat projects we have been catching up with family and friends. Right now we are hitting the dinner circuit. We are getting very well fed just for the price of our stories! It’s great seeing everyone again. We have driven the D.C. and Baltimore beltways a couple of times so far and we both feel that we were safer in the middle of the ocean!

Now we are waiting to finalize the details of ordering our new tanks and working on fixing some things we’ve been avoiding on the boat. We are also going on a buying spree now that we have a mailing address we can use and use of a car to get to all the stores we haven’t seen in a while.

I did finally get my pictures from the Abacos posted in our Photo Gallery. Please go check them out!