Day 9

Today there was no joy in Mudville.  We slept in this morning being in no hurry since we had no plans to move today.  It was Thanksgiving, and what do you do on Thanksgiving?  Eat and watch football of course. So, the plan was to take the dinghy into town just as we did yesterday, sit in a bar and watch football, then go for our turkey dinner.  What I didn’t mention yesterday was that on the way into town yesterday the dinghy motor was acting a little squirrelly, but on the way home it ran perfectly.  We chalked it up to having sat for several months and needing to be run and clean things out.  Today we got in the dinghy, pulled the starter, the engine started….briefly.  It stalled; I tried to restart, but got nothing, not even a burp.  We then spent the better part of two hours trying to trouble shoot the problem. It never even sputtered again.  Our conclusion is the spark plug is bad a needs to be replaced.  Oh, if only it is that simple I will be a happy man.  Somewhere along the line we will get a new spark plug, but not today.  Not only did we not get to watch any football, but we never got our turkey dinner.  We ended up sitting on the back deck drinking beer, eating cheese and crackers with summer sausage and watching the world go by.  Not bad by some standards.  For dinner we had left over prime rib from our stay in Coinjock a few days ago.  Not a total loss, but the day turned out different than what we planned to do.

Tomorrow we head for another anchorage a little bit south of Morehead City called Spooners Creek Anchorage.  Another peaceful place with no boat traffic, in a big cove lined with very nice homes and big sportfishers at their private docks.  Rousby and I were there when we came up a couple years ago and liked it, so we are going to try it again.

The weather was quite nice today, at or near 70 degrees, and no fleeces, sweatshirts or coats necessary.  I think tomorrow will be more of the same, and nice change for the better.  So that’s what we did today.

Until tomorrow, over and out.