Groundhog Day

Well, not exactly, but we've been in Deltaville, VA at Chesapeake Boat Works for five days, so it seems like the same day over and over. The mechanic comes in the morning, putters around the alternator a bit, and says he'll be back tomorrow.  Boat repair yards operate on island-time, no hurry. The mechanic is to be here at 8 tomorrow morning, so hopefully we can get underway again.

The marina let us use their courtesy car, so we explored the town.  We visited the 3 W's of boating (WalMart, Walgreens and West Marine).  We stocked up on "provisions", which is the boat word for groceries.

Deltaville has a really large West Marine, a wonderful fresh fish market and beautiful homes and churches.

King rebuilt the raw water strainers for the engines.  We saved about $500 with his talent.

Benny, King's college roommate, and his wife Lenita came for a visit.  We enjoyed catching up.

Last night about 7:30 it started to rain and then blow.  Wind guage said gusts of 35 mph.  Our dock lines held, but the boat still moved around a bit.  The rain stopped and the weather cleared, then the town sirens started to blow.  We looked outside and didn't see any tornadoes.  We checked the weather info on the radio and the internet and didn't find any warnings other than storms.  This morning we asked the the marina office employee if she heard the sirens, she replied, "Oh, on Thursday night the sirens are tested"!!    Wish we had known.