Day 57

Another nice day today. We took the boat out to test the “fixes”. Only bad news, about 2 miles out, it hesitated again. The mechanic was positive that he fixed the problem, so we figured it was just some air left in the line from when he was fixing it. It didn’t choke and die like it was doing before, so at least that is a good sign. Grant wasn’t too worried about it, just a small concern.

After we came back, we walked into town, but found that everything was closed down. A lot of these shops just open and close as they please, and around the holidays, they are closed more than open. The town was also fairly dirty. Not clean like Panama City was. Panama City was almost pristine. It seems like this town has a lot of industry, which tends to make it dirtier. It is the Oyster capitol of the world, and also has a large shrimping industry as well. We were looking for a malt shop, but found that also closed, so we settled for an ice cream cookie sandwich from the local gas station. It was a lazy afternoon and we spent the rest of the day playing cards, having a Tetris competition on Grants phone and making our weekly phone calls. Tomorrow we prepare for leaving on Tuesday. That still seems like our best day. It will be about 20 degrees the next few days and then a warm up. We can’t wait. This cold weather is getting to us….