Having arrived in FtL one of the first things we needed to do was rent a car and drive up to Vero to pick up our car. Since it was a small Enterprise store in a ritzy area but with few cars we somehow ended up with an Audi A6 sedan. It was pretty and comfortable and nice, but the electronics were already getting a bit fritzy. It occurs to me that future generations will be able to use the exact same phrase to describe their last girlfriend. In either case, not for us, but it got us to the Vero airport to pick up our car, which is old, comfortable, and has few electronics to fritz. Much like us.
In the morning we returned the rental and I ran errands while Heather did laundry. The 50 foot, 50 amp shore power cable is one of the top five heaviest things I have to lift regularly. Imagine an extension cord about as big around as one of those cute little juice or soda cans. Now fill that cute can with lead (okay, copper) and make it 50 feet tall. I hate it. Thing is, we very rarely need even half of those 50 amps. Pretty much only when both air conditioners are running, which is only when it's hot, we're at a dock, and we have guests in the back cabin. So far in two years - never. There is another unlikely permutation involving the battery charger that I now know how to manage.
An additional problem is poorly placed power pedestals on docks, sometimes necessitating more than 50 feet of cable. I looked at Boat Owners Warehouse and West for a 30A shore power cable longer than 50 feet, but no luck. I found a used Eel 50 footer in good shape at Sailorman for a third of new, and bought a new 25 footer to go with it (for just a few bucks less). They both checked out and now we were hooked up to shore power for the first time since Brunswick more than two weeks ago. With our two weeks of usage up and down and a night's charge on shore power the batteries were finally back to where they were when we arrived in Brunswick last summer.
On the giant lizard invasion front (nice transition!), it's bad enough that they are everywhere.
I draw the line at having to stop for them in crosswalks. Next we'll be hearing "iguanas are people, too". Lest you think I'm prejudiced, I'm not stopping for any corporations in crosswalks, either.
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