More FtL

22 - 23 March 2018

I had picked up a couple of strap wrenches at Harbor Freight ("Home of the Single Use Tool") during errands. It's just a coincidence that there was a highly rated donut shop next door. I had been trying for weeks to get the very corroded one pound propane tank off the outboard. I had left it on last summer and it was corroded on good. I had sprayed some Corrosion-X on it in Brunswick, but so far no luck. Of course once I had two strap wrenches it came right off. The threads were wet with the Corrosion-X all the way thru. It just took some time.

Based on the weather and the length of our to-do list we decided to stay at the dock in FtL until at least Saturday. On of the things on our list was to figure out where we were going after Saturday. There was a small window to the Bahamas the next day, but then nothing good for the rest of the forecast. It looked like we could get to Bimini, and even across the banks to the other side, but no farther before Heather had to fly back to Arizona.

We checked out getting people to and from Bimini and dock prices there. Not terrible, but it left me in the middle of nowhere for 10 days. We started checking out FtL more. The only place cheaper than where we were was Cooley's Landing, where John K kept his boat when I went on a Bahamas trip with him. We went together to check it out. Lot's of bugs, cute ducks, and okay facilities. They actually had a place for us. Our other alternative was to catch a mooring on the other side of the bridge where we were. Less convenient but about half as much. We pondered some more and had a fried chicken dinner at the Red Cow.

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