The Schedule Has Changed a Little

I heard a rumor that there were snowflakes in Bismarck yesterday. Not sure if that's true or not, but there was a low of 63 here last night.

We've worked out arrangements to stay in the apartment that we have for another week. We do have a couple of items to deal with on the boat before we can put her back in the water. The surveyor recommended that the batteries be changed and the location of the batteries is unbelieveable. Hard to believe that an engineer would put the batteries where they are when everyone knows that they have to be replaced sooner or later. Oh, wait a minute, I know a few engineers and I guess it's not unbeliveable!! Anyway, after working on the Baltzer/Schlobohm electric golf cart, I've decided to get some assistance with the replacement. We have to go through the inverter/charger to even start to see the batteries, so help is on the way. We also need to replace the selenoid on the gas line, get the hailing port printed on the boat and get the roller furling systems going. Once those are done, I think she'll be ready to go in the water. We do need to replace the dingy and I'm not having much luck finding a used one. Found a couple on the local Craig's List, but can't seem to get anyone to respond to me. We also need to make arrangements for a place to leave her when we return to North Dakota for Christmas and January. So, we just needed more time than we originally anticipated.

The good part of all of this is that the people that own the apartment where we're staying are selling the house and they're actually moving further north just before Thanksgiving, but not closing until December. So when we approched them about additional time they said we could stay in the main part of their house, since they were not going to be there. They were also going to give us a much better price because they were concerned about the inconvience that we might experience while the movers are there. Actually, we'll probably be over working on the boat, so may not even see the movers.