Winds

In spite the strong winds on Thursday we managed to drive ourselves over to a local commercial fishing pier and fill up with diesel fuel (thanks David for the recommendation). The owner/manager Craig was extremely friendly and helpful, we pumped 500 gallons into Refugio which helps with ballast and levels us off. Our dockage back in the estuary was better than the day before, still not very pretty – but hey nothing got broken. We really have had a difficult time backing into our space with winds blowing 15-20 knots. I’ll be glad when we can pull out for the last time and begin our adventure.


We spent most of Friday running around town taking care of our last minute purchases for our trip. We were unable to find a repair kit for the water pump on the generator, Tom did manage to replace the impeller, but the pump still leaks. That’s going to have to be one of those ‘continue to check on it while underway’ things.


On Saturday Wendy and family arrived to pick up our car. We took them for a little cruise into Tres Palacios Bay. We had intended to anchor out and play in the water just to cool off, but the strong winds had something else in mind. So instead we returned to our little estuary and sat in the pilot house enjoying the breeze. Even though we noticed a few jellies when we arrived back, our grandson was still able to hang his feet off the swim step and get dunked a few times. Our dockage was once again a challenge due to winds, but Tom maneuvered very well and we tied off like pros – well almost, but we keep getting better. We opted to go to dinner early and stay longer in the restaurant since they had wonderful air conditioning.


The weather has been pretty unbearable here in south Texas this past week with a heat index of 110 today. We no longer have a car just our bikes so I sure hope we’ve got everything we need to depart on Monday.