Finding The Pony In The Pile Of Horse Shit

March 6, 2010
Hi 69 Lo 50
Lat/Lon 25 44.4 N, 80 13.5 W

Sid and I have both learned so much on this trip.

One thing that Sid has taught me is that, "Sometimes, life drops you in a big pile of horse shit. But you have to figure that if you've got that much horse shit, there’s just bound to be a pony in there somewhere. You just have to look for it!"

Here is today's Pony In The Horse Shit: We don’t have a cracked head and we don’t have to stay here for two weeks. We DO, however, have a blown head gasket, which still requires major surgery to repair. It’s still going to be fairly spendy, but what the hell, it’s only money. Anyone who’s ever owned a boat knows, it’s just a hole in the water where you throw money, right? B.ring O.n A.nother T.housand. (or two, or four). :o)

So we will only be here until about Thursday, which will still cause us to have to change our flights back to Seattle by at least a few days, because we still have to get Quest up to Indian Town to the haul out yard and get all of her canvas stripped off.

But here's another Pony: Sid’s friends, Jay and Sarah, happen to be in the area on vacation and are going to come help us sail Quest up the coast and get her ready to be stored safely for the summer and hurricane season. From what I hear, Jay’s pretty good at this stuff. I also hear he plays the bassoon! (Gee I hope he’s got it with him, I haven’t heard any good bassoon music in – geez - it’s been weeks now!)

And one more Pony: Since we’re kind of stuck here, I am sanding and refinishing the bright work, (the teak wood work), because it has worn in several spots and we were worried about water getting into the wood over the wet season. And Sid is re-sealing the chain plates because that is another weak area where water can get in. Now we won’t have to worry about those things.

See? Ponies! In the horse shit!