Year 2 Day 73 Oxford, Md.

I was hoping this post would be from a different place but unfortunately we're still here.  Actually, the work was completed yesterday and we thought we were home free and took off this morning.  We were almost to Knapps Narrows when Mike went down below to check on things.  When he returned to the flybridge he was not happy and said we had to turn around.  There was still a leak but it was coming from something (not sure what) that wasn't tightened enough.  After repairing that issue, we took the boat out for a trial run.  Everything looks good so we'll try again tomorrow.

One positive note - our friends Ron and Anita surprised us and arrived here at the marina during the afternoon.  We got together and rode bikes to dinner.  As usual we had a great time with them.  They left early this morning.

Lifting the engine so work can be done on transmission seal

Sunset over the marina

Gorgeous Hydrangeas

Since I have always enjoyed gardening, I'm always interested in the flowers grown wherever we are.  These hydrangeas are spectacular all over this area and I'm so jealous as we can't grow things like this in Texas.  Anita and I went bike riding in the afternoon and asked a man if we could pick a flower for the boat.  He said to go ahead but his weren't as spectacular as others we had seen so later we ran up to a house that looked empty and grabbed a beautiful one.  I couldn't help myself.