Days 25 thru 36 - Deltaville, VA

We received a call from our daughter Natalie on October 17th, where she said she was not feeling too good. Turns out she is in the middle of an MS Episode. Also our insurance regulations say that we cannot travel south of Virginia until November 01, the official end of the hurricane season, so thereforth I planned on staying in Deltaville until Nov, 1st anyway..

Dottie said she would be right there, but after going all the way from Deltaville to Glouster, VA (nearest Enterprise Rent A Car), And nothing available, Dottie called Natalie to say that she would be there Tuesday, October 22nd,(Thanks to Hertz, whose rates are less, and they advertise they will pick you up too!!). So, Dottie will leave here on Tuesday, October 22nd and return next Wednesday the 30th of October.

In the meantime I will enjoy our Virginia weather, and it is sunshine everyday, all day with temps hoovering to mid-seventies at lunchtime to near 49 at nighttime. The past few mornings the heat was on in the boat when I awoke, only to have a/c on by 11AM and heat again at 7:00PM.

There are plenty of things to do on this boat, such as sanding all teak, and then bleaching it and prepare to have Dottie re-finish it.
I had two divers, from a company called Under Boats, Inc. ,go down this past Thurday (10/24/13), and examine bottom of boat, only to see one surface with a tatered old American Flag and proceeds to tell me except for this flag, which was wrapped around your shaft, the bottom looks like new, no need to haul out and have her cleaned. GREAT NEWS to me, and for 20 bucks, it was well worth the peace of mind.
A canvas specialist from The Ship's Tailor will be here to fix a few broken snaps before Thursday the 31st., he did come on Friday the 25th to check it all out., but did not have the needed tools with him.

More to come as trip progresses.
Our next stop, before crossing into the Carolinas, will be Newport, VA for a night or two then North Carolina for a few days and nights, South Carolina for a few days and then Florida.....LOL....LOL...and then a week or two down the 700 mile coast of Florida to Key Largo and Tavinier(FINAL DESTINATION).