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A Reflection On Tuesday

I mentioned that we had a big storm here the other night in my comment on BlogDumps. It was a big one with seventy mile an hour winds…. WOW!
Trina and I had worked all day putting in a new parking lot at our doctors office ( a friend of ours too) It had to be the hottest day of the year. We both agreed we should start early to beat the heat, so we did we got up early and headed out to pick up the first load of crush and run driveway material.

The truck runs hot inside the cab and has no air conditioner, so glad we got up!
So the first load – we go to dump it and drive down the parking lot (less tractor work this way) and the right front break line blows out and I am headed into the road with Trina yelling stop and me yelling “It don’t stop no more! Help me! It don’t stop no more!!!!!” Finally it came to enough of a stop that I put it in reverse and I backed into the driveway. We spent the next few cooler hours removing and replacing the break line, bleeding the breaks and then we were back on the road.

We go get three more loads and then off to get the tractor. It was hotter than you know what by then and with all the down time we should have been on our way home. I thought to myself out loud “Why is it always on the hottest days?”
All went well, we got the tractor and off we went to finish up – no big thing right! Now it is in the afternoon around 3 and it’s blazing hot. All was going well then the tractor started to stall out for no reason. It did this about five or six times and now it is getting late and it’s over a hundred degrees and it quits all together with a few touch ups to go before we were done. So we shovel some and wait… it won’t start so I said “Forget it lets get the trailer and winch it on there and go – we still have pumpkins to water.”

We get the trailer and start to try to load it and then Trina tries it and it starts…. go figure. I yelled to her “back it up and we will try to finish and then load it up.” It was late and we finished it up and were on our way home to the farm it was nine o’clock when we finally got there.

We were dead, head swimming and exhausted. One of the guys had started the watering so we went and laid down in the air conditioning. Then the storm started, it blew through here hard like a hurricane we both thought who cares at this point, at least the driveway is getting watered and the pumpkins are loving the extra water.

Then the phone rings… My son tried to out run the coming storm and get home – he was on his motorcycle and this storm popped out of no where. He had crashed when the wind blew him and the bike off the road! So we loaded up in the car and headed out to go see what happened. Long story short (it would take another blog post) He is OK a lot of bumps and bruises and a small compression fracture in his back that will heal on its own in time.

He is so lucky it all went down the way it did or it would have been awful bad. I thought this day would never end and I was right it didn’t it went right on into the next day. My last thought is when he said to me in the emergency room quietly “I guess I will fix my bike and just sell it, my son needs his father” ~~Thought number two… I just wanted to beat his ass, I told him not to get that damn bike!~~ I said son I really wish you would have listened to me on the first place a father needs his son too.
I am so glad things are trying to be normal again I hope it stays that way.

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Little Ones

I had kids but now they are all grown and I now have a grandson 🙂
We have the pleasure of watching him all day and he is just out of the diaper scene. This should be fun!

It took some time to learn why little ones want something so bad and then they say “Ohhhhh!! I don’t want it!”

I always thought that they were just little – well you know what I’m saying.

Come to find out we were traveling along and I saw a sign at one of the fast food restaurants for “Our New Breakfast Wraps” The photos were so delicious looking. Running late I said why not, looks good to me. We stopped and I bought two of them… We received our order my first thought was “Ohhhh! I don’t want it”, it didn’t look anything like the picture at all. I was so disappointed it was awful so now with the grandson I can understand why they do this – some things look better until you actually have one in your hand.

So it’s raining like crazy here we should have sprayed the fields today – that isn’t going to happen with this weather. We have been trying to get pumpkins in the ground on the farm before we miss the window of opportunity to do so.

I have a boat in the shop that needs to be fixed for a customer but it has stinky chemicals that have to be used so I can’t do that with Jacob under my feet so My second thought is I should just go get some toys, a lap top, turn on a TV and wait for that great afternoon nap when he takes his… Great Idea don’t you think?

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Atlantic ICW Chesapeake Bay Sailing Top Sites Tuesday

Final Run To The Chesapeake

Post author By Wolfbernz
Post date April 24, 2012
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We are back on the water after many trials, the new engine is working well. With all new engines it will need some adjustments, we will do this when we reach Elizabeth City, NC.

We had one heck of a first day out… It was blowing a stink 25 knots or better and large swells. The wind was in our favor most of the time so this made crossing the Pamlico Sound a bit easier but not much.

We are held up in a small anchorage just south of Dowery Creek It was so calm after the day I fell to sleep with the computer in my lap when trying to write my post…lol

So My first thought of this beautiful sunrise day is can it all go this smooth the rest of the trip? I really hope so we could use a bit of a break with the “little” bit of trouble we have had going home 🙂

My second thought is Thank God for friends… Without the help of my dear friend showing up who knows so much about the engine and how to get it all back together we would have been there, stuck for weeks longer I am sure. It is true what they say about sailing…. A few weeks of utter joy and fun coupled with moments of shear terror. But isn’t that just life?

Have a wonderful Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Tuesday’s Two Thoughts

So this is the last week we will be here in the marina. Hollywood, the trawler we were working on, is finished and it is time to head north before the heat and bugs come out. I hope to be home by April. There are many places we didn’t see because we were running from the cold.

My daughter is here and we are having a blast, other than her plane was six hours late.

We are going fishing in the river close by today on the boat it should prove to be an interesting ride.
My first thought today is in Florida they do not let the small fishing shops sell the fishing license – you have to call and do it over the phone is what the man at the local bait shop said. Then he also said with a frowny face, “You can go to Walmart and purchase one there, the big chain stores get to sell whatever they want I guess.” So I wonder why the state would want to hurt the small bait shops, isn’t it small business that makes this country great or am I just thinking too old school?

This Friday we should have everything finished and then we throw the dock lines and start our trip north and head home. So far there have been no glitches but as usual Murphy hasn’t stepped up to the plate yet …lol

The boat is in good shape, the divers have cleaned the bottom and changed the zinks, some of the lines have been changed and some of the rigging has been changed or fixed for better performance. We even added a deck light so when we are at anchor we will be able to see well out on the foredeck.

Thought number two is should we go through Georgia or skip it? It’s a long ride but it is nice so I guess I have a few more days to decide. The ICW twists and turns so much in Georgia they could have dug a six foot connecting channel in some places and saved us ten miles in some areas. All fun things seem to come to an end and now the new adventure home begins 🙂

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Two Warm Thoughts

This week has gone by so fast it is incredible, work will do that to you I suppose. We have been working super long hours and trying to finish this motor boat so we can get going on the water again. It has been nice here, a bit chilly – you know fifty degrees – but a lot of the time it’s T-shirts and warm sunshine.

I was told it was fourteen degrees this morning on the farm, so my first thought is wow am I glad I am not there! I really do not want to be that cold or shovel snow or anything that goes along with it. The farm is beautiful this time of year but that’s cool they can send me a photo :}

My second thought this Tuesday is it is really sunny today and it is going to be in the seventies the rest of the week. It is really hard when it is like this to not just walk over start the sailboat and throw the dock lines and go south.

We pulled into this marina to get fuel and wait out a storm for just a few days to find we will be here for two months… It’s funny how life just kinda goes that way. This marina is nice, full of amenities like the gym, sauna, showers, laundry and the best part – floating docks. If you have ever been on the water you know what I am talking about… No climbing up and down the dock to get on and off the boat everything just goes up and down with the tides.

There should have been photos all along but we all know how good I am about that. I am going to take my phone to the boat today and take some photos so I can post them here on the blog.

Only a few more weeks and it will be time to kick the dock and leave, I can’t wait.

Have a great Tuesday,
Wolfbernz

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Boatwork Tuesday

I just realized we have been at this marina a month. It seems hard to believe it but we went home for Christmas and all. I am ready to throw the anchor and kick the dock, there have been some really sunny days lately that make this feeling even worse.

This brings me to my first thought for BlogDumps Top Site Tuesday “What the heck was I thinking when I took on a project that entails a thirty six foot large powerboat with wood everywhere?” This boat has the name Hollywood I want to call it “Lots of wood”. I have been asked to do certain things that needed fixing and now they want me to just finish the whole project!

So today is the day, I am paying for another month stay so I can finish this boat and get outta here. I would like to go just a little further south it just isn’t Florida enough here for me.

My second thought is St. Augustine is really nice and they say it’s the oldest city in America.
The water was nice it had a good inlet to get in and out of the Atlantic. I know, where are the photos? I didn’t take any this trip.

When we finish the the power boat it would be nice to go there for a couple weeks before we will have to start our trip north to go home. It seems as though time flew by the last couple weeks. It’s the middle of January already! Finally though things have calmed down and it’s nice to write on the blog.

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Holiday Cheer

So it has been another great Christmas, I had a really good time hanging out with the grandson Jacob.
We arrived last week it was an easy flight and not as cold as I had thought it would be.

We had forgotten some things we wanted to have on the boat and this was a great opportunity to get them but getting them back was the issue…

Trina and I decided to take the car back to Florida, bringing back the items we wanted and so we would have wheels for the winter while we are there staying on the sailboat.

This brings me to my first thought for BlogDumps Top Sites Tuesday’s Two Thoughts.
So we have left super early today and thought there would not be any traffic and since it is Tuesday most everyone would be finished driving to their destinations… Wrong, not only is it nuts on I-95 it has decided to rain too not just a drizzle but steady rain. Yep stop, go, breakkkkkkk, OK go!
So this thought is WTF am I doing here? The drivers out here are nuts.

So as I close my eyes and reflect on the stay with the kids (I’m not driving right now by the way) it was a good trip.
Everyone was happy and in good holiday cheer. Jacob and I had a lot of fun playing with his trucks and toy tools. It amazes me that he knows the name of every tool and tractor.
We went to Toys R Us and we were just looking around and he said “Look Grandad that is a sit on excavator” how in the heck did he know that? It was a surprise to us including his mom and dad.

The main thought here though is I ate tooooo much food while we were there, it seemed as though everywhere we went there was food and more food, it was all so good I couldn’t help myself.
In a way I am glad we left so we can get back to our normal diet and daily routine. Well that and I miss the Warm sunny weather.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and have a safe and Happy New Year.

Wolfbernz

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