We spent all afternoon yesterday drying out the boat for her water test on Monday. The yard is going to dip the boat to make sure the rudder is no longer leaking. We also started a new project (of course) to address the issue of water in the southern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Water is hard to find, and when you do, its about .50 per gallon, which means $50 every 5 days for us. Too expensive when you have no income. So...we have added y-valves to our scupper pipes, and connected a new line to the water tank filler pipe. With just an inch of rain, we should get a good amount of water in our tank. In case any of you are thinking, "ewwwww, wouldn't that be dirty?", we have 3 filters that all our water always runs through. I also add a tsp. of bleach to our tanks with every fill, to help keep everything clean. Our water actually tastes a lot better than the water here in the hotel.
Other excitement, Eliza lost a tooth yesterday! She was so pleased about it. I have included a picture of her, the gap is really hard to see because her teeth are so small, but its her bottom left jaw.
Today so far we have had brunch, and now the kids are watching the Harry Potter extravaganza that's on this weekend, John is reading, and I'm keeping y'all up to date. (so southern aren't I?)
This afternoon we went to the beach and played for awhile. The kids found lots of hermit crabs, and played in the tide pools.
1 comment:
Nice gap in your teeth Lize!! You can put a straw through that gap quite nicely!
I like the idea of rainwater use- much "greener" than buying water! Good for you!
Hope all is well with the boat- poor boat!
Love to all
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