Flea Market Finds

Since I pelted my head 3 weeks ago, I wasn't able to travel to the Dania Beach Flea Market.  We had been planning on go to it for about a year - lots to buy to outfit the boat.  I was really disappointed I couldn't go but I still was not able to travel...so Daniel attended without me and did wonderfully.  How many girls can say they got a new washer/dryer combo for their boat?  I certainly can.  I was so excited about the washer I almost forgot to ask about the other treasures Daniel found.  He got us a new transom ide the boat, some new fenders and a fender holder. 

So, after traveling almost non-stop for 2 days, Daniel arrived home with our treasures.  He got a few hours sleep and we left this morning for the boat to install some of these things.  He spent the morning building the frame for the solar panel and then with the help of a fellow boater and a marina staffer, he installed the solar panel.

Most people would call it a day here, but not my captain.  Poor fella!  He now had to install the new washer/dryer combo.  He spent a while designing and building the area the washer was going into and then again, with the help of some more fellow boaters (different ones this time - you don't want to wear them all out) he installed our new washer/dryer combo!  It just fit through the doorways.  It was so close - what a day!

But We Got The Dinghy

We've been looking for the perfect dinghy for a while now, so when it finally popped up in West Palm Beach, FL, we jumped on it and drove down to get it.  Since it was Carla's birthday, we decided to stay an extra couple days and take our new dinghy for a spin on the ICW.  Carla remained at the boat ramp, holding the dinghy's line, while I parked the car and trailer.  Before I returned, she stepped on the slippery stuff in the water and fell backwards on her head.  We spent the next four days in a local hospital due to a fractured skull and concussion.  After she was released from the hospital, we made our way back to South Carolina where she will recover at home for the next several weeks.  It was not a pleasant way to spend her birthday, but we got the dinghy!

Here's Carla and "D-Time" before the accident, waiting for me to run the car through the car wash.