Monday, April 27, 2009
This morning we rented a car, packed it to the roof with items we had taken off Lil’un and left with Roxy for St. Augustine. We drove straight through and crammed McDonald’s food in while we watched the boat yard get ready to launch Alibi. She went into the water at about 3PM just after Dick (one of the former owners) slapped some more bottom paint on her. Darrell had a slight learning curve to docking her, especially with strong currents in the river near the boat yard. We worked like dogs unloading our stuff , going to Dick and Nelda’s (the other former owner) and buying provisions for the trip. We dropped into bed and “one of us” (me) slept hard for most of the night. Darrell, however, hardly slept! The strong flow with the current change at 3 AM almost turned her sideways at the dock.