Island City Life!

     This week will be spent here in Sabula, IA. A city entirely on an island in the Mississippi River. It seems very peaceful, but I expect things will crank up by the weekend. Wed was eaten up with a drive to Keokuk, IA to get Amy's car, and some emergency repairs on the Ice Maker. For some reason the compressor overload has failed. I got a replacement ordered, but until it arrives I put it back in service with a 5A slow blow fuse to keep it running, but still protect the compressor windings in the event of a high current draw situation.

    Thursday we got up early with both cars and headed for La Crosse. Amy had a 0900 work call that we stopped for, then she spent the rest of the day working from the car on our way back. We ended up getting a slip at American Marine even though they do not generally take transients. We stopped in anyway, and with a face to face meeting, the nice lady who runs it had a slip they had not filled on a seasonal basis. She called her boss to see if renting to us for 2 months was acceptable vs hoping someone would walk in and get 3 months out of it. Well he was happy to take what he could get and we have a home base for Aug and September! In the evening we had some friends stop out who just got married last week, and we missed it because of being in Keokuk.

    Finally Friday we did not have any driving! We visited with a couple guys from Rockford... my "computer hardware" guy for over 10 years. Toscana can be challenging compared to a houseboat for example, but Rick made it on and off with no problems and enjoyed a nice ride. Then in the evening we put the dinghy in and cruised on down to the sandbar where Lon and Renee were hanging out. 

     Saturday we were joined by some of Amy's work friends and a lady who babysat Amy's kids growing up. It was a beautiful day. We took a cruise, then anchored near the beach. The crew were happy to sit and dangle feet off the swim platform instead of a dinghy ride in to the beach. We enjoyed a late afternoon meal of smoked country ribs! 

Sunday found us having good friends Joe and Dawn over, and just hanging around the dock. It was raining one min, hot and muggy the next. That was ok because they have been out on the boat more than once before.

Monday saw us having a quiet day. Amy had an important meeting she wanted to be stationary for, plus I needed to run to Clinton for a few provisions and a new phone. The screen was falling out of the darn thing. I had picked up some adhesive to get it held back in place, but AT&T had a deal to trade in any Galaxy for this flip6. I like the half the space in my pocket. We will see how well it holds up! Hopefully I wont be bringing it back up in next weeks post!! 😅🤣