Insulation...

After the breakfast cruise, it was my day to play mechanic. I replaced a fire extinguisher and bracket, a rudder post locking pin, then went to work on the ugly stuff: removing insulation in the engine compartment on one of the cruise boats. It was a long, tedious job; but, it is done. I got off early enough to take little Izzy for a nice long walk, then sat outside with her for a while. She nearly caught a chipmonk! She stalked, it stood its ground... I reigned in her leash at the last moment. Not sure what she would have done if she caught it... but bites from chipmonks and other small critters are one of the most frequent reasons for visitor visits to the clinic. Of course, Izzy wasn't trying to feed them a potato chip. ;-)

We had thunderstorms to start the day. There were some long faces from the guests when we walked out to the cruise boats in the rain. Radar showed that the worst of it had passed and we could see breaks to the west. Sure enough, by the time we got to the island, the rain had quit. There were a few sprinkles just before we brought everyone back to the boats, but it turned out to be a decent breakfast experience.

As the day went on, the sky cleared... this evening (after I was off) was beautiful.

My day as "first" tomorrow, and another early one.