Gonna get me a divining rod...

We are pretty much surrounded by water.  Salt water.  I need to find me some fresh water.

Living on an island, we are at the "end of the line" for any type of public utility: electricity, water, sewage, cable TV, internet.  Oh, there are certainly upsides to life here: like normally great access with a boat (when the dredge operation doesn't have you trapped).  It is pretty quiet most of the time.  The homeowners association fees take care of yard work.

On the other side of that equation, you have to expect "break-downs" with all those utilities, from time to time.

There is another front coming in this evening; it will drop our daytime high of 75º to 60º tomorrow.  Not much precip, but the predictions were were gusty winds.  As the winds started to build late this morning, I went out to put the full cover on the boat.  That is a bit of a chore, involving body convolutions and some crawling on hands and knees.  When finished, I was a bit of a sweatball.  That is a technical term that combines perspiring and smelling like sweaty testicles.

Safe to day, I was ready for a shower.  And, back to the info above about the occasional breakdown of services... no water.  Generally, if there is maintenance being done, the resort lets us know via an automated phone message or an e-mail.  Not today.  Joan managed to get about a quart of water out of the faucet before it just became a drip.  No shower or soak in the tub at this time.

I called our maintenance folks to see when we could expect water again... "It is supposed to take a couple hours - it's been out an hour - so, maybe a couple more hours."  That's how things get done around here.

In order to go out and about,  I, at least, had to wash my hair and sponge bathe.  In that quart or so of water than Joan managed to capture before the water went away.  Yep, that was real refreshing.  I think the whole "unshaven" look is pretty in.  Just don't stand too close.

We went out for lunch, ran some errands, and back home at 3:30... and, we have water again.  Really, I won't take that for granted.  For at least another day or two.

Late this afternoon, it is absolutely beautiful out: 75º, sunny, low humidity, and the wind that started building this morning has eased off.  You know what else I won't take for granted?  Yes, you're right: getting out on the boat any ol' time I want.  It would have been a perfect afternoon for that, but the tide is too high for us to get under that low bridge and the dredge is still blocking the exit canal.

But, we've got water!