5 legs is dead!

The weather is improving and we expect to leave Northport tomorrow for a 30 mile trip to Leland Michigan.  A week cold front passed on to the the east today and we hope to have good weather for a couple of days.  We have taken the advice of locals and we are picking our days to be on Lake Michigan.

 Since we left Key Largo we have been pestered by a unwelcome guest aboard our floating home.  A Florida cockroach!  You know, those big ones that have wings and measure about an inch and half long. Boaters are very wary of getting infested by roaches.  We take a lot of precautions.  We don't bring cardboard aboard, We keep the boat clean.  We even assigned Maggie to clean up any crumbs.  But, to all of our efforts, we still have had this one lone roach aboard.  We call him 5 legs because I came close to killing him about a month ago when I found him in the galley one night. The only evidence of my quick smack was a leg left behind. Last night old 5 legs met his end. Denniese found him lurking in the master suite and put and end to his sea going days. I confirmed the kill this morning and counted his legs to make sure we got the right one.

Since we stayed in port today, I took to time to change the fuel filters.  As you know changing the fuel filters is the thing I hate most.  Denniese encourged me and I changed them withour a flaw-  no spilled diesel, no air in the lines -  all the seals in the right place.  All is good!  The pic is taken from the back of Lifestyle II. A lovely park at the end of the dock.