After spending the weekend next to the Aberdeen Lock at mile marker 358 at Blue Bluff park we departed this morning. We had enjoyed the free dock and climbed the stairs to the top of the bluff. Unfortunately, Denniese fell through a missing board on the dinghy dock and hurt her leg. Even so we made it to the top of the bluff. We felt good about the repairs we had made on the fuel system. We thought the problem was the diaphragm in the fuel pump which had a hole in it. The engine was running so good until we tied up to the lock wall and then the engine stopped!! I bled the fuel and exited the lock and it stopped again. We said enough is enough!! We started the engine and went back into the lock and locked back up to where we started. We exited the lock and went to a nearby marina and said we were going to stay there until we got the engine fixed for good. Once tied to the dock I pulled out the old fuel pump and replaced it and had us going again in about two hours. Nerves still frazzled, we pulled into Aberdeen Lock for the third time in less that 4 hours. The next couple of hours were tentative but the repair was what it needed and we did fine. It seems the fuel pump was the problem all along and now it has been replaced and we should be fine. We are now at Columbus Marina and think we may stay here for a couple of days. We deserve it!!
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