On our way to Demop. the alternator belt broke. I tried to keep the boat moving down the river with the current while Peter found the spare belt and got it onto the motor.
The temperature yesterday and today was well above 30C. Just a week ago I was complaining about how cold it was, and now ..... you got it. It's too hot. I gladly spent the afternoon in the air conditioned laundry room where it was comfortable. We have re-provisioned the boat, and my nails are done. We are ready to proceed down the river. We will be anchoring out for the next 4 to 5 days, so we may be out of internet service and unable to communicate.
The flood waters are down significantly and they continue to fall. Now we hope there will be enough water to allow us to get into the anchorages, and yet not too much that we can't safely anchor. Boy, we seem to be hard to please these days. It's too cold, it's too hot. Too much water. Not enough water
We are travelling with another boat now "Amalia" with Greg and Leslie, and expect another boat to join us "Emerald Lady" haven't met the people myself yet. It sure is nice to be travelling with another boat.
With the flooding, we are having to dodge the debris. Some of it is significant..... logs. Some of them are hard to see.
There is a lot of debris in the marina. We will need to be careful when we go to the pump out dock in the morning.
Our plan is to go to Bashe Creek, 70 miles downriver. At 7 miles per hour that will be a 10 hour day. We will need to get an early start.
We will be in touch soon
Cheryl and Peter, Surona
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