We haven’t completely avoided wakes. A few of the locals are towing kids on tubes but generally it’s pretty calm.

After we got in on Wednesday we noticed crab boats coming in with traps stacked aboard. They started stacking them on the town dock and hauling them off in trucks and trailers. This continued through Thursday. We don’t know if they’ just getting them out of the water for the July 4 weekend, if the season is over, or what.

Today the town dock is empty of traps, it has been washed down and was the turnaround point for a 5k run. We dinghied to the dock and asked the folks washing it down. Very friendly folks. They even told me it was not to late to enter the run. Very funny.

We also asked if there were a community dumpster nearby where we could put a bag of garbage. They said it wasn’t close but that they would take if for us. Very convenient since we had it in the dink and were headed to the marina that wants $5 to leave trash.

Days on the boat, hanging out on the hook are some of our favorite times. Reading books and doing light maintenance are low stress activities.

The generator began refusing to shut down after running. It would almost stop and then keep chugging along. The problem was intermittent but was becoming the norm. Yesterday I found and adjusted the throttle stop screw. Now it has shut down correctly three times in a row.

Tomorrow we plan to get underway again but for today we are just enjoying Independence Day. We hope you are doing the same.