The Missouri Connection

Well, Jessica and Dan have left and Ann's sister, Marla and her husband, Don spent the last week with us. They are from Springfield, Missouri.It started off on the rocky side as we had to figure out what what going on with the engine (it stalled about 5 miles out of Juneau). Fortunately, we were able to get a mechanic to come out on Sunday and find the problem. As it turned out the fuel lift pump failed (we had just replaced it two years ago). The engine was running on gravity feed from the fuel tank. The less fuel we had, the more the engine would hiccup!!! The part did not arrive until late Monday evening and the mechanic replaced the pump Tuesday morning. We left Juneau around noon and headed to Tracy Arm. Got there fairly late but did find an anchorage okay. Then spent the next day going up the arm. We got about 5 miles from the end and decided to turn around. We went back to the anchorage and spent the night returning to Juneau the next day. Saw a lot of humpback whales and a few seals while enroute. Marla and Don left at 4:30 am this morning and today is a day of catching up and chores. Mark Stypinski joins us at 1:00 am tonight for two weeks. We will probably go into the Icy Straits and visit Hoonah, Pelican, Gustavus, and Elfin. Might get lucky and get into Glacier Bay itself if there is a cancellation. Well, thats our current story and we are sticking to it. We are getting tired of having to trouble shoot problems with the boat, but guess that comes with the territory. Our battery monitor is now not functioning right but we think it is just the monitor itself. Who knows?