Lila Mae is Back

Last year Lila Mae, our 13-foot 1969 Boston Whaler, started dieing on us. Last week we got it out of the garage, hooked up the ear muffs to the hose, and started her up. She started, but I noticed the pee hole (or telltale) was not spitting water. Yikes. After the first bit of spoke came out of the motor we turned it off.

So today I changed the lower unit gear lube then took the little water intake filter off and poked around with a screw driver looking for debris. I also shoved a paper clip into the pee hole, as well as spraying water in the pee hole and flush intake.

All the messing around must have dislodged something because when Melissa cranked her up, she started peeing again! Woot! Looks like Lila Mae will be taking us out on the water next week.

Bathroom Rennovation Complete! (Almost)

A couple weeks ago we had 9 guests spend the night (Melissa's family), passing through to Florida. The bathroom was ready for its first customers and appeared to function properly! Here are some photos of what it currently looks like.


The truth is, we're not quite done. I still have to build my teak shower bench and shelf. We also need to hang the wrought iron Medusa head we bought on our recent visit up to Toledo, Ohio. It was too awkward to bring on our return flight so my parents will drive it down when they visit in October.

But other than that, we are done. And we love taking showers, craps, and washing our hands downstairs!