Georgetown, S.C.

Hazzard Marina on the Sampit River. We decided to get the generator fixed right away. You really can't stay on the hook without one. Well you can, but I'm spoiled. I called ahead and they had someone who was a certified technician for Kohler generators, we were under warranty for 2 more days. This marina also lets you do your own work. We wanted the boat hauled so we could put a couple of coats of wax on the boat and check out the bottom paint and the zincs. The bottom had been cleaned but not painted in 2 years. We felt it would be less expensive in S.C. then in N.Y. The repairman came and said it looks like an easy fix. He put a voltage regulator on it and said we were not getting enough volts. Mike already knew this, he had read the code. Sarcis, the repairman, wanted to check further. Every time he touched something he would moan. Then he would groan a little louder and finally he said it was worse then he thought. Turns out it was the roter. No problem, he'll order the part and we'll be on our way. Not so great, today is Thursday, he can't order it until tomorrow. It won't be here until the following week. He was going to some kind of a seminar next week. We told him to order the part and we would pay the extra fight to have it shipped next week. Friday we had the boat hauled and blocked. We would be sleeping on it while it was on the hard. I'm not crazy about being on the boat in the yard. I kept getting the feeling that the boat was rocking, I felt like it was going to fall over. We worked our butts off all day Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The boat looked brand new. We put several coats of wax on her. On Wednesday we rented a car and took off to see the local sights. We went to a decal store and had our owl made up for the back of the boat. When I was a little girl my brothers gave me a lot of "Gund" stuffed animals. When I was 16 or 17 I decided to redo my bedroom and give the stuffed animals to my nieces Diane and Eileen. Mike drove me over to my brother's house. On the way he took one of the animals, an owl. He put it on the dashboard of his car. Here it is some 48 years later and it still sits on the dashboard. The owl became our logo and has been on every car, van, truck or boat that we have had. It was also the logo for our first bar, Jocelyn's.