Seems like we’ve been attacked by a new wave of gremlins. A nastier, more aggressive Mexican breed. I’ve heard myths and legends, but never thought them to be true.
Since we’ve gotten to Isla, we’ve found a bad oil leak on our diesel, which we still need to locate. And just yesterday, our newly installed AC/DC fridge kit shorted out while I was trying to set up a circulator fan in the fridge cabinet to help it cool better. I’m going back and forth with the vendor trying to get the parts I need to get the thing working again. This is starting to hurt.
So, before we can head out of here toward Guatemala, we now have three tasks to complete:
1. Get our engine driven fridge compressor rebuilt and installed, that should be fairly easy and painless.
2. Find and repair our diesel’s oil leak.
3. Get our AC/DC fridge working again, which will be a logistical pain in the ass, considering that we will more than likely need to have stuff shipped here from the US.
Other than that, things are fine. Mahi and I are working on our scuba certification. I was certified years ago, but have not scuba’d in well over 13 years, so I figured it would be wise to go through the class again. Mahi has never scuba’d and she is confronting all kinds of fears and anxieties in doing so. I think she’ll be ok.
Ivan did appear to be threatening to us here, but now it looks like he’s heading northward past Jamaica, across Cuba, and then ultimately to Florida. This makes me cringe, because as we all know Florida has been repeatedly slammed over the past month by TWO major hurricanes, and is still reeling. I’d hate to think that our friends and family will be going through more abuse at Ivan’s hand. I’m hoping that Ivan stays in the Gulf and passes Florida entirely, which is a possibility. We just have to wait and see.
I know I’ve promised to get some more pics up and will do so soon.