Thanks for the comments.

It certainly is nice to be getting some comments, especially from people who haven't commented in the past.  To answer a few of the most recent comments:

Ron, glad to hear from you and Patti.  I think it might have just been crud and water in the fuel.  There was a bit of water and some crap in the fuel that we double filtered out before putting the gas back in the tank.  And I know I'm not enough of a mechanic to have "adjusted" it back into running.

And thanks to Mark for your emails trying to help me sort out the outboard probems.  Mark knows that I'm NOT a mechanic.

Eileen posts lots of comments.  Yup, the weather here is much better than back home.  But can you imagine what kind of mood I'd be in if we were having mid west weather here?
We are anchored right next to the monument on Stocking Island and just this afternoon we hiked the beach trail and to the monument.
Because we're anchored by the monument for the best holding, and the Rake and Scrape schedule and not wanting to get soaked after dark getting back to the boat, I'm not sure if we'll hear raking and scraping this week.
We did check out the straw market and also a woman out of town who does straw work (native basketry) by the side of the road.  We did make a couple purchases.

Bill, I'm glad you're following our blog.  Thanks again for all your advice and information to help us get here.  The outboard service place you described sounds like Minn's Water Sports.  They were the first place we called.  They don't carry Mercury parts and said that they would do basic oil changes but no mechanical stuff,as they do not have parts.

This morning we took the dinghy to another part of the island.  There is a wonderful lumber yard/hardare store there.  We also stopped at the NAPA store (auto parts back home).  This NAPA had auto parts, cabinet hardware, towels, house paint, pots and pans, plumbing items, and lots of other stuff...  We then took the dinghy back "downtown".  We got another 10 gallons of water, filled the outboard gas tank, and bought some bread and oranges.  By then it was past lunch time so we stopped at one of the local street vendors.  The building looked more like a garden storage shed but the ribs and jerked chicken were very good.  The wind and waves were once again back up so we got another salt water soaking on the way back to the boat.  Since it's almost the end of the week, as well as the end of the month, we decided it was time for yet another boat shower.  Haven't decided what we're doing tomorrow.  Stay tuned...