Bikini Beach update.

Monday morning our Canadian friends were surprised to see us still at anchor.  They came over first thing in the morning to find out if everything was OK, and chided us for not having them drive us to the hospital.  They go to bed early, and we had visions of spending the night at the hospital, so we didn't really consider that too much.  We promised to wake them next time.

Now for the rest of their story, it turns out their outboard was toast.  The shop didn't even want to pull it apart because of how long they figured it would take to get parts.  So Louis and Nadine spent most of Monday shopping for a new outboard.  They eventually found a 4 stroke Yamaha the same horsepower as their old Suzuki.  Unfortunately it weighs about 60 pounds more, and doesn't fit in the outboard mount on their boat.  Now they have to cut a bigger opening in the motor mount and then re-glass all the cut out surfaces.  They also have to figure out what to do with 40 or 50 gallons of gas that has two stroke oil mixed with it.  The two other French-Canadian boats that they have been travelling with are sticking around so they have plenty of company, and lots of muscle to help get the new motor installed.

We left bright and early this morning and are now anchored on the south border of Marine Corp Base Camp Lejeune.  We're hoping they won't have any exercises tonight or tomorrow.  From our boat we can see a sign, "Caution Tank Xing Ahead".

I liked this signage - I wonder if the "Golf View" is High Def.

With all the osprey nests we've seen on waterway marks it's
hard to believe they are endangered.

Tonight we're sharing the anchorage with one boat from Sweden, one from Toronto, and four others.
And Sue's pain has virtually disappeared.