picked up an extension cord spool because I forgot to bring the one from the garage.

It is crazy hot.

Arrived at Lowe's. Talked to Jackie about the weather forecast. Friday is currently not looking so good so we'll keep an eye on it. I will talk to Marine Propulsion about seeing if we can leave Saturday or Sunday as a backup plan.

View from my hotel room

I talked to Michael. He's meeting me at the boat shortly after 11 to go over what needs to be done pre-launch. The boom gets hung and the rig tuned once it's in the water. There are some other tasks as well.

Marine Propulsion has some work to do as well. The shaft needs to be aligned since new engine mounts have been installed. They also said they want to run a flush through the cooling system.

He's going to help me with the prop.

I heard back from Flex-o-Fold. It turns out I misunderstood the instructions so the torque isn't as crazy as I initially thought.

Michael reach out. I'll call him after a few more cups of coffee.

Up at 7:30. So very tired. I look like I've aged 10+ years.

To reduce costs I'm staying at the La Quinta Inn until Duncan and Jackie arrive. It's nothing significant but for the first time I'm noticing lots of little things that aren't "as nice". I may have gotten used to staying at the kind's of places Wayne likes.

It's very hot outside. Today is going to be interesting. The critical tasks are to get the prop mounted, the name and hailing port temporary decal affixed, zincs installed on the prop shaft,, the boom raised, and the batteries charged.

I would like to see about getting a new hole drilled into the anchor for the retaining pin. The current hole is too low so the anchor rests on the pin bending it.

The new Flex-o-Fold prop is a thing of beauty, is highly regarded, and apparently has very good reverse performance. The challenge is the nut is torqued crazy tight. I'm not sure how I'm going to accomplish that.

none of the pumps work here

With as bad as southbound traffic has been I am glad not to be heading north. It's even worse.

Traffic has been abysmal

Comedy of errors. Forgot the iPhone charge cord

Elvis has left the building.

This ride is now underway.

I could not sleep last night to save my life so I made the command decision to depart a little later. I did manage to get a few hours so I won't be a complete danger on the road.

Got up at 9 and am almost ready to depart.

America.Rides.Maps is watching.

I am beginning to wonder if I shouldn't have gone down there more than a week in advance to confirm things are as they say they are. 

I fear I'm going to encounter some show stopping surprises. They /say/ the boat is ready but is it really? 

I've tried to arrange things as best as I can. I'll report back as soon as I'm down there. 

Reservations at both Safe Harbor and Cooper River Marina have been confirmed.

buffalo is going on the marshmallow ( foed taurus).

jackie4737 is going on Unable to embed shared object. Sharing permissions error?.

Slight change of plans. 

Cooper River Marina will not accept a reservation for more than 30 days so I would have to come back down to the boat right in the middle of jackie4737's birthday trip. 

So the plan is now to go to Safe Harbor Marina instead and then the following week I'll take the boat up to Cooper River. I single handed that trip before.