Finally Splashed the Boat!

 It didn't go as planned, I prepped the boat and cleaned it up. Installed the batteries and she turned over right away! Everything looked good. To be sure I hooked up the garden hose to the engine to allow the engine to warm up and charge the batteries then the overheat alarm went off! I wasn't getting any water flow out of the "pee hole". I cleaned the lines and water sputtered out then nothing. No launching that day, so I contacted an ex football player I coached in high school who owns Crocker's Boat Yard in Manchester By-the-Sea which is a Honda dealer. Skip sent a mechanic to my house and discovered the thermostat was all fouled up. A new thermostat and I was good to go. However my nice clean boat wasn't clean any more from another week sitting under the trees. At least I can clean it again at the dock.

Crocker's Boat Yard to the rescue!

                                       

Ready to launch.

At the ramp.

Heading thru the Blynman Canal.

Blynman Bridge 

Flags of the Boulevard.

Beauport Hotel

Old Glory over the Rocky Neck Marine Railways.

Boats at rest.

Nice blue boat.

Back in her slip.

 

A Bee the Beach and City Hall!

 I had one of those weeks where I was under the gun to get things done and didn't get the opportunity to get out and shoot. So here I have a few from my front steps and Good Harbor Beach and City Hall taken Sunday.

A bee hanging out over my pond.

An old tractor yard ornament.

Good Harbor Beach, heavy footbridge foot traffic!

Umbrella malfunction!

Yes there were some in the cold water.

City Hall at dusk.

Explosive Mother Nature!

 Strong winds this past week churned up the ocean. The seas battered the coast so much I could hear and feel the ground rumble in my yard about a mile from the Back Shore!

Bass Rocks

A lone walker on Good Harbor Beach.

Sculpted sands.

Brace Rock

Brace Cove

Wave watching on Bass Rocks.

Thacher and Salt Islands.

Harbor Cove

Lobster pots piled high on the town landing.

Two dories.