Sunrise at Greenville Yacht Club.Our weather window has arrived and we decide to leave Greenville on Sunday January 18th. We get up with the sun, dress for the weather, and get the boat in order. Josh starts the engine, we take off the lines and we're off. About 100 feet off the dock the engine dies.
Maybe we aren't suppose to finish this trip.
Luckily the wind is in our favor so we just float on back to our previous spot on the dock and tie up. Josh has been working on the engine all week and all week it has worked. He determines that their is no fuel getting to the engine - our culprit is a small handpump that intersects the fuel line and a fuel filter. It is a supplementary pump used to make changing the filters that much easier and quicker. But when the engine ran dry, the pump collasped on itself and a small ball within it plugged up the fuel line. So, no matter how much Josh bled the engine, this stinking little ball would rear its ugly head. With the pump removed we were on our way again - at 10 am.
The weather was nice and sunny and Will was finally able to come out of the forward cabin and play with Dad. 
The wakes of the barges - can you imagine kayaking down the Mississippi with all these around you?
Josh's usual stance during the day. I think sailing is in his blood.
Sunset at our anchor site.
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Josh looks like he belongs in Alaska or something.
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