Exploring

Roger has been worried about our engine. Something about the oil pressure. While he was waiting for the mechanic to arrive, I went into the engine compartment to investigate. I had fun looking around in there, but I got out of the way when the mechanic arrived. He said that the oil pressure was fine, but the part that sends the information to the gauge was not working right. So Roger and Carol decided it was safe to leave Northport and head south to Traverse City.

We were expecting the wind to be from the north, which would have been perfect, but there wasn’t any wind at all. So I had to listen to that noisy diesel engine for five hours! But sailing wouldn’t have been much fun, anyway, since it was raining most of the time. I just stayed on the bed and rested, except when Roger came down to make tuna fish sandwiches. He’s so nice, he gave me the juice to drink!

I was so surprised when we got to Traverse City. It seems familiar, somehow. Carol says I used to live here for a while. But we moved away seven years ago, when I was twelve (we moved here when I was seven, too long ago for me to remember). It’s a nice place, with tons of good restaurants. My humans went out to eat with some old friends last night, and they plan to go out again with different friends tonight. It’s a good thing I like to sleep so much or I might get lonesome. I heard them say they are like Mary Poppins; they will stay here until the wind changes. Then I guess we’ll sail somewhere new.