We awoke this morning to find that there had been a break in the early morning in a water main that supplies water to the marina. So we’re surrounded by water, but the only water we have available to use is what’s in the water tank on our boat. And we only have about 50 gallons in the tank. No one seems to know exactly when we will get water again, so no showers or dishwashing until it’s been restored – we need to save the water for the toilets on the boat which use water from the tank for flushing. I don’t mind not being able to wash dishes, but I really would like a shower!

I had already planned to go to a local laundromat today instead of using the laundry facilities at the marina. Fortunately there was water in town and I was able to get 4 big loads done in just 2 hours. There was a vending machine there with Moon Pies in it – we’re in the South!

We did some grocery shopping at a local supermarket and enjoyed seeing the different food items that we don’t see in the Midwest. Moon Pies, thick sliced bologna, different types of soda, shredded Velveeta cheese, different flavors of chips, and a handwritten sign that said “cheese done sliced”.

There was a huge looper docktails party at 5:30 tonight – I think I counted people from at least 15 boats there! We saw some people from the Rendevous and several new people. There are several boats here getting work done – this is one of the better service places on the loop so it’s really busy with looper boats trying to get things repaired before heading down to Mobile.

Since we still had the rental car, we drove into Iuka MS for dinner tonight. Rich had read about a decent Chinese restaurant there so we thought it would be a nice change from all the fried food that’s on the menus in most of the places around here. It was good and so much that we will have Chinese for dinner tomorrow!

No photos today – laundromats all look pretty much the same 😊