Day 23. If at first you don't succeed--etc

When I walked into the shop that ordered the batteries for Zephyr, I saw this collection of batteries lined up on the floor.  All nice and neat--two for the engine starter circuit and 6 for the house bank.  Only problem--they were not the type we had wanted.  They all require water to be added like an automobile battery, not a sealed system that is virtually maintenance free. If we took a knock down, I don't want battery acid coming into the cabin.  The manager had ordered the wrong batteries!!  He thought all Trojan Batteries were maintenance free.  Oh so wrong.  He called the supplier to get it reordered.  Only one problem--they won't be delivered to Newport till June 4--almost two weeks from now.  They(the supplier) can deliver them to Corvallis(52 miles East of here) next Wednesday.  If I have to, I'll drive out there and get them.  Eight batteries will weigh quite a bit, but I don't see that we have much choice.  With the delay in the batteries, we added lots of water to the ones we have and made sure they were getting charged.  All read at the correct voltage.   

Since we didn't have batteries to install and it was cloudy and spitting rain at random intervals, we took off of Tillamook---home of incredible cheese.  Quite a setup.  Lots of hands on work.  We had thought it would have been more automated. Not so.  Each block is processed by hand from the time it comes from the storage room.  From the cutter to the wrapper, each is supervised and inspected by more people than I thought possible.  An amazing setup.  Bought lots of different types of cheese to bring home.  Never heard of "squeaky cheese".  It turns out to be curds.  The primary part of most cheese. When you chew it, it squeaks in your mouth.    Strange to say the least.  

The filters for the diesel and oil came in today!  We plan on getting them installed tomorrow. With luck, we may actually be out sailing by the weekend!  Pray we don't see that turnip truck again.