A first start and fresh start…

So this morning we got up and tried starting the engine, which as you might imagine, considering our past several days of engine drama, was a much anticipated event for those of us on Malo.  I’m delighted to report that, Voila; the engine started right up and what sweet music that was to our ears.  We were so delighted that we gave ourselves the rest of the day off and went for a nice bike ride down the coast, towards Carmel. 

Along the way we stopped often to gawk at the coast and snap photos.  It was an incredible day made all the more delightful with the sounds of the surf breaking on the shoreline and the sound of a happy diesel engine still lingering in our ears.

Now I realize that in this photo Bev looks like she's ready to jump on her bike, ride down the rocks, over that unfortunate seagull and then do a backflip into the sea.  But please, gentle readers, rest assured that no seagulls, fortunate or not, were killed or even frightened during this outing.  



After abut five miles of coastal biking I turned back because of my old knees but Bev, feeing no such constraints continued on.  She's still out there biking as I type this.  I just hope that she returns because she's hard to catch once she get on a bike...