Roy rode his bicycle all over the place this morning trying to find Solar Electronics, so he could buy some solar panels. He went to the address shown in their ad, but they weren't there. Then he went on a wild goose chase. Finally, someone phoned them and found out they're miles away, off I-5.
Fortunately, one of the small marine-supply stores, Downwind Marine, makes a pickup truck available to cruisers for free, so we borrowed it and drove out to Solar Electronics. Bought two solar panels and a regulator.
The gas gauge showed nearly empty, so we stopped at a station, but we couldn't get the tank to accept any gas. The attendant said it was full. Weird.
Took the solar stuff to the boat and then went to Von's and bought a ton of groceries. Took them back to the boat.
While I was putting the groceries away, Roy took the truck back to Downwind and told them about the gas gauge. They said another customer had reported the same problem a few days ago. So we're not totally insane.
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