Day 48 - Groundhog Day

Tony Cacciarelli • Aug 01, 2020

Stuck in Brainerd - Day 6 - August 1, 2019

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Waiting for the right piece to attach the muffler on the right side

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A beautiful Republic SeaBee

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This is starting to feel like the movie Groundhog Day. Still no good news on the muffler fix. I've started looking at houses here in Brainerd, just as a precaution. 😉

Saw a Republic SeaBee taking off at the airport today. They're so odd looking that they're cool. Maybe it's for sale?

Remaining hopeful for a resolution tomorrow so I can get this show back on the road. 🤞🏼

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There was an issue with the shipping that delayed getting the parts in for at least another day.

The hardest part of this was that I'd wake up each day thinking I was leaving, so I would pack up, check out of the hotel, catch a ride to the airport and basically sit there for most of the day until it was apparent I wasn't going anywhere. By then it was too late to do anything interesting (plus I didn't have a car) so I'd just go back to town and check back into the hotel.

I was trying to keep a positive attitude while it was all happening, but looking back it was incredibly frustrating and there wasn't anything I could do to make it go faster. But, I did manage to find some humor in it, and I still do. If nothing else, it was an interesting part of the journey.