Angels in Galveston!

We finally arrived in Galveston yesterday (Sunday) at noon, after an adventure Saturday night! Our engine quit just 5 miles from the anchorage at Offatt's Bayou about 5 pm. Daren set anchors to keep us out of barge traffic in the channel and decided to change the fuel filter. I rowed the dogs to shore so we'd be out of his way and sat on the dinghy and prayed that he'd get the engine started so we could be safely anchored in Galveston before dark! When we came back, the filter was changed, but we had an air lock and no diesel to prime it with. Just as we were kicking ourselves for putting the last of the diesel in the tank, a young couple with 3 dogs pulled up and asked if we were OK! They offered to take me to get diesel and off we went. The fuel dock was closed, so we went to their house to get a car and drive to a gas station, and by then it was pretty dark. I hated to have them running their boat after dark, since the channel marker to their house was a big STICK, so they said I could stay the night. Darryl and Laurie were SO nice about everything, I was sure they were angels sent by God! They said they just had a notion to go for a boat ride, and rarely ventured out as far as we were stranded. Hmmmm. They thought it odd to see a boat anchored in the channel, which is why they ck'd on us! They certainly saved the day! After I called Daren to explain the situation, the 3 of us had a wonderful evening and lots to talk about! They are high school teachers who met at school and are getting married in June in Grenada on a friend's sailboat. They have a lovely cottage on a canal with their own dock and yard for the dogs and plan to rent it out when they go cruising.
Yesterday, Darryl and his friend Doug took me and the diesel back to our boat, and the guys got the engine going while I ran the dogs onshore. An hour later, we were happily situated in Offatt's Bayou, with an invitation to a BBQ at Darryl and Laurie's a few hours later. We met Darryl's really nice parents (our age) and another couple of their friends. They brought us back by boat and we slept like rocks! We will always be grateful to these new friends!
This is a great place to be! Everything is close by and we're getting lots of walking and rowing exercise. Pete's doing really well and the weather's perfect, too! Life is good!