Fishing and a Water Heater

I'm gearing up for a 3 day weekend of fishing for striper.  I've got to get up at 5:00am to drive to Southern Maine and arrive by 8:30am to meet my brother and a friend at Higgins Beach.  We are going to be striper fishing, specifically, saltwater flyfishing for striper bass.  I've done this one before 2 years ago and it was a blast.  It can be a little brutal because you end up fishing by the tide.  Last time that meant getting up at 1am and fishing until about 5am.  *Phew*  But the striper are suppose to be top action this time of year.  So I'm quite excited.  And I almost didn't go...wait...what?  Yeah.  I almost didn't go. 

I'm at work today, nearly on another plane of existence thinking of pulling in large whale-size fish so I can ride them around like King Titan in the ocean seas, and I find out my water heater, an on demand propane water heater, so it doesn't have a tank, isn't working.  So I leave early to try and beat it home before the stores close in case I neat some parts.  I look at the water heater and I don't have a clue.  Looking online reveals it is a discontinued unit and tech. support for the thing is closed until Monday.  Hey, it is Friday after 5 by this time...who can blame them?  I talk with my wife and make a last minute decision to put in an electric water heater.  I've been wanting to anyway with the cost of propane.  But how am I going to manage purchasing one when the store closes in 15 minutes and I am not an expert plumber by any means?  The first thing I did right as I was driving home was to pray for some wisdom, because I was coming up pretty dry and not 100% sure what to do.  So God had some mercy while I was wondering whether my fishing trip was on or not.  I called a friend and he met me at the hardware store.  He got the plumbing parts, I got the electrical pieces, and a few hours later, *poof*, an electric water heater is in place.

So now I'm packed up, ready to go, and hitting the couch with a book for a few before I pass out and start the drive tomorrow.  Stay tuned for an evening post of the fishing fun tomorrow!