Well the fall decorations are put away, the lawn furniture stored and Christmas gifts wrapped. The bags and car are packed as Richard and I head out in the morning on our next big adventure. We are off to visit Richards sister Linda in Sackville NB, his other sister Kathy in Carleton Place, Kyle and Kate in Peterborough then Christine, Phil and Connor in Pennsylvania before heading to Florida to prepare the boat for six months in the Bahamas and Cuba. Looking forward to the trip but as always will miss the kids and grand kids!
Oct 26th
Winter is officially over for us and it's back to sandals and shorts yay! We are in South Carolina and will be at the boat in Fort Pierce today. Had a great trip with visits to Richards sisters and Kyle Brodie and Kate Ayrheart and then to Pennsylvania to see Phil, Christine and Conner.
Oct 27th
finally made it to Fort Pierce Fl, we booked a room through Air B and B and it is a lovely spot at a great rate, highly recommend checking them out if you are traveling on a budget:) All is well at the boat, very little mildew thank goodness, all our efforts paid off before we left. Spent the day sanding and cleaning, needless to say Richard never stopped as well checking everything out. Hopefully we will be ready to launch on the 31st.
Oct 31st
Salvation finally went in the water today! We motored through the Fort Pierce North Bridge over to Harbortown Marina where we will stay until we are ready to cross for the Bahamas and Cuba.
Nov 27th
We came back out of the water today to fix a leaking thru hull, put on a new Campbell Sailor prop and have have a piece welded on to mount our new dinghy motor. All went very smoothly and were back in our slip in no time.
Nov 30th
Richards Birthday! We haven't been posting as it's been really busy getting the boat ready for our trip and it's taken far longer than we expected, seems like it's been one step forward and two steps back! Richard has done some great upgrades this year such as new dinghy Davits complete with more solar panels bringing our solar power up to almost 600 watts! Fridge upgrade, new antenna wire, purchase of a new 9 foot dinghy and 15hp motor not to mention tons of little jobs that needed doing including fixing a leaking water tank!
Even though we still have lots of things that need doing its time to leave so we will be departing Fort Pierce tomorrow heading southbound. We really haven't set a destination or timeframe, just southbound then cross over to Bahamas enjoy the sun and sand then to Cuba sometime in January. We are excited to get underway again and start another adventure together!
