Still in No Name Harbor
We have been here for over one week now. Time to get moving. Ben and Margaret on Diva left for the Bahamas a few days after New Years Day. Doug has left for his return trip North and it is time for us to move to the Keys and enjoy the journey.
We got our generator back a few days ago, it's good to have that source of power and freedom again. It lets me run my computer, vacuum cleaner and TV, which we watch only about a couple of hours a month. It's nice to know you can watch it when you want. Of course we will only get Spanish channels when we get closer to Key West. Guess we'll have to learn the language so we can understand what we are seeing.
We spoke with friends from up North yesterday and firmed up a date for their visit. Rich and Julie have been sailing buddies of ours for about 20 years and they plan to live this life of freedom in about 3 years. It's good to get as much experience as you can before you actually take the plunge. Even then it's still not like going full into it but it's a taste at any rate. We are excited that they are going to join us. We will meet up with them on the West coast of Florida. Some of the areas we have been to by boat or by car but most will be new for us too! How exciting is that!
I have up graded this blog and I'm learning some new changes. I'm attempting to load a picture of Michale an 80 year old sailor we have met here in No Name Harbor. He has made 25 trips to the Bahamas single handing. He is still here in the area but is waiting for a good window of weather and will cross. God Bless him! On one of his attempts he blew out his track for his boom on his main sail. Larry and I and another cruiser helped him fix it so he has been sailing in the bay to test it. It worked well and now we his ready to go.
We got our generator back a few days ago, it's good to have that source of power and freedom again. It lets me run my computer, vacuum cleaner and TV, which we watch only about a couple of hours a month. It's nice to know you can watch it when you want. Of course we will only get Spanish channels when we get closer to Key West. Guess we'll have to learn the language so we can understand what we are seeing.
We spoke with friends from up North yesterday and firmed up a date for their visit. Rich and Julie have been sailing buddies of ours for about 20 years and they plan to live this life of freedom in about 3 years. It's good to get as much experience as you can before you actually take the plunge. Even then it's still not like going full into it but it's a taste at any rate. We are excited that they are going to join us. We will meet up with them on the West coast of Florida. Some of the areas we have been to by boat or by car but most will be new for us too! How exciting is that!
I have up graded this blog and I'm learning some new changes. I'm attempting to load a picture of Michale an 80 year old sailor we have met here in No Name Harbor. He has made 25 trips to the Bahamas single handing. He is still here in the area but is waiting for a good window of weather and will cross. God Bless him! On one of his attempts he blew out his track for his boom on his main sail. Larry and I and another cruiser helped him fix it so he has been sailing in the bay to test it. It worked well and now we his ready to go.
posted by Cruise Planners Gail Hodge at 10:36 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Guys!
Happy New Year! I tried to reach you by phone, so thought I would try here too. Sounds like you are having a great trip! It is a little cooler here in the west this year, but all is good.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers,
Diane & Kenny
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