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Month: February 2020

To The Keys…..

To The Keys…..

A quick trip to Trader Joe’s in anticipation of leaving tomorrow morning. Oh, how I love that store.  Sunday (2/23) we released our lines and eased out of Sunset Harbour Marina and Yacht Club about 8:15 leaving the mega yachts behind. We wanted to make the 9:00 opening of the Venetian (11 foot) Bridge. We left too early so ended up doing donuts for about 20 minutes. Darn. It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day with a bit of…

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Pay to Play….

Pay to Play….

When we last chatted, we were in the beautiful anchorage at Key Biscayne Bite with plans to get up early Friday (2/21) morning and cruise to Key Largo. Weather was checked and reservations made. As we went to bed Thursday (2/20) night the wind shifted from a comfortable westerly to the northeast and the wind speed continued to build all night. Our “beautiful” anchorage turned into a washing machine and we were rocking and rolling pretty good so none of…

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Breaking Bread with Friends New and Old….

Breaking Bread with Friends New and Old….

Still in Dania Beach Marina in Dania Beach, FL. Saturday (2/15) Rick (Blue Horizon) and Michael had a great day together – a trip to Home Depot to buy plywood, lumber, etc. for a sofa storage project. The project included pulling the innards out of the sleeper sofa. Michael pulled ours out several weeks ago but didn’t have the materials to finish the project, so he helped Rick dispose of their sofa innards then out came the skil saw, impact…

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Don’t Sleep Under the Coconut Tree…..

Don’t Sleep Under the Coconut Tree…..

Gosh it’s been so long since we’ve chatted!  I’ll give you the “readers digest” version of where we’ve been and where we are now, and then I’ll try to keep in touch more often. When we left off last we were in Daytona Beach. On Thursday (1/23) we left Daytona about 8:15 for a short ride to Smyrna Yacht Club in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Once we arrived at SYC we had lunch on the Yacht Club patio then went…

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