What a great party we had. Jim, the owner of the store cooked some great pig and played guitar for us. He had written some custom songs that brought a little tear to many of our eyes. When he stopped Guin started crying and he had to do an encore. In the last year Sam and I made some really nice friends here. We has 25-30 guests attend.
Our canvas isn’t quite done and we are pushing our next departure date to this following Saturday, depending on weather of course.
We will sail down to Marathon, go under the 7 mile bridge and head north up to the Fort Lauderdale inlet. After that we will chug up the ICW to Stuart to hang out with my buddy Chuck for a few days. After that it will be off shore to Beaufort N.C. then up the ICW to the Chesapeake. I’m really looking forward to sailing Palmico sound and the Chesapeake. Darrin may even follow us up there.
Sam and I are provisioning and getting our ship together. It’s all so exciting.
One thing we really have to do is find Sam a dentist. She needs a new crown and onlay. It’s crazy how expensive dental work is. I wish I could bring her to my dentist in Panama. We are looking at about a grand (With Insurance), what is the point of paying for insurance? Stuff like this makes me crazy sometimes. We really do need a better healthcare system.
Anyway, enough of that GRRRRRRRRRR
Sail far and live slowly.
– Alex