We return to our regularly scheduled broadcast

We’re in Ft Pierce, FL and gearing up for the Bahamas! January here gets up into the 70’s and down in low 50’s so its very pleasant and we’re able to knock out some of the remaining boat projects before we leave the United States.

We’ve sailed twice since our last post, but I’ve been unable to write down my thoughts over the last month due to recent events and overall family health. I’ll try to summarize things very briefly with a positive spin. Kendall’s arm is healing nicely, her family seems to be recovering from Covid, a service is planned in Memphis for Kendall’s grandmother Nini, the Nation is working to heal itself from division and vaccines are being distributed worldwide. When I say it like that, things don’t seem so bad!

Kendall and I were able to spend time with family in November and we flew out to see Haley’s new house in California over Thanksgiving. We’re so very proud of her adulting skills!

We returned to the boat with newly reupholstered cushions, a repaired generator and recruited Russ to help us move the boat to Florida. Russ was awesome as usual and shared his vast experience with us.

We watched a few rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, flew in the kids for Christmas and had a really nice December! Of course it always degrades into a lan party with this bunch of nerds.

It was a wonderful month and we managed to visit NASA, finally get to the Star Wars Experience at Disney and enjoy lots of visits from family and friends.

Our good friend Ron helped us move the boat down to Ft Pierce and I’m super thankful as the tides here RAGE about 16 hours a day. I honestly don’t think we could have docked the boat without his help. I only wish we could have caught some fish. We ran 2 lines out the entire trip and never saw a strike. In fact, between Cape Canaveral and the Fort Pierce inlet, we only saw a couple of dolphins and a turtle. Ron was able to catch a crevalle jack from the dock but we got nothing while at sea.

Now we prep to leave. My new passport should be here soon, we’re trying to get our Florida Drivers licenses, hopefully get FL car tags, drop off the jetskis for consignment, get the dog vaccinated, the boat in order, Covid tests and then we can leave for the Bahamas. We have much to do in the next few weeks but we have a plan!

We look forward to warm water, having you guys onboard for snorkeling and beach time and being somewhere like this!

We’ll also try to get the drone charged up and working again! See ya!