Dec 18th – It was a hot hot hot humid
and sunny day today. We went for a dingy
ride to Don Pedro Island State Park so we could take a long walk along the
beach. I also went swimming for the
first time in the Gulf of Mexico … the water was Exxxcellent! Afterwards Don picked us up to go to Greg’s
and Joanne’s house for a fish fry with a great group of people. The fish were recently caught during an
off-shore fishing venture and Greg and Pat did a great job cooking it. During our visit we decided to partake in a
football pool for the New England / Denver game. We picked tickets out of a hat and we were
lucky enough to win … Thanks New England!!
We had a great dinner as well as lots of birthday cake and ice cream for
desert (Both Greg and Pat had birthdays recently). Our daughter, Amanda, just flew home from
Seattle and sent us a picture of snowy Keswick.
Wow … we are in for a change in weather on Wednesday!
Dec 19th – It was a hot humid and sunny
day today. We are slowly trying to get
used to the idea that we’ll have to transition from the hot sunny climate of
Florida to the cold snowy climate in Keswick Ontario. We’ve started to prepare our boat for our 2
week departure by doing a couple jobs around the boat such as washing the dingy
and the dingy cover as well as waterproofing the dingy cover. After a number of boat related jobs we
migrated over to the pool with a number of the boaters to cool off. After the sunset we headed back to the boat
to prepare food to cook on the community BBQ.
I can’t believe that we’ll be home in 2 days.
Dec 20th – It
was another hot and sunny day today. Don
drove us around to get a few things to help us get ready for our flight
tomorrow plus he took us touring around the Cape Haze area. He’s also offered to drive us to the airport
early tomorrow morning. Thanks Don! Liz invited us for one final Florida dinner
tonight at Leverock’s with the Krates South gang however they were full so we
went to Ricaltini’s with 7 of us in a car that seats 5 (thanks Maria & Liz
for sitting under the hatchback!) and we danced the night away. We will be flying out early tomorrow morning
thus this will be my last blog post until we return back to the boat in January. I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas
and all the best to you and your families in the New Year! For those that are interested: We’ve been living on the boat for 173 days,
we’ve travelled 3,030 miles, we’ve used 1,886 US Gals of diesel and put 583
hours on our engines, we’ve spent close to $25,000 (mix of CAD & USD) of
which $6,000 is for fuel, $5,000 is for overnight stays at marinas and $5,000
was used for maintenance and repairs.
The amount we’ve spent in repairs is more than expected, however we all
know that sh!t happens!
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| Don Pedro Island State Park beach |
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| My first swim in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| The water is Exxxcellent! |
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| Jimmy with the fish we ate at Greg's and Joanne's place |
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| Greg with the fish that we didn't eat |
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| A picture after we ate the fish in the picture above |
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| Our last dinner in Florida before flying home to Keswick Ontario |
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| Dancing the night away ... What did Joanne say to Greg ... he looks shocked! |
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| This is a picture at the front of our house in Keswick ... I should have brought my boots! |
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