When last I posted we were in Vero Beach preparing to install the shore charger and head to Cocoa Beach for a few days to deal with all the Bahamas provisions and end up hurricane prepping in Titusville. The shore charger installation went very well, but we could not test it for the few days in CoCoa Beach since we did not pay for shore charging… we did test it in Titusville and it worked perfect! When we were in Coco Beach, we had to…Continue Reading “Our Plan B for spring is a go…”
I’m writing this sitting at a bus stop outside Lowes in vero beach. It’s about 87 and so humid I have to watch I don’t drip sweat on my phone! We just picked up the parts needed for our charger install, hopefully we have everything now. We left Boca Lake on Friday and cruised to Hobe Sound for a really nice anchorage. 17 bridges are brutal! then Saturday we landed in Vero beach with the plan to use the free goLine bus to get parts…Continue Reading “Here we go…”
Today is our wedding anniversary, you know “only fools marry again” so April fools day seemed a good choice for a wedding date… plus it was a palindrome (4/1/14)! We are ever the fools! We waited and waited and waited for my passport, called the passport office, lost hours of my life on those extended 6 hour plus holds… so we decided we needed a new plan. Maybe it would be summer before the passport even arrived. So we found a new plan, but it…Continue Reading “…fools and their plans”
It has been a while since I posted anything. Time just seems to get away from me these days. I always joked that there is nothing busier than a retired person… yep there is… a retired person living on a boat!! In May we sailed the boat to Titusville and got her all prepped for hurricane season. We left S/V Freedom on May 24th to head to Pine Creek in Pennsylvania. We needed to open and clean the cabin and get it ready for my…Continue Reading “We are back…”
Started day: mile marker 878 Ended day: mile marker 900 We had an awesome last night in Titusville. Weather was brisk but clear, pizza and ice cream were perfect. This morning we both woke early (5:30am) with smiles from ear to ear. It could not be calmer in the marina for our departure. We both had anxiety about getting the boat out of the slip. With the 4 pilings and boats beside us and behind us, and not having driven the boat for about 10 months…Continue Reading “And we left!!”
Stew picked me up at my parents in Sun City on Nov 28th. He had a gig in the Bahamas and in Daytona, Florida across Thanksgiving week so he did not get any Turkey dinner. Luckily we saved him some and he enjoyed even if it wasn’t all that fresh. My brother, Matthew, gave us a ride back to Titusville which was great and we had a nice seafood dinner at Dixie’s Crossroads Restaurant. A little rain as we lugged all our stuff to the…Continue Reading “Leaving, well maybe not yet”
We decided in March that Stew should start applying for longer running gigs. So far most of the gigs he had done were one to three days. Each required a lot of set up, organization, and just plain stress. It was like starting a new job over and over again. In April this paid off and Stew was offered a job on the set of an Alabama renovation show for A & E Network called “Flipping Alabama” (title for now). He would need to spend…Continue Reading “The Change up”
We decided to extend our stay in Titusville another month. This gave us time to relax and enjoy our friends. We spent the days usually biking and working on projects. In the afternoon we headed to the Cape Canaveral Beaches. Stew’s brother Rob and girlfriend Joanie stopped for an evening visit and ice cream. We did work on some projects. We installed the old cockpit cupholder under the table area and installed more hooks in the v-berth area. The big one that I was so…Continue Reading “More Fun in Titusville”
It was great fun hanging out in Titusville. Our friends, Dave and Diane (s/v Yachtzee) decided to join us for a month in Titusville. Honestly, how we both scored a slip is pure luck! This place is very hard to get reservations – but I guess in the marina world – a boater in the hand is worth two in the “reservation basket”. Dave and Diane lived in China for a few years and usually celebrated the Chinese New Years. Diane made a ton of…Continue Reading “Fun Times in Titusville”
We landed here with no expectations. This place has really been a surprise! We are in slip C119 which is very well positioned on the dock. The marina is very nice and clean. There is an outside and inside lounge, picnic pavilion, grills to use, as well as a marina store. Bathrooms and showers are also very nice. So far so good, right? As mentioned in the previous post, we were planning to go on to Cocoa Village Marina for the month and made a…Continue Reading “Exploring Titusville, Florida”