Just A Note

Hey, Everyone! 

Some of our friends have been wondering why we haven’t posted to the blog lately.  As we’ve noted on the new posting for October 17, our hard drive crashed on the morning of October 29th and we had to wait for our replacement hard drive to catch up with us.  It was mailed to us under warranty and we were able to install it on Sunday, November 8.  We’re still trying to get programs and files loaded back up as well as deal with an internet connection issue.  While we were in Mobile, we purchased a little Toshiba notebook so we at least have that for the internet.

Because we hadn’t been anywhere long enough for our online backup to kick in, we did lose ten days worth of photos so there aren’t any pictures to go along with the postings from October 17 to 26.  When we post again, the photos will be back but we’re having to reach back into memory to try to reconstruct the last few weeks.

In the meantime, we have also dealt with our first hurricane!  We arrived at Port St. Joe, Florida, on Saturday evening, November 7, when the weather forecasts were simply talking about increasing easterly winds over the next few days making travel on the water ill advised.  We tucked safely into our slip at the marina and on Monday morning we learned that we needed to be making hurricane preparations!  Gale was excited about it – Maureen was very nervous!  Everything turned out fine and the storm was not nearly as bad as some of the thunderstorms we have experienced while at anchor.  We do know, however, that it could have been different and we are very grateful that we did not have to experience a hurricane’s full potential.

Thanks for all of your thoughts and encouragements.  We do enjoy sharing our adventure with you.