We headed to the marina in the morning. Joel walked across the highway to purchase a fishing license and Maureen headed to the Publix grocery store to reprovision. While Maureen was doing the shopping, Gale and Joel went back to the boat to work on various projects including polishing the stainless steel, figuring out why the inverter had tripped and “tweaking” the dinghy configurations. When Maureen was finished at Publix, she called a taxi to take her to the marina where Gale met her and ferried her and the groceries back to the boat.
We continued with our projects throughout the afternoon. Maureen made a key lime pie for tonight’s dessert and a lettuce salad for the next several lunches. As we worked, we watched several of the neighboring boats readjusting their anchor lines, setting additional anchors and tying their sterns to the mangroves. The forecast for tonight was for a big blow and people were preparing their vessels. We were already happy with our position and knew from previous experience at this anchorage that we would be fine.
As we were finishing our tasks and thinking about throwing in a couple of fishing lines, our friend, Mark Holt, called. He and Diane have decided to move their boat, Adventure, from Stuart, Florida, to San Diego, California, during the late spring and early summer and invited us to accompany them as they make their passage to San Diego by way of the Bahamas, possibly Jamaica, and the Panama Canal. It sounded like the trip of a lifetime to us and we will do everything we can to make the timing work!
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sounds like a great adventure, we went through the canal last year by cruise ship, was amazing
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