The Sun has set on another cruising season

Well....................... we're back home in Tennessee and I feel like we've just moved!!  What with all the packing up, loading, driving, unloading, unpacking  ..............   we have waaaaaayyyyy too much 'stuff' ..........everywhere!!!!!  It's time to start sifting through it all and thinning it out.  We lived without alot of this 'stuff' for the last 8 months, surely we can live without some of it forever!!!!  It is good to be home though - life is easier here in many ways.  Neither of us is counting the amps we use or the water either, which equates to not running into walls in the dark and being able to take a shower without having to worry whether all the soap and shampoo are rinsed off.  You laugh, but try walking around your house without lights at night or better yet with a miner's lamp on your forehead and then try taking a shower like this:

• Get under the showerhead and turn the water on without letting it heat up and only turn on a little bit and just let it run long enough to get you semi-wet.
• Turn off water.
• Lather up you and all your parts, as well as your head.
• Turn on the water just enough so that you can quickly rinse you, your parts, and your head - don't take too long cause the water tank is not very big and if you take too long you won't have water for other things like brushing your teeth, making coffee, washing dishes tomorrow, shower tomorrow, the next day and the next day.  Get the picture??!!  You'll get used to it!

The pups are adjusting as well as we are - there are plenty of squirrels and lizards to chase to keep them busy and as long as we are close by they are quite happy.  They still let us know when it is 4:00, which is a good thing cause we may miss happy hour otherwise ........... not likely though. 

We had Kate and John (the grandkids) with us last week and had a great time!  It was so good to hold them and snuggle up with them again.  I've missed them and they are growing up so fast!

This will more than likely be our last post til next fall since we have no current plans to go anywhere til then.  We do plan to cruise again next winter/spring and would like to go further south in the Bahamas........we'll see.

Hope you enjoyed the trip this season!!

Time to head back to Tennessee

Wellllllllll...................the time has come to head back home to Tennessee.

We got the boat back in the water last Friday evening and made the trip back to our slip in New Smyrna Beach on Saturday.  We were even able to back it in, thanks to our new bow thruster - YEAH!!!!!!!!!  We love our new addition!!!  Why didn't we part with that money before??!!  It was pretty scary watching that big hole being drilled through the bottom of the boat, but the installation was very professional and smooth going - only took 2 1/2 days .  We can't say enough positive things about FloridaBowThruster.com and our experience with them.

Cutting the hole for the thruster



The finished thing!!!!


We are in the process of off-loading 'stuff' from the boat to the camper and will start home next Sunday. 

Can't wait to see Kate and John!!!!!!!!!