We have not had internet service for some time now. I’m sure some of you thought we had dropped off the face of the earth.
It’s been so long since we posted that I can hardly remember what we’ve been doing and where we’ve been! Thank goodness for the log book.
We spent a couple of days in St. Augustine, Florida being your typical tourists. Plus, Jeff managed to find a barber shop and got all of his hair cut!! St. Augustine has a lot of beautiful old buildings, especially churches. I’ve posted a few pictures from there (above). We even rode on the “Little Red Train”. We anchored right off the main street on the waterfront. It was a short dinghy ride to the marina and the downtown area. The town was busy getting ready to ‘light up’ for the holidays. They were putting white lights on all the buildings and trees along the waterfront. They were to have a festival on the 17th of November and light everything up that evening – we left that morning so we did not get to see it.
We were in New Smyrna Beach, Florida for a week or so and had a great time (more about that in the next paragraph). We spent Thanksgiving with our family. Those that don’t live in the area traveled in for the holiday. We had a wonderful time visiting with everyone. They all wanted to see the boat and how and where we are living now, and it was fun for us to show it off. We had two very exciting surprises over the Thanksgiving weekend – our niece Kelly, was proposed to by her boyfriend Corey. Corey is in the Army and surprised her by showing up at the house Thanksgiving afternoon. The second surprise was the announcement by our son and daughter in law that we are going to be grandparents a second time – in July! Wow, what a day! I’m posting a couple of pictures from Thanksgiving. By the way - we also had 9 dogs in attendance for Thanksgiving. When our family gathers, we bring our dogs also!!!
We spent a couple of days in St. Augustine, Florida being your typical tourists. Plus, Jeff managed to find a barber shop and got all of his hair cut!! St. Augustine has a lot of beautiful old buildings, especially churches. I’ve posted a few pictures from there (above). We even rode on the “Little Red Train”. We anchored right off the main street on the waterfront. It was a short dinghy ride to the marina and the downtown area. The town was busy getting ready to ‘light up’ for the holidays. They were putting white lights on all the buildings and trees along the waterfront. They were to have a festival on the 17th of November and light everything up that evening – we left that morning so we did not get to see it.
We were in New Smyrna Beach, Florida for a week or so and had a great time (more about that in the next paragraph). We spent Thanksgiving with our family. Those that don’t live in the area traveled in for the holiday. We had a wonderful time visiting with everyone. They all wanted to see the boat and how and where we are living now, and it was fun for us to show it off. We had two very exciting surprises over the Thanksgiving weekend – our niece Kelly, was proposed to by her boyfriend Corey. Corey is in the Army and surprised her by showing up at the house Thanksgiving afternoon. The second surprise was the announcement by our son and daughter in law that we are going to be grandparents a second time – in July! Wow, what a day! I’m posting a couple of pictures from Thanksgiving. By the way - we also had 9 dogs in attendance for Thanksgiving. When our family gathers, we bring our dogs also!!!
What a delightful place New Smyrna is – we really like it there. Growing up in Orlando we spent time at the beach in New Smyrna, but it sure is different when you are all grown up (and I would say we are all grown up!) and seeing it from the water side. We wouldn’t mind spending the winter there, but, there are no slips available. We left New Smyrna with our son Brian, daughter in law, Melanie, and 2 1/2 yr. old granddaughter, Kate aboard. They traveled to Titusville with us – a short day run, to see what it was like. They got off there and drove home to Birmingham, Alabama. It was fun to have them aboard. Kate really enjoyed watching the dolphins and pelicans, as well as feeding the catfish that were under the boat. She even managed to entice the seagulls to come to the boat to catch some bread that she was throwing, although it didn’t take much persuasion on her part!
We arrived in Vero Beach about an hour ago and will be staying here for a few days, then on to Lake Worth where we will leave from to cross over to the Bahamas.
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