We Have Moved On To The Boat

Our Christmas Tree the Wine glass is for perspective

Diana and Abe Christmas Morning

Wood Duck

Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron

Anhinga bringing dinner ashore

Geo Nova decorated for Christmas

We Have Moved On To The Boat

The engine is put back together and we have been staying on the boat. It’s nice to be in our own bed at night. Now we get to slow down and smell the roses a bit, however with a boat the project list never ends.  Two weeks ago we finely made it up to Savannah to see Mike and Carol. This gave us our first opportunity to play golf since last October. David got to go with Mike to his new gun club and shoot trap. This brings back memories of Boy Scout Camp many years ago. Mike and Carol were nice enough to have stored our Singelton order of bacon and ham. This will allow us to enjoy great bacon and ham while cruising the Bahamas. Just prior to driving up to Savannah we did all the bright work (applied Seatol, a varnish like product, to all the exterior teak wood).  This allowed it to dry for 6 days without any human traffic.

The latest project has been taking apart each of our 8 winches and cleaning all the old grease out from the gears. The trick is to let it soak in mineral spirits for at least ½ hour before cleaning with a toothbrush. It is also important not to lose any of the tinny springs and pawls. Once that is done then we will have to waxing the cabin tops.

Christmas was spent in Boynton Beach with Abe. It still seems strange to have it so warm for the Holidays. That being said it was nice to have gone for a walk to the beach in sandals, shorts and a t-shirt on Christmas day. Today while Abe is at work we got an early start to do some bird watching where we saw 32 different species including a new one for us, a Green Parakeet.

We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays with family or friends.  The important thing is to spend time with ones you care about.

We wish everyone a Happy New Year!