Loving Lauderdale!

Happy belated 16th birthday to PAGE NOVAK!!!

We're in Lauderdale until- our itinerary says Monday, but Barry and I both thought we were leaving Sunday... so, we'll let you know what happens.

Layover days are fabulous. I've made a habit of going to St. Bart's Coffee Co in the mornings, then walking on the beach before returning to the boat to get chores done. We've been grocery shopping and gotten errands done while we've been here (and have a car- how convenient!) I went swimming this morning- the pool was heated! and will probably go again tomorrow :)

I've taken virtually no pictures- my apologies.

Oh, but yesterday, we had to take the boat out of the marina, into the channel, to re-fuel. The guy we rafted up to had a vessel that worked like a working barge- he has huge steel poles that he puts in the ground that hold his boat steady so boats can raft up and re-fuel right in the channel. pretty cool- here are pictures.



Today and the rest of this week, we're getting some work done on the boat- electronics stuff. It'll be pretty cool when they finish with it.
Also, the fridge in the galley has been acting super-weird, the freezer's too cold and the fridge isn't cold enough... so that'll get fixed sometime this week as well.

Life is good! Thanks for reading!

Fort Lauderdale

hi!


yesterday, on the way from Palm Beach we saw a good boat name, had to show you:
...livin' that honky-tonk dream.

we also saw a couple more fellow Outer Reef-ers! Illusion IV!


and Sea Ya! (we've never met them...)


here's the Hillsborough Lighthouse...


oh, and a boat name that I thought I should share...
the cleaning solvent?

Once we got docked yesterday (oh, and something I thought was cool- I walked right past here when I was here for the boat show in October!), we washed down the boat in BEAUTIFUL weather- now she sparkles!

This mornin, I woke up later than usual and walked on the beach with a cup of coffee I got at Bart's Coffee Co. VERY good... I maybe go back tomorrow!