Six Months in a Leaky Boat!

After much toiling and also much waiting (for weather) we have at last made it the 60 mile stretch North up the St Johns river and are now heading south on the intracoastal waterway (hereinafter referred to as the ICW, or as the locals call it, "The INTERcoastal) "YAY!! We stopped in Green Cove Springs to fill our tanks with as much water as possible, and just before leaving we witnessed a coast guard harassing a fishing boat a mere mile away. We watched in awe through the binoculars as the coast guard helicopter puffed out his chest and fanned his feathers to intimidate his prey with his mighty wings and deafening roar.. Surely, we thought, we would be next in line for this hefty tactic.

Before departing again, We made a trip to town, walking quite the distance to find a new housing for our 2 terabyte Harddrive.. Why? you might ask, would we need such a thing? Well.. when Karl attemped to plug it in to our variable power supply, lets just say the Harddrive wants 12 volts and took 20. Do you smell something? There was smoke coming out of the drive AND my ears. It tooks approx. 4 days to find a store that had the replacement part to find out if the entire 1 terabyte of all our entertainment, music and movies for the next 4 months were destroyed in the process. And, luckily for Karl it didnt get fried. I still owe him a dollar.

As we experience cold front after cold front,(thanks to our canadian friends back home), we are dreaming of the lobster and coconuts and hot hot weather that still eludes us. A small comfort is knowing we might be spending christmas in Vero "Velcro" Beach. Showers and laundry for all! Plus several christmas packages waiting for us at the marina.. we sent them to ourselves from the boatyard weeks ago..teehee It will be a merry christmas after all!