Time is crunched and getting tighter everyday! Today Marianna and I attend our Scuba lessons, academics in the morning and pool time in the afternoon, concentrating on rescue diving today.

During our lunch break the plan is to buzz over to Wyland's Wall and take a few more pictures, he's been painting like crazy! I still have pictures to post from the previous promise, please be patient and if you are not, visit his website and see live updates!

After rinsing off we will scoot down to Key West and pick Hal up, come back to the marina (200 miles in one day! I feel faint.) for cocktails under the Tiki. This may happen at, like 10pm, rather than our usual 5pm. I'm not very lead footed in the pickup, you know.

Briefest of snoozes then up and final packing, readying of boat, provisioning, ice, and the docklines are released mid-afternoon as hightide is 4pm Saturday. The winds will be from the north resulting in great sailing toward Key West (no motoring - yeah!). With the 20 knot north wind the seas will chop a bit, 2-3 feet inside the reef, nearshore waters will be moderate to choppy. Temps will be in the upper 70's to low 80's daily.

Now you know about as much as I!