Miike
11/23/2008, Vero Beach, Florida

November 18th.... Vero Beach, FL


The boat was cold this morning so I make a batch of Jambalaya to warm things up a little. When I was finished I went ashore to pay our weekly mooring fee, haul garbage and take a shower. While in the office "Tilt" pulled into the gas dock so I talked with them for a while. By the time I returned to the dinghy, our long time friend Scott had arrived from West Palm.

We returned to the boat, had a beer and then took off to Kelly's for lunch. Making good use of a car, we headed for Target for a few purchases and then stopped by Jim and Nancy's condo where we spent most of the afternoon.

Back at the boat it was cold enough that instead of going out for dinner we had a bowl of Jambalaya and called it good. In the evening we watch a movie before calling it a day.

It was nice to see D Scott who, along with Meg, are probably our friends of longest standing.

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Miike
11/23/2008, Vero Beach, Florida

November 17th... Vero Beach, FL

After wasting quite a bit of time over coffee, we went to shore and caught the bus into town. Actually, we caught the A Bus across the ICW and into the transfer station down town which is about a 15 minute ride. Then we switched to the B Bus and took it out to the Mall which is a half hour. On the way back to the transfer station the B bus stops at Walmart which was today's destination.

We picked up a few things and got back on the bus for the return trip.

After some lunch, we stripped the teak around our companion way and spent the afternoon refinishing.

I made a pizza for dinner... which turned our reasonably well.

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Mike
11/23/2008, Vero Beach, Florida

November 16th, Sunday... Vero Beach, Fl


A front went through during the night. There wasn't any rain but the wind blew, the air dried out and the temperatures dropped. It was about 55F by daybreak after going to bed with 85 degree temps. During the day it warmed up to about 65, but it still felt cold to those of us with thinner blood.

We've done some provisioning as we've had the opportunity on our way south but haven't kept very good records so our task this morning is to inventory the food items currently on board. After going through the pantry, the storage below the settee, and bagged items beneath our berth I was finished with the list. Kathy organized a spread sheet on her computer and by about noon we were finished.

Knowing what we have on hand and what is readily available in the Bahamas, we spent some time during the afternoon creating a shopping list.

We spent the remainder of the day reading, talking with the kids in England and putting together an early supper before listening to the Spartan's opening basketball game.

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