Jani Me and My Five Head
08 May 2008 | Clermont Florida
Capt Chris, sunny and hot
Two worlds collided yesterday here in central Florida. I met the lovely Jani in Luperon Dominican Republic some months back while she was crewing aboard SV Another Adventure. She cruised aboard Another Adventure taking pretty much the same route I did aboard Christa. She recently came back to Florida after jumping ship in Puerto Rico. She's been bitten mightly by the sailing bug. It happens!
So it was tons of fun to meet up with Jani halfway between my folks place near Ocala and Jani's base of operations in Clearwater. We had a great day, dining at the Tiki Bar and checking out the sights in Clermont. It's funny how things unfurl. The last time I saw Jani was on the dreaded day we all, the whole gaggle of boats who were waiting for weather in Luperon, launched out into difficult weather. Many of us became separated, some of us were sea sick, just about all of us had gear break, some of us lost anchors.....but we all made it safely to Puerto Rico. So that is what I mean by how things unfurl. Just by happenstance Jani and I are in the same neighborhood. When you see a fellow cruiser enter port you tend to get excited and in this case, doesn't matter that we were on terra firma. Actually we were on a lake.
In other happening, I've been hanging at my Mom and Dad's for about a week now. Just enjoying myself, running, hanging out at the pool and generally not doing much. But tomorrow Dad and I will make the drive up to Conn as my Mom was on the advance team via aircraft. All is well in my world! Thanks for reading.
Capt Chris