Launch Day
20 January 2023 | MooreHaven Florida
John & Susan Robin | 83 F, and overcast
Photo of Susan getting her deck ready for first alongside.
As I have said before, boats are not meant to live on........when you are on land. Eagle Heart was back on the water at 9:30 this morning, and we are thrilled. It does not mean projects and chores are finished; by any means! Now, however we can use the heads ( toilets), the air conditioner works, and best of all, we are away from the ever present sound of 20+ sanders, grinders, and the din of 10+ radios playing different stations at high volume! ( What did you do in the army buddy?--- I WAS IN ARTILLERY!)
On top of that, the before mentioned stair master 25 that you climbed 50 times a day to get on and off your boat.
Ahh, we cruised a leisurely 12 miles to MooreHaven, a village just before Lake Okachobee . Alongside the village dock, with just one other boat: and Silence. We are trying to get use to not shouting at each other, because in the boat yard, that's how you communicate.
We are staying here a couple of days, and then on to Clewiston, 15 miles away for fuel. We would have gone Saturday, but there are around 200 Bass boats there for a Bass fishing tournament. With prizes in the 70,000.00 range, for first place, a lot of very good fishermen show up!
Tonight we will lay in silence, waking to the lap of water on the hull. A cruisers dream.