Sunday January 25

Sunday, January 25

We did it! We riiiipped that Velcro off and left this morning at 11:00.

We went for a shower and then one last greasy Huddle House breakfast with Diane &Andy [see pic]. Then we filled the water tank, unplugged the power and cable. I vacuumed one last time and wrote out post cards to the kids while Rick put the cables and hoses away. We said goodbye to Steve and Nancy[see other pic], and Tom and Nancy and Joe and Mary and Tolen [staff, who said he would make sure the p/cards got mailed.] Most of these guys will be about a week behind us so they will catch up and pass us or meet us in the Bahamas.

We started this morning at Mile 536 and we are at Mile 554.5 and sitting at anchor enjoying the sunset and a bowl of chilli! [and a beer but don’t tell my siblings...they think I’ve gone over to the dark side in the last month!]

We have 5 clear sailing days ahead of us and we could possibly be in Florida by this time next week, but... we aren’t on a schedule and trying to get somewhere is one sure way to make sure something screws up! Been there, done that!

We will get up at sunrise and go as far as we can by 3pm, then we plan a stop so we are not anchoring in the dark.  So this will be a short message so we can supper cleaned up and get to bed early.  It’s So nice to be bobbing on the hook again.

Diane and Andy

Steve& Nancy

Lady's Island Marina

Learning to sail in Port Royal Sound

Our anchorage