Weekend Update

We did not head to Ft. Lauderdale as planned yesterday. After speaking with our sailing club looking for marina or anchorage recommendations they have suggested that we bypass it altogether (even though that is where they are headquartered) and head straight to Miami. We have heard this from many others as well and may heed the advice…still deciding. The marinas in Ft. Lauderdale are notoriously expensive and b/c it has become overcrowded, anchorages are few and far between. Should we decide to head straight to Miami, we will still need to decide if we should go by way of the intercoastal waterway (which would allow us to anchor part of the way day and split the trip into two days) or if we should take the ocean route and do it in one go (about 8 or so hours). I’m game for whatever – I’m just excited for the trip!

We made our first friends here! We met Rich and Becky on Thursday. Rich helped me carry groceries to the boat and later invited us down to their (airconditioned!) boat for a drink. One of us was working and could only stay for a minute but the other one of us hung out for a good hour and a half laughing and chatting and came home a little tipsy – I’ll let you guess who was who in this scenario ;) You cannot believe how incredibly friendly people are here. Living in the marina you meet so many people on the dock and because we are all living or traveling on our boats, it’s like an immediate connection to allow for easy conversation. It has become clear that in general we will be the youngest of the bunch. Most people that we meet have kids our age (as was the case with Rich and Becky). I’m sure that there are others like us but good people are good people as far as I’m concerned.

I’m off to the farmers market this morning and then we are going for a sail this afternoon. There’s a marathon here tomorrow morning that will pass right by our marina. Upon discovering this the other day, I felt envy and even considered trying to do the half. That was until my 6 mile run yesterday in the heat, humidity, and wind. I think I’ll be a cheerleader this time around unless there is a 5 or 10k ;) (sorry Coach Jay – but don’t worry, Bootcamp Bahamas will happen!)

Ta for now xx