March 25, 2018 to April 9, 2018
Some final pictures of the Bahamas:
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| Typical house in New Plymouth, Green Turtle Cay |
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| Street in New Plymouth, Green Turtle Cay |
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| Flower over a fence along a street in New Plymouth |
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| The ever present bougainvillea in New Plymouth |
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| Our final Bahamian sunrise outside of West End, Grand Bahama |
The weather was favorable for a good Gulf Stream Crossing and we arrived in Vero Beach on Monday March 26. We’ve been here for two weeks and have accomplished much. I visited my children’s grandmother, Claire, and her husband, Fred, in Sarasota for a few days. I enjoyed catching up on their life in the assisted living facility and being able to take Claire shopping and both of them out to dinner.
After returning to Vero Beach, Bob and I prepared the boat for the electrical work that needed to be done by removing the dining table and the 74 screw that hold the floor boards in place. I traced the wires that needed to be replaced back to the electrical panel. The next day our friend Mike, who works for Hartges Yacht Yard, came over to the boat to replace the antenna wire and do the prep work to fix the wiring for the anchor light. The next day Pete arrived with Mike to go up the mast, replace the antenna, and rewire the anchor light. Unfortunately, Mike discovered that all of the wiring in the mast needs to be replaced and would have to be done at the yacht yard since the mast would most likely have to be taken down to do the work. After several tries Pete rewired the anchor light so it would work until we get back to Maryland.
Bob and I also procured a new galley sink faucet and installed it. Sounds easy, right? Well it wasn’t. The supplier mistakenly sent the faucet to our mailing address in Green Cove Springs and we had to have it forwarded to Vero Beach. Once it arrived the installation took 3 hours because of the impossibly small, dark, and deep area we needed to work in. Hurray, we now can do the dishes in the galley sink instead of walking them back and forth to the bathroom sink to be rinsed.
I completed sewing all of my triangle quilt squares and once I can iron the seams I can start making the strips of squares. The strips will start with 38 squares and reduce by one square until the final strip which will be 4 squares. I’m sure I won’t complete that job until we get back to Baltimore and I can use my sewing machine and my quilt square cutting implements.
We still miss Lizzy terribly. Bob has been researching Maine Coon kittens available for adoption in Maryland. He has discovered that reputable catteries will breed the Maine Coons so as to lessen the genetic chance of the kittens having a predisposition to congestive heart failure and hip dysplasia. Lizzy had both problems.
Jack seems to need more attention now that Lizzy is gone.
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| We took Jack for his spring lion cut on Thursday. Isn't he handsome! |
On Saturday we went to the farmer’s market in Vero Beach. The variety of beautiful fresh fruit and vegetables was amazing. We bought several items, but the best were the Plant City Strawberries. They were the sweetest most perfectly ripe berries we have ever had. Yummy!
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| Beautiful and delicious! |
Now that I’ve caught my blog up I will be posting more regularly. We will be leaving Vero Beach this coming week (the weather looks unfavorable until Thursday) and continue our trek up the ICW to Maryland. I enjoy this trip but I am anxious to get back to Maryland to see my nearby family and plan my trips to visit those who are farther away!
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