Life on Paperbird…..

It’s been a while since we’ve posted here but we are still moving along down the coast having a good time meeting up with old friends and making new ones.

We were able to catch up with Greg’s roommate and another classmate from college when we were in Titusville. It was great to see how relationships can continue to grow.

Then we moved on down to Vero Beach and met up with several boats that we knew from last year. We were also able to meet back up with JoLinDy (John and Linda) a boat we had met back in Beaufort SC before Christmas. When lots of boats are in Vero Beach, boats share mooring balls and raft together up to 3 per ball. We were able to join JoLinDy on a mooring ball and then Unicorn (Phil and Kathy Dalby) caught up with us and rafted to us as well. We had fun taking the free city bus to the beach and town and spending time with both couples. Vero (aka Velcro) Beach lived up to it’s nickname as we stayed there 10 days enjoying the company, the easy transportation and waiting for improved weather.

We finally left Vero just before dawn and headed south on the ICW toward Lake Worth to spend a couple of days looking for an opportunity to cross the gulf stream. No such luck so we continued south to Miami.

We left before dawn again heading out the Lake Worth Inlet to sail off shore since there are 21 bridges between Lake Worth and Ft Lauderdale, each with a different schedule on when it would open to let us through.

We have now been in Miami for a couple of days doing final prep and provisioning before we head across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas. It looks like Saturday will give us just enough settled weather to get across to Bimini. Once we’re past the Gulf Stream, it should be easier to pick and choose times to move farther east to the Exumas.

We walked through a Holocaust memorial that is down the street from the dinghy dock that is both interesting and eerie. What a sad time, but one we should never forget!

 

My brother and his wife, Pete and Gretchen, have been spending time in Ft Lauderdale working on a powerboat they bought back in the summer. They drove down to Miami and we met up for lunch and enjoyed several hours chatting about life and boat stuff.

We have seen God’s provision and handiwork so many times over the last several months and are thankful for how He prepares the way and goes before us.

 

He quieted the sea with His power