Stuck!!

 

Hey everybody….yes, we are still out here. We had a fun Christmas in Vero Beach with a bunch of cruisers then moved on down the waterway. We met up with a classmate of Greg’s at Peck Lake. We picked them up in our dinghy and they had a tour of our boat then we walked the beach before taking them back to their car. It was fun catching up.

 

After Christmas, I flew home to Maryland for a few days to help out with the Grandkids because our daughter got a kidney infection from a kidney stone and was put in the hospital for IV antibiotics.

 

While I was watching /playing with the grandkids Greg took care of the boat where we anchored her in North Lake Worth in West Palm Beach Fl. He used the time to finish up a couple boat projects to get ready to cross over to the Bahamas.

Since I came back we’ve been watching the weather for a “weather window” to cross to the Bahamas.

 

This is where we’ve learned that cruisers use the term ‘stuck!’ We prefer wind from the S or W so we can sail. Light and variable is OK because we can motor. But no wind from the north! That’s because a north wind causes big square waves in the Gulf Stream – not fun. So, while waiting, they say they are “stuck” in…(fill in the blank.) Right now we are stuck in North Palm Beach FL.

 

Being stuck isn’t all bad. Some days the weather isn’t great and we stay on the boat. We read, listen to the weather, work, clean, listen to the weather, fix things that are broken, quilt, cook, listen to the weather, study routes so we are ready when the wind is right and listen to the weather some more.

 

Other days we head into town. Today we rode our bikes a couple of miles down to John D MacArthur Beach State Park and went through the nature center then walked a mile or so down the beach and back. Then we rode our bikes a couple of miles into town to a Subway for lunch. On the way back to the boat, we stopped at the grocery store for chicken and veggies to cook on the grill for dinner. After all that riding and walking, we came back and swam off the back of the boat for a little while.

 

Then we sat in the cockpit and read before dinnertime. One of the things we read about was the snow up in Maryland. It sounds like it caused a mess out on the roads!! Some people were probably even “stuck”!!

 

Well, we’ve learned that being “stuck” isn’t so bad sometimes! We are enjoying FL while we wait for the right weather window to sail over to the Bahamas.

 

 

He quieted the sea with His Power