Life doesn’t stop even when you are living on a boat! Monday we rented a vehicle to go get our new mattress which was custom made by Zeno in Ft Lauderdale. Keeping my fingers crossed that it would be more comfortable than the old one. Joe and I got the old one off the boat….
Day 24-31 Leaving Ft. Lauderdale ending up at Ft Pierce
Ft Lauderdale was a good stop! We got lots done…new air compressor installed for pilot house air conditioner and ordered a new mattress for our bed. This is a travel day….We left at 7:32 am and we traveled 45.2 nm. Along the way we saw lots of outrageous houses. The most outrageous was Mar a…
Days 15-23 Marathon to Steamboat Creek and Ft Lauderdale
Just a few more days in Marathon…we hung out by the pool Sunday 2/17 and planned on having docktails at Marlin Bay Marina with loopers staying There plus a few friends from Faro Blanco Resort and Marina. I made some Asian pork meatballs for the docktails with a Korean Gochujang Sauce…its a fermented chili paste….
More of Marathon, Days 8-14
It seems to have been a hectic week. We rented a vehicle for 10 days while we are in Marathon. On Sunday, February 10th Joe and Mike went to West Marine (they actually have been to West Marine 4 days in a row) to get parts that will fix our dingy issue. Most of this…
Marathon Marina Days 6 & 7
Pretty relaxing few days for the most part. Our first day we made list of all the things that needed to be done. Fix the fuel line on the dingy-done, get water maker fixed…Not til Stuart Florida, and our 110 doesn’t work at Marathon Marina, not cool! We’ve worked around that and are hoping when…
Day 4 & 5. 2nd day at Johnson Key& Travel day.
Well Mother Nature was not so nice on day 4, we took a little dingy trip in the Rowe’s dingy to go out to lunch just a mere 4.5 mile trip. Well their unit would not get up on plane and we got various amount of wetness on the way over to No Name Pub…
Day 2, Marco to Cape Sable and day 3 Cape Sable to Johnson Key, 10 miles South of Marathon
Day 2 was a beautiful day. It was a long day traveling 63.5 miles which took 6 hours. We were by ourselves at Cape Sable, just Rowe Boat and BalaHula. We got the dingy down and took a cruise over to see Mike and Lee…it was a little choppy. Leann and I had marinated some…
Day 1 St Charles Yacht Club to Marco Island
Well, after 15 months of planning we cast off our lines at 7:57 am. As we were leaving our dock at St Charles Yacht Club I saw a dolphin. I hope a sign of good luck! It was a bit foggy on our way to Marco, scary at one point. With the expert Captain, Mike…
Organizing and Fixing
The work never seems to end! We spent 5 days in our condo while moving all our stuff on the boat. We’ve spent two nights on the boat now and are still organizing, fixing water pressure, new screen doors, cleaning the floors, setting up my office (with a view), shopping at West Marine also known…
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Your hosts are Joe and Barbara Huber from Lexington Ky and Fort Myers Beach Florida. Our loop wake is starting around February 1st 2019. We were exposed to the loop by our dear friends Mike and Leann Rowe on their boat ROWE BOAT. The Rowes lived in Lexington back in the 80’s and Leann and…