A Couple Things Before We Leave

June 19, 2012

At 4:00 on Monday we finally pulled away from the Stuart gas dock.  At last, we were underway!  31 miles later we anchored near Fort Pierce.  It was a short day of travel, but monumental after all of the delays.

Delays kept us in Stuart 18 days longer than we planned, but we gained some great memories!

Last week, walking back to the boat we passed a couple that Brian thought looked familiar.  We kept walking, and he continued to say that looks like Tim from the Porsche Club.  We haven’t seen Tim for at least 15 years.  I told him he better go chase them down or he’ll be wondering about it for the rest of the day.  Well, of course, it was Tim and his wife Sue.  They just bought a beautiful Italian boat and were only in Stuart for one night and were walking our dock even though their boat was on another.  They live in Colorado in the winter and spend their summers in Minnesota.  We asked them to stop by for a drink and had so much fun talking that we walked to downtown Stuart for dinner to continue the conversation.  Another one of those small world experiences….

Healthy and Happy

Friday morning Brian had the stitches removed from his basal cell surgery.  They couldn’t take all of them out.  One area needed a little more time to heal.  Another visit on Monday completed the procedure.  Healthy skin is his again!



Saturday finally arrived and it was time to pick up Christopher.  We met in Delray Beach for lunch with Ian and his Aunt and Uncle.  At their home I saw mangos growing for the first time – a pretty weird plant. 

The boys introduce me to a scary pirate!

Looks like a well fed group

Mangos grow on a tree and hang
from a 9 inch stem. 

Father’s Day was celebrated with breakfast at Steak and Shake (its really good – try it) on our way to the Kennedy Space Center.  The guys totally agreed the tour and movies were awesome.  Dinner followed in Vero Beach watching big waves break and me explaining the fine art of body surfing to a six year old. 

Chocolate chip pancakes and a breakfast skillet
before Kennedy Space Center on Father's Day.

Christopher in front of the missiles

Gotta smile – we’re lovin the ride!