Shoulda Been -- But It Isn't

June 1, 2012

Today was the day that we were supposed to leave Stuart.  We arrived on May 1st and planned to stay one month.  A lot has been accomplished while we have been here and once again we have made some good friends. 


Hottie Scotty ready to head up the coast.

Today Scotty completed the last of the jobs on Brian's list.  He's heading up the east coast to repair other boats that are waiting for him.  We feel very fortunate to have found him.  Not only is he an expert on everything Krogen; he's a really nice person.  He and Brian had a great time talking Porsches, drinking coffee laced with ice cream and chocolate and  finishing off meals with gargantuan  desserts.  He was beginning to feel like one of our children -- we'll be seeing him again.  


Brian, Nick, Anna and Jim

Memorial Day was marked by a pot luck at the end of our dock with some of the locals that have adopted us.  Ingred and Ron are our next door neighbors and good buddies.  A 58 foot Krogen pulled in on our other side a few days ago.  Terry and Sonya on Satauria are here for a few more days while they make repairs.  One thing about boats -- you never run out of projects.   

Ingred, Ron and Scotty

Brian got a call from the dermatologist.  As expected -- his skin cancer is basal cell. He will go in on June 8th to have the rest of it removed. We don't know how extensive that will be. Hopefully, just a little more scraping. Once the doctor gives him the ok, we'll be on our way. 

We haven't seen as many exotic birds, dolphins or manatees since we arrived on this side of Florida.  The marina does have an abundance of moon jellyfish.  We commonly see them ranging between 3 and 10 inches in diameter.  They can grow up to 18 inches.  On their underside are long tentacles that are studded with poisonous sting cells.  If brushed against, they inject poison.  Noting that will do serious harm to a swimmer, but it does sting!     



We feel like we are living in the tropics.  The temperatures have been in the mid 80's to 90 with very high humidity.  We normally get a heavy, but short lived thunderstorm at least once a day and then it clears for a beautiful evening.  The air conditioning is seldom used at night.

Gotta smile -- we're lovin the ride!