December - January - February

Hi all, no, we did not sail over the horizon and fall off the world!  Lots been happening but I shall try to be brief.

After we got to Vero Beach Municipal Marina and set up on a mooring, we spent some time exploring the town, shopping, etc.  Catherine even got a bad case of shingles with Rt eye involvement that necessitated not one, but two Indian River Health Dept Clinic visits & numerous, expensive meds!

We finally got underway again after Christmas, but when visited the truncated landing zone at North Lake Worth, Garry threw his back out trying to get up the slippery slope!  Needless to say, all of this took some recovery time!

Visited Boca Raton anchorage, waited out one weekend and met s/v Catcall, nice folks David & Margo.  We then proceeded to buddy-boat together all the way down to Lake Sylvia and Ft. Lauderdale.  Then hopped outside to go down to to Government Cut, to avoid that nasty 56' Julia Tuttle bridge.  Good highlights included trying "The Fork" restaurant in Miami on the waterfront.  It is an Argentinian Steakhouse, very unusual and worth a try.  We enjoyed it, especially the beer, wine, filet mignon cooked to order and fabulous deserts.  What more could a boater ask for?

Finally got into Boot Key Harbor Municipal Marina, Marathon, FL about January 25, 2013.  We have tried to fix our Verizon Wireless damaged SD card (that's why no pix lately) and hope to transfer back picture files manually.  We are trying to tie up all loose ends: laundry, trash, recyclables, water buckets, computer, etc, etc.  before we pull out of here tomorrow, Sunday, February 24, 2013.  We will be out of touch a couple days, traveling north past the Florida Keys.  Will be in touch.