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Kicking Off "Bahamas 2025"" in The Abacos!

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A few days after my return from Baltimore - on Super Bowl Sunday - our friends Jan and Mark met us Telemar Bay Marina to make the Bahamas crossing and share the first leg of this season's adventure.  As I mentioned in my last post, the primary objective was lobster. We planned to leave Florida from either Stuart or Palm Beach depending on the wind direction, so we started heading south via Intracoastal Waterway the day after their arrival even though the wind conditions weren't favorable.  It took us three days to make it to West Palm Beach, stopping at anchorages in Vero Beach and Jensen Beach along the way.  Our timing was good, though, and the weather the next morning was perfect for our trip to the northern Abacos. We had beautiful sailing conditions all day and arrived on Little Bahama Bank at dusk.  We tried something new this time and anchored on the bank overnight since it was predicted to be super-calm. The Little Bahama Bank is a shallow area between the is...
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Best Christmas Gift Ever!

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On the day of my last post, December 22, Steve and I were docked in Indian Harbor Beach and I wasn't feeling particularly festive. Jake wasn't doing well and we were going to have a relatively low-key Christmas.  A few hours later, our lives changed in the best possible way!  Steve and I were relaxing after dinner. I was probably playing a game on my phone and he was talking to his brother, David, on his. My phone rang and it was Jessie and Will. I stepped out into our cockpit so I wouldn't disturb Steve's conversation and Jessie told me that they had just received a call from the adoption agency they'd been working with, and that they had been selected by a birth mother to be adoptive parents of a baby boy who had been born in Florida the day before. And he could be picked up on Tuesday!! I started jumping around, repeating "Oh my God!" and holding back sobs. For a moment, I thought: 'Wait! What if they're just kidding me and I'm behaving like...
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Fall 2024: Family Gatherings

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And in the blink of an eye, three months has passed!! Since my last post, we've traversed many miles and visited lots of folks. We actually left Starry Night for a record three weeks this fall while she was still on the ground in the Deltaville Boatyard. We traveled by car to Connecticut to visit Steve's brother and his wife, Victoria.  While we were there, we enjoyed the fall colors and crisp air. I also had an opportunity to practice speaking Spanish with Victoria's parents, which improved my skills immensely!  (It also highlighted how far I still have to go 😏) Fall Colors in New Milford, CT Enjoying an Indian Summer Afternoon with Family Never ones to sit idle, Steve spent some time cutting down some fallen trees on David's property.  I helped haul the logs to the splitting station. After Steve split the wood, I also helped stack it.  The weather during our visit was fantastic and it felt great to be outside.  Maintaining Physical Fitness - Northern style St...
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