Just thought I'd write a few lines to keep everyone up to speed. Last trip to the boat was over Christmas week so it was a bit shorter. We stayed in town on Christmas Eve to keep the family happy and headed down on Christmas Day. I must say it was an easy travel day with not many people on the road.
Jill and I made a promise not to get anything for each other this year since we're still trying to sell the house and are not really sure what we'll store or pitch. Jill did a great job and kept the promise. I bought her a few things that were really for the boat. The first item she got to open was an anchor bridle! I sure know the way to my ladies heart!! Truth is this will be a much needed item in our future and make our anchoring easier and safer. We also both got new rain coats with built in flotation, It's for safety after all.
The "big" item was a DeLorme inreach explorer. What is that you ask? It's a nifty little satellite tracking device that will also allow us to send out an SOS to a 24/7 help desk. This unit is completely satellite based and uses no cell service so it works anywhere in the world. This will allow us to keep in touch down island without having expensive cell service. We can send and receive text also. As an added feature to the blog I added a link on the right of the page called "locate us". If you click on the link it will show a live map link while we are underway....it's for safety. I had the unit on at work the other day so that is most likely the most recent data if you go there now but it should be more fun this summer.
We also got some work done on the boat. The biggest project was removing the dishwasher to make room for a stand alone freezer. The dishwasher didn't make much sense to either of us.
We're going to pass up our next scheduled trip to the boat instead going a bit farther to the Gulf Coast with my sister and brother-in-law. We're celebrating her next "big" birthday on the beach.
Sorry, no worthy pictures this trip. Maybe I'll post some from the road trip next time.
