After two weeks anchored here in Pelican Bay, we’ve pretty much explored our little area fully and loved every minute of it. The weather has been outstanding. It hasn’t rained one time, and beautiful fall temps moved in to stay by about the second day we were here. Bugs...
Articles for October 2016
Life at Anchor: Pelican Bay
If I had to sum up life here in Pelican Bay in one word it would be secludedbeauty :). With the only boat dock closer than a 30 minute dinghy ride away being the boat dock at the state park of Cayo Costa (just a couple hundred yards away),...
Day Zero!!! We’re finally cruisers!!!
A dream gives you hope and excitement, and a dream also tortures you. After years and years of dreaming, we woke up at around 6 AM on Saturday October 15th, 2016, stowed the fenders and dock lines, and motored away from the condo at Cortez at 7 AM just...
Mosquito..Bosquito..Shmosquito
If there is one thing you should know about Lindy, it’s that mosquitoes tear her up. Wait…that’s not true…if there’s one thing you should know about Lindy, it’s that she’s awesome. In fact, mosquitoes tearing her up is about 3084 on the list of things you should know about...
Cars…no mas
This past weekend we headed up to Lindy’s family’s houses to unload the ol’ cars. Instead of having them sit around and depreciate, might as well get rid of them. We can always buy more later depending on future current circumstances. My bro in law, Timothy, wanted the awesome...
Loadin’ the Holiday
After the full cleaning of Holiday and while we watch Hurricane Matthew march up the east coast (Note to self: if up the east coast this time next year, don’t come too far south before October 15th!), we began to load up with provisions. Our thinking is that we...
Recovering the V-Berth cusions
I decided to recover our V-berth cushions. This is where Zach and I will sleep, and the old cushion covers were starting to fall apart. I watched a YouTube video with very detailed, step-by-step instructions and followed them exactly. I bought upholstery fabric from a local marine surplus store for...
One last shake down cruise
So, we’ve spent the last few days removing every single thing from Holiday, opening every single locker, detail cleaning every single surface in the interior of the boat, and vacuuming/cleaning all the interior cushions. We got that done and began to reload Holiday with organizing her to be our...