After months of mostly boat work, we finally got out sailing. Especially these last few months, it has seemed like Holiday was always in pieces with junk from on going projects laying everywhere. It felt awesome to have everything ship shape and go do what we really love to do. I was also excited to see how the solar panels and frame did under sail and how the panels would keep up with some of the power hogs on like the fridge and freezer (Spoiler alert: it all worked perfectly). We still have a few weeks of small tasks and …

Today we finished our move from our apartment in Lakeland, FL to our condo in Cortez, FL. Quick background: we sold our house in Lakeland (somewhat by luck, we only had a “make me move” price on Zillow) about three and a half years ago. That stroke of luck really accelerated our cruising plans as we were able to have an initial “purge” of stuff and also really increased the money we were saving with all that goes into a big downsize (3000 square feet down to less than 1000). It was later that same year that we bought Holiday. …