APRIL and MAY UPDATE

Wow!  Time flies when you are boating.  Been a while since the last blog update.  We aren't even in the Bahamas anymore.

Some pics below of our short stint in Green Turtle, Abacos, our crossing back to West Palm and finally, our current status - swinging from a mooring ball this past month at Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart, Florida.

We leave here May 5 and head thru the St Lucie Lock for Indiantown Marina, final prep for haulout May 8th then we pick up a 2011 Mercedes E550 to drive back for some snowbirds, via Toronto Driveaway. 

Plans are already rolling for next season, but enough of that for now.

We hope to get lots of visits in 'up north' while we housesit for Anne and Frank as they depart for Alaska in their gorgeous RV.

WE STAYED AT BLUFF HOUSE MARINA, GREEN TURTLE, ABACOS....AND GOT TO ENJOY OUR FIRST 'FRESH GALE' STORM.......



NOTE THE PHRASE ON THE WEATHER....
ITS RAINING CATS AND DOGS!!!!





THE RAINBOW AFTER THE STORM



MAKE YOUR OWN PASTA DINNER!!!  OH YA BABY!



PAT, THAI, PETER, TUTTI





PAT AND TUTTI COOKIN UP A STORM ON THE DANCEFLOOR!





HEY....THAI IS NOT FALLING OUT OF THE DINGHY!
(inside joke.....go ahead BroBob...yuk it up, yuk it up!)



  







FULL MOON ACROSS THE ANCHORAGE, GREEN TURTLE, ABACOS

YES THAI!  THE GULF STREAM 'CAN' BE FLAT AND CALM WHEN YOU DO A CROSSING!

EVIDENCE BELOW OF OUR TRANSIT FROM WEST END BAHAMAS, TO WEST PALM FLORIDA....



WHO'S DRIVING THE BOAT?  PETER SLEPT MOST OF THE TRIP OVER TO FLORIDA. 

HE'S A TIRED PUPPY.  TOO MUCH RUM MAYBE.

                                   A SMALL VESSEL......

                                                                                                        SERIOUSLY, IT WAS SMALL ...

                                                                                                   COMPARED TO THE GIANTS WE SAW AFTER THIS ONE!

ONE OF MANY MANY MANSIONS...INCLUDING ARNOLD PALMER's PLACE - THE GOLFER.

JULIE AND ROLAND VISIT US ABOARD THEIR OLE 'SEA DOG' CONVERTED INTO 'PELICAN ROSE'...

WHAT A GREAT TIME, AS USUAL, WITH THIS CWAZY COUPLE.  

WEATHER THREATENED, AND PROVED ITSELF TO BE AN ACCURATE FORECAST....LOTSA RAIN.  THEY WERE STAYING AT A FRIENDS HOME IN STUART AND WERE GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO LET US STAY AT THIS HOME WITH THEM.  THE FRIENDS WERE ON THE GULF COAST DOING A POKER RUN FUND RAISER.  SUFFICE TO SAY, THE HOME WAS TO DIE FOR!  

TOGETHER AGAIN!!!!

GEEZ...WE LUV THESE PEOPLE!

                                                                                                             PETER IN THE KITCHEN...ONE OF THREE ACTUALLY! 



A VIEW INTO THE SIDE OF THE BACKYARD...FACING ST LUCIE RIVER

 





NEW BLUE LED LIGHTS ON PELICAN ROSE







ANOTHER STORM A BREWIN'







CAUTION - LOW TREE!





CAUTION - BIG TREE!



THE BOYS.....ROCKIN!  MIKE OF NAVIGATOR AND JIM OF SEADUCTION



CAPTAIN PETER SIPPIN WINE, GAZING AT THE SUNSET



OUR BACKYARD AT STUART FLORIDA



MILLIONS OF JELLYFISH! 

VIDEO: 
DOLPHINS....THEY FISH AROUND THE ANCHORAGE DAILY.
SUCH A TREAT TO WATCH!

VIDEO:

STUART FLORIDA IS SO RELAXING AND GREAT FOR THE RETIRED...

EVEN THE ROCKING CHAIRS ACT RETIRED!  





PETER AND MR GATOR AT NAUTICAL BUT NICE SHOP 

CRAWLING OUT OF THE BILGE HOLE

SURVIVING HIS CRAWL OUT OF THE BILGE HOLE!

MORE JELLY'S

MIKE AND CAROLYN of NAVIGATOR....

treated us to Taco Tuesday at Santa Fe Restaurant. 

Our phone rang this morning at 6:30am to a distress call:

OUR DINGHY TOOK A WALK LAST NITE AND LEFT THE BOAT. 

I THINK I CAN SEE IT ON THE SHORELINE ACROSS THE ST LUCIE RIVER.

S. O. S.

Peter zoomed over to Navigator with our dinghy, picked up Mike and away they went....across the river.....where said Navigator dinghy was found safe and sound.  

BAD DINGHY!  YOU ARE GROUNDED! 

Hmmmm....maybe not such a good idea to 'ground' a dinghy!