Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Leaving the States and heading south.

Getting ready to leave Port Canaveral. 
 Lisa and Dane arrived on the 2nd November and we still had workers on board.  So we were pretty keen to be off and start cruising, but it was over a month later that we were finally ready to go.  We had been in the port for exactly six months, a little too long in one place.
So, it was with a sigh of relief that we cast off the lines on Dec 13th.
The kids looking rather pasty here on their arrival, but we can change all that.
Great to see my lovely girl again and have time to leisurely chat and get to know her better and find out all about her jobs and what she has been up to in the last year.
A trip to Universal Studios was great fun, but a lot of the rides were a bit scary for Lisa and I and we  felt a little nauseous   after a couple of them.  We decided to refresh ourselves with a coffee, whilst Dane queued for the more extreme rides.
Lisa and I are hanging on to our new dingy and waiting for the boys to mount the outboard.  It is an AB rib and is 13ft long.  The tubes are 18" wide and so we hope that it will be a lot drier than the Avon.  And with a 25hp Yamaha on the back, it should go pretty well too!

Hurricane Sandy left damage in many of the places we visit, this is taken in Hopetown in the Bahamas.



Lisa and Dane are looking a little healthier now after a few weeks in the sun.
Lisa and I climbed up Monument Hill in Georgetown and were rewarded by this fabulous panoramic view of the anchorage .

Leaving the States and heading south.

Getting ready to leave Port Canaveral. 
 Lisa and Dane arrived on the 2nd November and we still had workers on board.  So we were pretty keen to be off and start cruising, but it was over a month later that we were finally ready to go.  We had been in the port for exactly six months, a little too long in one place.
So, it was with a sigh of relief that we cast off the lines on Dec 13th.
The kids looking rather pasty here on their arrival, but we can change all that.
Great to see my lovely girl again and have time to leisurely chat and get to know her better and find out all about her jobs and what she has been up to in the last year.
A trip to Universal Studios was great fun, but a lot of the rides were a bit scary for Lisa and I and we  felt a little nauseous   after a couple of them.  We decided to refresh ourselves with a coffee, whilst Dane queued for the more extreme rides.
Lisa and I are hanging on to our new dingy and waiting for the boys to mount the outboard.  It is an AB rib and is 13ft long.  The tubes are 18" wide and so we hope that it will be a lot drier than the Avon.  And with a 25hp Yamaha on the back, it should go pretty well too!

Hurricane Sandy left damage in many of the places we visit, this is taken in Hopetown in the Bahamas.



Lisa and Dane are looking a little healthier now after a few weeks in the sun.
Lisa and I climbed up Monument Hill in Georgetown and were rewarded by this fabulous panoramic view of the anchorage .