Farewell to Pearl, Grace and Silver Girl
We climbed
into the cockpit with our morning coffee at 0930 just in time to bid farewell
to Pete and Dianne on Pearl. They are
bound for the Florida Keys. We also noticed Kevin aboard Grace was sipping his coffee watching Pearl passing between us. Claus was busy raising his dinghy in
preparation to get underway. Within an hour both Grace and Silver Girl
were heading to the ICW. Grace traveling north
and Silver Girl south. We are anxious
to get going too. We’ll be here a few more days to allow Frank and Carol to
make their way across Florida and join us in Fort Lauderdale.
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| Pete and Dianne - Pearl Bound for the Florida Keys |
Our project
for the day was getting the jerry can boards installed. As things would have
it, we needed some additional eye bolts and tie-down straps. It was another
trip ashore. This time, there was a hardware store within a mile of us where we
could get what we needed. It was a very nice sunny day, so we didn’t mind
taking a stroll through the residential neighborhood on our way to and from the
store. The streets here are lined with mature live oaks which provide shade and
tropical plants which remind us we are in Florida. The houses are sprawling
ranch style structures painted in various pastel colors. None are bright and
gaudy. They blend well together in a colorful, tasteful manner.
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| Pearl, Grace and Silver Girl |
We also took
time to do some more laundry and take showers. We were running out of daylight
by the time we returned to Foreign Affair.
We were able to complete the jerry can board for the starboard side of the
boat. The port side board will have to wait until tomorrow. There is always a
project to look forward to every day.
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