Sunny, chilly Florida

Florida has now warmed up for us, but we started writing this blog entry a while back when nighttime temperatures were around 30 degrees (I don’t want to hear it, you northern living folk, that is really cold down here) we’re just slow with the updates (good luck to us when we don’t have internet access!)

Florida thus far: THANK YOU STEVE AND UNCLE JIM! We had a great time with part of Brooke’s family, and got fattened up a little more thanks to their generous hospitality. We were in the Sanford/Daytona Beach area from the 16th through the afternoon of the 19th. From there it was a ride with Matt Longino and family to Boynton Beach (fitting 4 adults, 2 kids with car seats, camping gear, boxes of toys (all Matt’s I’m sure), and a years worth of stuff of ours into one Jeep, glad I didn’t have to ride on top, just got scrunched into the back). Matt, it was great getting to catch up with you and the fam!

So Boynton Beach is where we are now, staying with the lovely Jim and Dorothy, friends from PC Jamaica. We are staying in Leisureville (fondly referred to as Geezerville by Jim and Dorothy) and you would think that our time here would be just that… leisurely. While we have fit in a couple fun puzzles (“Donny, quit hiding the last piece”), our time has been anything but. Our days have been filled with the morning checks of sailing sites for crew wanted ads, the afternoon is spent walking the docks talking with sailors (some of the best story tellers ever) and putting up flyers, and the night is spent posting on more cruising websites and working on sailing resumes. Occasionally we take a break in order to work on the GROW site (it’s actually beginning to look alright www.growinitiative.org ) and this blog.

But between the wonderful adventures we hear about from the sailors, the beautiful weather (yes now it in the 70s where it should be), and everything we are learning about the cruising world (sailing), Florida has been a great start to our RTW adventure. And as for Jim and Dorothy, we can’t even begin to thank them for their kindness. They have been so wonderful and our time here has allowed us to get everything in order for our big trip and look for a boat to get on so we can get going! They are sailors, which has been very helpful as they know the area and marinas- even took us as far as Miami where they used to keep their boat. We have also enjoyed the hospitality of Gareth, another PCJ friend in Ft Lauderdale, which is a great place for trying to get on a boat as it is one of the hubs for the yachting world.

So that’s all for now; from Geezerville, signing off.