Weather Window

     The last sixteen days were spent in Brunswick, GA with Ken & Cindy (S/V Meant To Be).  We were anchored just a short dinghy ride from their waterfront home which includes a deep water dock for their catamaran and a dinghy dock for us.  When we weren’t busy with happy hours, dinner parties, dining out or going to the county fair, we were busy working!  I was waiting for teak deck seam caulk and because the manufacturer botched the next day air shipping, I had plenty of time to help Ken with his projects.  It felt good to be doing house projects but not as good as not having a house and not having to do house projects all year long.  No more owning a house, our next home will be a condo where the landlord takes care of the all problems.  Ken and I did finish a screening project he had started earlier for the screened-in covered porch.  We even had time to work on some of Ken’s boat projects.  One of the boat projects was to add 165 feet of chain rode to the catamaran’s existing chain rode.  Now, the catamaran has an all chain rode of over 300 feet.  I wish Big Run had the same, you never know when you’ll need it.  Sharon volunteered to work at the local humane society where Cindy also volunteered.  Sharon had the opportunity to walk as many dogs as she wanted, but was given strict orders that she could not keep any of them.  Sharon also helped Cindy with a dock decorating project.  Cindy wanted to use the fishing buoys to decorate the dock with what she had found while beachcombing in the Bahamas.  We knew of the project and decided to contribute all the fishing buoys we had stashed in Big Run’s lazarette.

     It was great time, thanks Ken & Cindy,  but it was time to move on.  We did make plans to reunite with Ken & Cindy in the Bahamas, probably at our favorite anchorage, Plain Bay.  Until then, our next destination is Miami and South Beach.  We’ll hang out there waiting to cross over to the Bahamas, but we’ll have to wait for a good weather window.

"Farewell till we meet again dinner" at Driftwood Bistro on Jekyll Island, Ga.  Left to Right - Sharon, Ken & Cindy (S/V Meant To Be) & Bob.   "Flip that Fish"!