SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012
We left the anchorage at 8:00 a.m. to start our short trip to Amelia Island Yacht Basin. We planned to spend the day and have friends visit before we resume our trip north on Sunday.
Just before the A1A Fernandina Beach Bridge we met a large tug that had a familiar name.
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Sara is our youngest daughter and Kaitlin is our cousin. |
Since we made plans for an Open Boat, of course, we had the most rain North Florida has had in many months. We did have good friends, former coworkers and family come for one last visit before we leave on our 6 month trip. They were also here to see all of the changes we've made to Traveller during the last 10 months since Gary retired.
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Gary's retired pose in our retro lawn chairs. |
Our oldest daughter Allison stayed to help me develop this blog. I'm still learning so please bear with me. I'll try to keep it current as long as we have internet service.