Day 6 Saturday 1/4/2014

Good evening again to my family and friends!!!  As usual this morning we pulled up anchor at 7:30am and headed out for another day, except for the fact our anchor motor that pulls up the anchor decided it did not want to work!!! So Rod pulled and pulled until all 100ft of chain was retrieved and fed it into its box along with its 50lb anchor, and away we went!! Good thing he had a great nights sleep last night!!! As you remember he was up the entire night the day before!!! Ha  

Very uneventful day but warmer, no wind or rain, we did see the sun a little from time to time. Temperature was 70 degrees most of the day!! It's Florida and suppose to be warm right? I'm actually  wishing and hoping for some warmer weather soon!!!

Rod spent a few hours working on the anchor motor today, but no luck, so that will need to be repaired when we arrive in Sanford before we head back home. he says be can just replace the shaft that is worn, no big deal!! Yeah! He's a boat captain and a repair man!!! What more could I ask for????

Our friends in Sanford are excited for us to arrive tomorrow as it is Paula's birthday!!! So I will get to go out for dinner!!  WooWhoo!!! 

We anchored this evening after traveling 76 miles today. A place almost right in the center of Lake George the second largest lake in Florida, 11 miles long and 6 miles wide !! Lake Okeechobee is the largest  according to Google!! Ha   What use is there to do riding through a lake this large? Might as well do some research, huh?

Ok, back to where we anchored! A cove called Silver Glen Springs!! We got the dinghy down and went for a ride up the cove to see if we could see any manatee? No luck, but the water was so warm and clear you could see the fish swimming by the boat. Lots of wildlife saw an eagle and Great Heron. 

Could not get Dominos to deliver or Papa John's, so we settled for DiGiorno's right from the freezer!! 25 minutes and I had fresh made pizza!! Makes for easy clean up also!! I like that part!! 

It's about 8pm so probably will get ready for bed soon!! We will be up early tomorrow, as we do hope to be docked in Sanford around noon!!

A few pictures attached!,

Love to all, Thanks for your prayers We know God has traveled with us each day!!

Ms. Fran and Capt Rod 

Broken anchor motor!! He says it's repairable!!!

Rod works on anchor motor, I get to drive!! When I drive I'm the boss!!, I'm just a first mate, but I can feel important!! HUH.  Rod says I'm the boss all the time!!!

EAGLE !!!! 

Out safe haven anchoring for the night!!!