12/29/14 Monday N. Palm Beach

Well today was a much better travel better than yesterday!!! A lot less boat traffic. 

The one bad thing about coming back is you travel and see the same thing, only backwards!! Ha

There is no other way back except the same way you went down. Weather is still beautiful had a little shower on us last night and the bridge had to be dried this morning ( as we did leave the windows open) but the hot sun dried it very quickly. It was fun yelling Happy New Year to all those we passed today. This year is almost gone!! 

We have planned our timing to be in Fort Pierce on News Years Eve. Paula and Jim tell us it's the best ever!! Hopefully see lots of fireworks and lots of activities going on in town that night. 

Saw the same things and took pics on our trip down so few to post tonight! I promise lots of pics from Fort Pierce. 

As always I send much love to each of you as you follow our journey and still ask you to pray for us!!

Fran and Capt Rod

Somehow I missed these Carolers on the trip down! They were life size!!

Saw theses party barges sittin in a bay near Ft. Lauderdale. Rod decided this would be our retirement business !!!  Hehe

There were several of these sitting in the bay!!!

A HUGH collection of sail boats in a cove!! Picture really don't show the magnitude of this collection. 

12/23/14 Tuesday Palm Beach, Fla

Ok!!! This is our first and hopefully our last day of disaster !!! Got up as planned 6am. Pulled up anchor right at 7am, moved 50 feet, WE HIT A SAND BAR!!!! Boat stopped dead, would not move another foot. Rod did all he knew to do!!! We had to call a tow boat!!! Thank God for good insurance!! He arrived in about 30 minutes and after an evaluation of our situation ( not being able to see under the water) we told me to make sure the inside was stable as he was going to have to rock the boat off the sand bar!!! I tied down and secured all I could, but still my furniture turned over !! After about 30 minutes he was able to get us free and got us over into the channel, over about another 50-75 feet!!! What a mess I had to clean up, but thank you Lord we are safe and nothing was broken!!!! On down the waterway we went, but my stomach never recovered. I was either sick, sitting on the toilet, or lying in the bed pretty much the rest of the day!!!  I was not much good helping Rod with driving or being his navigator all day. About 4pm we found anchorage at Lake Worth in Palm beach. We had traveled 75 miles even leaving 2 hours late this morning. I'm beginning to feel a good bit better so I fix us a little supper and showered and ready for bed again!! Rod is already sitting in his recliner snoring!!! Ha 

Here in Lake Worth where we are anchored the Christmas lights are beautiful I wish a pic did justice to the beauty!!!  Tomorrow is Christmas Eve !!! Santa should be ready by now!! But let's don't forget the reason for the season, the birth of our Lord and Savior!!!!!

Blessing to all our family and friends!!! We love you all!! Please pray for our travels!!!

Fran and Capt Rod

I wish the pic did justice to the beauty!! There were so many down through here but this was on of the best I could get!

These Palm trees were HUGH!!!