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Settled…For Now

November 16, 2012 by Melody

Well, our first week in Ft. Lauderdale has been BUSY! Chris can fill you in on some of the details, but we’ve both been working hard this week. I have to admit that while I do love being on the move – and believe me, we saw so many beautiful places on the way down, it is nice to be settled (at least for the time being) and not having to ask the questions every day like, “is our anchor dragging?”, “is there a place we can take Jet ashore?”, “does the engine sound funny to you?”, “bridgetender, can we get an opening?”… Now it’s time to put some dinero back in the bank so we can continue on our adventure.

We are working on a series of posts about our trip down, focusing more on some of the great places we got to see, but in the meantime, Chris put together a pretty cool video montage of some clips from the beginning of  our trip until now. Notice there’s a lot of rain. It’s just like washing a car for us. We sail…it rains. True story.  Hope you enjoy!

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Comments

  1. CJ says

    November 16, 2012 at 11:10 am

    I suddenly feel quite salty! Thanks for the highlight reel!

  2. Tasha says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    Hi there! I’m glad to have caught your blog… we are currently following you down the coast. We’re not sure if we’ll get to Fort Lauderdale or if we’ll jump off to the Bahamas from West Palm Beach. But I look forward to following your adventures! And I love those adorable bracelets you make!
    xx
    Tasha
    http://www.turftosurf.com

    • Melody says

      December 3, 2012 at 8:37 pm

      Tasha! Thank you for checking out the blog and for the compliment on the bracelets! :)
      I just checked out a few of your blog posts and laughed out loud at your anchoring story. How awful!
      Anchoring is stressful enough as it is sometimes (and we don’t have a windlass either), so I feel your pain, and sorry the jerk didn’t move for you.
      LOVE LOVE LOVE Cumberland Island! It’s like stepping into Jurassic Park or something. So beautiful – we need to go back and do some “reverse” posting to tell about some of these lovely places.

      Safe and happy travels and if you get down to Lauderdale, let us know! I’ll be following your journey in the meantime!

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ABOUT US

CHRIS: Singer/Songwriter and author from Philly, (and also the author of this blog), transplanted to Nashville, took a break from the music biz and somehow convinced his girlfriend (now wife) to live on a boat and began writing books. You can check out his music on iTunes or his books on Amazon.

MELODY: Thought her husband was crazy for wanting to live on a boat, but never one to shy away from an adventure, decided to play along and fell in love with cruising. She blogs about how to make money while cruising at Saving to Sail and helps solopreneurs build 6-figure digital product businesses at Soloprenista.

JET: Dutch Shepherd rescue who traveled more miles in his 14 years than most people do in a lifetime. Refuses to vacuum his own hair and instead insists on shrimp tails and belly rubs. (Update: Jet crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sunday, May 23, 2021 but will always be our favorite crew member and is dearly missed.)

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