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“The best keeps getting better all the time.” –Allan Jackson
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year…2016 was another amazing year and we feel blessed to have the life we are living. Our year was divided between adventures on the water and delightful time spent with our growing family.
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Rockport Harbor
“The world above is a wonderful place. But everyone knows the true magic lies…under the sea, where the water is clear and the fish swim free.” ―Sebastian, The Little Mermaid
One of the things I enjoy doing when we stay in Rockport is working at the Aquarium at Rockport Harbor. It’s located across the parking lot from the boat, so my commute is very short. Working there gives me a chance to contribute to the community, visit with people from all over the country and get to know other volunteers who live in the area.
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“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” – C.S. Lewis
We finally have our car back in Texas. It’s been sitting at Ortega River Marina for almost seven months. I drove Stan to the airport in Houston on Saturday and he caught a late flight to Jacksonville. He arrived about 9:45 eastern time and took Uber to the marina. The car was in great shape and started quickly, so he thought he’d drive west just a little before he stopping for the night. Fate had other plans…he couldn’t find a hotel room anywhere from Jacksonville to Pensacola. Every room was full, seems Florida State University played in Tallahassee on Saturday and everywhere was packed.
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Rockport Harbor
Last weekend we had a change to take the Texas Pearl out for a cruise. We went up to San Antonio Bay and anchored close to Panther Lake…a place where Stan has spent a lot of time fishing in the past. The weather was nice, although still a little warmer than we’d like. It as a beautiful evening and we enjoyed watching the Hunter Moon come up over the horizon while doing a little fishing.
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Olverson’s Lodge Creek Marina
“Collect memories not things” —Unknown
We left The Pearl a week ago, so I guess it’s about time I do a blog to close out this cruising year. It’s was a great year that started in Marathon back in January and continued up the east coast to Maine, and eventually back to the Chesapeake where we have the boat stored for the winter. We cruised 3434 miles this year, bringing our total miles traveled since leaving Texas in March 2011 to over 17,000…that a lot of miles when you’re traveling at 8 mph.
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Mill Creek, Solomons, MD – Anchorage
“Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” – Denis Waitley
We left Baltimore today and headed south. We’re only a few travel days away from the marina where we will be storing the boat for the winter. Hurricane Matthew is churning in the Caribbean and heading up the east coast. We decided it would be best to get to the marina and prepare the boat while the weather is still nice. The direct path of the storm is uncertain at the moment and seems to change drastically as the National Hurricane Center posts updates every three hours. What hasn’t changed is the fact that this is a powerful storm that will leave destruction in its path.
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