Who's brilliant idea was this?

The weather was a real challenge on our way to Reedville, VA. It poured the 44 miles from Solomon's to Reedville. We have been here for two days. We can't be in too big of a rush. The weather will dictate our travels. It's a crisp clear day here behind Sandy Point in Reedville.

OFF WE GOOOOOOOO!

We are presently anchored in Town Creek in Oxford, MD. The wind is pretty hefty. We will depart early tomorrow morning (Wedenesday, 10/24) for Solomons. The wind (as per NOAA) will be out of the north. This will be fine since we're heading south. The sun is out, our wind generator is making electricity, we're stocked up to the gills. Life is good! Fran and John Morrison are also heading south. We will be travelling with them. Our adventure begins!

Two Days to Go!

We’re two days away from our departure day. Oh, the anticipation! We have packed every nook and cranny of the Deborah Lee with things that we "think" we’ll need, and food. You know how waiting can be. And we hear that the weather will bring the area much needed rain. At least we don’t have to leave in snow. We can handle the rain! Wind and Thunder is another matter. We would probably have to wait that out! I have things on this boat that I haven’t figured out where to put. It’ll come to me, I’m sure. Hey, we could eat that whole bag of chips so I can use that space to put some extra wash cloths I brought. Or, please help me drink this whole box of wine (yes, I did say BOX of wine). I need that space for my hair dryer and curling iron. Oh, the sacrifices we mortals make to wander about the world seeking adventure.

Five weeks to go

We have approximately 5 weeks before we leave Cambridge, Maryland and work our way down to Norfolk, Virginia. From there we will head down the inter-coastal waterway down to Florida, then over to the Bahamas. We had to get our drivers license renewed early. You can get your driver's license renewed 6 months before it expires. There have been so many small details to deal with. Our credit cards would expire while we were away. We had to call the banks and change our expiration dates. Of course our passports also expired this year. We worked on them far in advance knowing it was to take forever to get them. What clothes to pack and what food to pack are the next issues we are dealing with. Just enough clothes without packing too much. And shoes! One cannot pack 7 months of food. Lots of canned stuff, packaged rice dishes. We need to get creative. This planning is fun! We're getting excited!!

Making plans

We have been getting Deborah Lee ready for a trip south this winter. Our plan is to head down the intercoastal waterway November 1, 2007. We'll make our way down to Florida. From there we plan to cross over to the Bahamas for a couple of months. Getting ready for this trip has been interesting. The purchase of a new EPIRB, a new gasoline generator, new golfcart batteries, and a new refrigeration unit took a large chunk of change. But, is well worth paying now instead of later. And for perhaps more money. We have been doing alot of reading on the Bahamas. It's our first trip. We don't need to know it all ahead of time. But, alot of "good" information is quite useful. Plans for mail, paying bills, credit card expiration dates, drivers license expiration dates, passport expiration dates, etc. must be made and dealt with way ahead of time. Planning has been fun and exhausting. We're really starting to get excited. Departure is drawing near.