Florida Waters!

We made it to Florida and anchored out the first night in Fernandina Beach. Our first night Clay treated us with steaks on the grill, while I put together a salad and some couscous. Then sat back and enjoyed a beautiful sunset. Life is Good! The next day, Monday, Feb.25th, after listening to the weather, we decided to get on a mooring ball and stay put for a few days. Florida is known for the late afternoon thunderstorms, but the one coming in was more of a front and heavy thunderstorms. That's alright with us, we stocked up on books before taking off and of course I have the Internet to play with. The best part about having the laptop on board is reading your e-mails. The first night here, I got an e-mail reply from some friends we met at the Hinkley boat yard in Georgia. They asked where we were in Fernandina Beach and low and behold they were on a mooring ball in the same anchorage as us!! Life is real Good! So, Monday night we took the dinghy's into town and had a great Mexican dinner and a wonderful visit.
It is now Tuesday and the weather forecast was correct. We are enjoying the rain and I get to catch up on our blogspot. Hope ya'll enjoy the pictures.

Until later,
Rita-Kay, Clay & Shadow (our second-mate)

Why we cruise and special tributes!

Good bye Georgia flies and sandgnats, hello Florida sunshine!!!

We left Georgia, Sat. Feb. 23, 2008 at 10:45am. Cruising was great and a wonderful reprieve from those pesty flies and sandgnats. We anchored out on our favorite creek, Old Teakettle Creek. Dropped the hook at 5:45pm and had a lovely evening playing cards and enjoying being away from a dock.

Feb. 24

We were so anxious to keep on cruising, that we both got up early and pulled out of our anchorage spot and headed south around 7:30am. We went on the outside from Doboy Sound to St. Mary's River in Fernandina Beach, FL. The cruise was wonderful and the sunshine felt great. I even put on my bathing suit and got alittle sun!

The pictures include one taken in the Atlantic Ocean with nothing surrounding us. That's why we cruise. No road rage here! The others are a tribute to my parents for always showing an interest in our travels and want to keep up with where we are and our good friends, Phil and Margaret on their boat "Sunshine", who took off before us and introduced me to blogging!!! And yes I did include a picture of Clay and me eating our Thanksgiving Dinner at Lady and Son's restaurant in Savannah, GA. For those of you who keep up with cooking networks, this is Paula Dean's restaurant. The food is GREAT!!!

We have now dropped the hook at Fernandina Beach and are settling in for the afternoon and evening.

Playing and testing with the new blog site!!!

If anyone is reading this you will probably wonder what the heck I am doing. Well, don't feel bad, so am I. Before we take off from Georgia, I'm practicing my skills for our blog. Since I don't have any neat cruising pictures, ya'll get to see pics of my kids and cat, and maybe some of Clay and me. (if I get that brave!) Well, enjoy. I'll post more later as we begin our cruise.