Less Melancholy Today!

Anchored near the Pensacola Naval Air Force Station.  We were here once before when the kids were little, but on a sailboat.  Cool planes flying overhead.  I can REALLY smell the salt air now and we had a beautiful sunset walk on the Gulf.  All is good. Some pictures to tell the story. My soul is full.

HE THINKS HE IS HIDING

Jimmy Buffet kind of place with awesome cheeseburgers!

 

 

SIZE OF THE HERON'S FOOT!

DOLPHINS IN THE WATER AND SANDPIPERS ON THE BEACH

Winding Down

Oh my......we have been at this for 43 weeks.  Our boat is on the market. You know how you fix everything in a house before you sell it?  Well, we now have a new kitchen faucet, three windshield wipers (we traveled with ZERO), surround sound, and beautifully cleaned and varnished Osprey nameplates. We completed our last lock.  We are thinking about the big "What's next".  I am looking at jobs.  Planning for Christmas. We are back in salt water.  The dolphins have returned.  Ups and downs, happy and sad. The trip is winding down.  Trying to figure out how to be in the moment and enjoy where we are while planning for the inevitable......the end.  I hear it said, not to be sad about endings but relish in the joy of what has been.  Okay, working on it!

I am joyful that I got to see my cousins Bobby and Lynn and my Uncle Robert in Columbus, Mississippi.  Walked on the campus at Mississippi University for Women where my mother graduated in1944. So proud of that mother of mine.

I am joyful that I have stayed in some beautiful anchorages and listened to great horned and screech owls during the night. I got to see some feral pigs. We are trying our best to learn some constellations. We have returned to the tidal waters and are learning to use both the bow and stern anchors. We have seen some Fall colors. And are learning to do crosswords!!

Mmmmmm. Eating southern BBQ and sausage biscuits...not healthy but yummy! Haven't had fried chicken yet.  That is next on my list.

Our next excitement is that Ben is meeting us in Pensacola and spending some time on the boat with us.  He and Geoff will fish and philosophize! I will just do the mom thing and drink in the opportunity to be with him.

So anyway, if you hear of any good jobs for Geoff or me (especially if they let you nap whenever you want) or you decide that you want to buy the boat and do your own adventure, please let us know!!  Or maybe you have a "friend" who needs a boat?

Traveling the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway...it has been sunny without rain, so unusual for us!

Check out the boat at Yachtworld.com/ Hershine Newburyport! Don't worry, it's not usually THAT neat!

THE CUTEST ARMADILLO