It’s Christmas Eve.
Our original hope/intent had been to take Sionna all the way from Maine to Bradenton Florida for Christmas. What with one thing and another and a couple of unexpected surguries and all, we ended up almost 6 weeks behind the plan (remember, “Cruiser’s plans are written in the sand at low tide”!), so instead, Sionna is moored safely in Vero Beach, FL, watched over by another cruising couple we met there, and her humans have traveled by land to Bradenton.
So we are with family for the holiday, off the boat and sleeping in a bed that doesn’t move for the first time in four months – a strange feeling, to say the least!
Here’s hoping that you, gentle reader, are as comfortable as are we. That you are held by family and friends, are warm, well fed, and appreciative of all the blessings this crazy world we live in can provide. Yes, it’s scary and crazy too, but it can be wonderful, all the same.
Merry Christmas, however you choose to mark the occasion!
Blessings, Keith & Nicki
Sionna with her “big sister” Scout.
'Til the butter melts 
December 24, 2016 at 1:47 pm
Hey guys…….Dusty here. Ain’t it good that I didn’t come down to St. Pete via St. Augustine thinking to say howdy to y’all in that fair city. If your plans are still to bring Sionna across the lake and one or the other needs some time ashore at that point I could be talked into signing on as crew for that part of the journey. (No, I’ve never sailed those waters.) My cell phone is 207-542-2609. And right now I am in St. Pete where Lady J has taken a condo until Spring. Anyway, happy holidays, Dusty Pease
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December 24, 2016 at 10:15 pm
So far we’re both planning to stay aboard for the duration, but we’ll keep the offer in mind! We’ll be taking the Okeechobee waterway across starting next week.
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December 24, 2016 at 5:40 pm
Merry Christmas!
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December 24, 2016 at 6:15 pm
I was hoping to meet you guys in Fernandina. Did you stop? I think that was the one week of cold and some rain. Seems like you were trying to put the miles behind you. Well, I can’t blame you, been there. Would like to see the boat though if your passing by. Nice today huh? 80 degree Christmas, I like that. Happy holidays and fair winds.
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December 24, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Hey Chris, I’m sorry we missed you! Yes, cold weather kept us moving, we’ll be headed across the Okeechobee next week. Would like to see your boat some day!
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December 24, 2016 at 6:17 pm
You do know that vero beach is called velcro beach by cruisers. Once there you never leave.
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December 24, 2016 at 10:16 pm
We’ve been warned!
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December 25, 2016 at 6:44 am
Merry Christmas to you both, too, my friends!! ~ Matt & Anne
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December 25, 2016 at 7:02 am
Happy Holidays to both of you, looking forward to reading about your adventures in the new year!
Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone
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December 25, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Thanks Jossie – we’re looking forward to having them!
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December 25, 2016 at 1:03 pm
Dear Keith and Nicki, T
hank you for the wonderful Christmas wishes. I am so pleased that you get to spend the holidays with your family. Wishes for a very Merry Christmas and an amazing New Year. Love and hugs, Linda
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