The past couple of months have been a hectic blur of shuttle trips back and forth to Atlanta to celebrate the holidays, get the house in order for another cruise segment and sadly say goodbye to Frieda, then Duke our trusty sea dogs. Both were loyal companions and completed almost 900 miles and all of the rivers segment with us along with Tricks the cat and Basel the parrot. We will miss them dearly. RIP Frieda and Duke.
Life in our winter "home" at the Dog (go figure) River Marina in Mobile has been busy and rewarding. We've enjoyed meeting/re-meeting, now, old cruising friends and gotten the hydraulic steering fixed, added an autopilot and AIS navigation and alert system and a number of other repairs and upgrades identified during our trip down the rivers. We've also had new bottom paint and zincs done for the pesky saltwater we're now going to be traveling in and topped it off with a fresh wax job.
Re-provisioned, we're ready to experience Florida and it's crystal springs and rivers.