Finally to Florida

We rolled into Gainesville, FL yesterday about 4:00pm.  Sounds like we made it just in time to hear about some cooler weather hitting Bismarck.  Sounds like it's going to get below zero in the next couple of nights.  Andrea called to let us know that she's having some trouble with her car heater.  That's a no brainer about whether she gets it fixed or not.

We arrived in Titusville, FL today about 3:00pm and went to the condo that we've rented.  We found out that the person that we rented from has two units that he owns.  One he uses for himself and one he rents.  Naturally, we went to the wrong unit and couldn't understand why we couldn't find the key.  We finally figured it out.  We'll be renting this unit until December 1st and then moving to the unit that we rented last Spring until about the 10th of December.  During that time we'll be getting the boat ready to put back in the water and visiting with our son Tom that will be visiting for a week over the Thanksgiving holiday.  This unit is not as nice as the one we rented last April.  Marilyn had to wash most of the dishes before we could use them and the air conditioning is not working very well.  Right now it's warmer inside than it is outside.

Tomorrow we hope to head over to the boat yard and see how things fared over the summer and early fall.  I have several maintenance things that I need to take care of before we can put the boat in the water.  Two of the major things are fixing the port center board and removing and cleaning the diesel heat exchanger.  There are lots of other minor things that I need to do, but most of them can be done after the boat is put in the water if necessary.

First palm tree of the season