Hey all.....
As we mentioned in our last post, we got a call a couple of days ago. The call was from our regular crew member Mike who said he had to take some vacation time from work by the end of the year or he would lose it. SO....Mike asked where we would be for Thanksgiving and he was flying in !! What a great Thanksgiving surpirse!! We decided the closest airport to our position was Jacksonville, and Mike immediately booked his flight. Mike will arrive here at 4 PM today, so we rented a car to pick him up at the airport. Mike will be spending the next 10 days aboard while we wind our way down the coast of Florida. We want to keep moving so we can get far enough south to cross over to the Bahamas for Christmas.
We have been working on the "to do" list for Mike since he called. A light is burned out halfway up the mast, a piece of tape needs to be redone up the mast as well. (I don't do heights !!!!) We have been experiencing some battery charging issues for the past week. (We may need to replace our entire battery bank consisting of five large batteries....read BIG bucks.) MacGiver Mike will sort it all out....we hope!!
After picking up Mike, we will be going to "Kinvara" for a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner. A turkey won't fit into a galley sized oven so chicken is the bird of the day. Trudie has been busy making the side dishes to bring along. It's going to be a great dinner, and our first holiday since cutting the dock lines and going cruising. Sure doesn't look like Thanksgiving outside with bright skies, palm trees and warm weather. We will just have to make do :)
Gotta go and clean up "Mike's Room" and get some directions to the airport..... Happy Thanksgiving to all !! THE CREW
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