Saturday, August 4, 2012

Monday 7-30-12 Leaving Pensacola Ship Yard Marina


Another huge step – and this is a biggie.   For the first time in 47 years, we do not have a car.  Yikers, this feels weird.  Mark & Barbara are now the caregivers to our long-serving, trusty Expedition, which has been a part of our lives for the last 14 years.  Every member of our family & visitors have driven this great car.  And who knows when we’ll next own a car?

So far this year, we’ve found new homes for our van, pick-up truck & now the expedition, and our fifth-wheel travel trailer.  We dismantled our business after 20+ years.  Sold and gave away and donated the accumulated detritus of home & business ownership.  Tenants are in our house and at our business facilities.

Today sees us cast off from the Pensacola dock for the last time.  A big, important day. 

Motored 2 ½ hrs across Pensacola Bay in rain, thunder & lightning to the anchorage in Santa Rosa Sound, just off the Paradise Beach Club at Pensacola Beach.  Weather all around, but anchored in relative dry & calm.  Got the dinghy down, had a tidy up & decided to go ashore for supper at the Beach Club & a bit of a wander around.  Beautiful sunset.  Trying to keep fit on a boat is difficult so we try to walk whenever we can.  A good reason to go ashore.  Anyhoo, the Beach Club was busy & had tv’s going with the Olympics.  Had fish & chips, then wandered down the boardwalk & back to the dinghy.  Back onboard about 9.30 p.m.

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