We left the boat on Saturday, November 17 after arriving in Sanford on Wednesday before. We were going to drive to Eric and Shawn's on Friday but the bugs re-hatched at the Monroe Harbor Marina Wednesday night and resulted in 2 days of clean-up. We closed the boat down and got her washed and waxed before leaving, then went to Eric and Shawn's for the weekend in St. Petersburg, and flew to the Twin Cities on Monday. We loaded up Cindy's mom and drove to Boulder for Thanksgiving with Zach and Aimee and the girls. Cindy's mom made the trip just fine, but was glad to get home Saturday night. We did get to eat at a couple of our favorite barbecues, Lucky's in Lincoln on the way out, and LuLu's in Louisville. We are now home for a while but have tickets to fly back to the boat via Orlando on January 29. In the meantime, we watched the lake freeze up and now has 6-8 inches of ice. Not a lot of snow, but the skate skiing on the lake is great. The big snows will come soon enough. We are looking forwad to Christmas day in Hermantown with the little boys, Barry and Bethanie. We have had a chance to see the boys play some hockey and will see more in January before we head back south. The plan is to get to the boat the end of January, spend a week or so getting things tuned up (I have to replace the main engine alternator which isn't charging like it should) and then head for the Bahamas for the rest of the winter.
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| Sandcastles in St. Petersburg |
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| Holiday Houseboat in Sanford |
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| Holiday decorations on the Monroe Harbor docks |
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| Dock Mascot |
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| Anhinga catching some rays |
