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Key West, Miami and Passage to Georgia

23 Tuesday May 2017

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We liked Key West during our visits in the 90’s and yes it is touristy, but we still like it.  Good food, great bar scene and lots of people watching.   A bit pricey for cruisers, but while we were up north we put Sereno over at Stock Island Marina on neighboring Stock Island where it was a little more reasonably priced.  Good marina with shuttle service every hour to the heart of Key West.  After having limited places to eat for so long, we roamed Key West hitting the spots we remembered and a few new ones.  A favorite was Half Shell Raw Bar where we got a dozen oysters for $9.00 during happy hour along with our first Stone Brewery IPA in a long time.   We had so much fun and so little time there we forgot to take pictures!

After racing back to Key West from the wedding, we found the nice weather window to Georgia was going to be interrupted mid way by some serious looking squalls coming off the east coast.  Faced with staying in Key West for what was predicted as three weeks of strong easterly trade winds, we quickly got ready in a few hours and headed out for an overnight passage to South Beach Miami to wait for the squalls to pass over us.  Not a bad place to spend Mother’s Day.

By Monday the bad weather passed so we continued our passage to Georgia.  Unfortunately the seas were a bit rough both nights which made sleeping on our off shifts a bit tough.  But the days were beautiful and in the early morning of the third day we sailed between Jekyll and St Simons islands, under the Sidney Lanier Bridge and into Brunswick Landing Marina our home for this hurricane season.   The US Navy used this area as their hurricane hole so we are fairly confident Sereno is in a good place.

Fair winds,

Cindy

 

 

Road trip to New Jersey by Way of Savannah

18 Thursday May 2017

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We dug out our ‘fancy’ clothes, packed our bags and headed out in our rental car for our nieces wedding in Pennsylvania.  After an eleven hour drive our first day we stopped in Savannah, Georgia for the night.  With limited time and not wanting to get back in that car, we splurged and stayed right downtown where we could walk along the river front (as if we don’t see enough water!) and had a great selection of bars and restaurants.  The three bartenders at the Pink Lady recommended a casual place called the Treylor Park for dinner.  Great unique food with movies playing while you eat.  We will be about an hour from Savannah during the summer and I can’t wait to go back when we have more time.  I almost forgot to mention we had our first Hollywood shower in a long long time.

Here are some pictures from Savannah.

Gary enjoying a pint at Treylor Park

Two days later we arrived at my sister’s house.  We don’t see Barb and her husband Ted very often so when we get together, lets just say we make the most of it.  Add in their kids, Brina (the bride) and Andrew, then our son Austin and his girlfriend Nicki who arrived the day before the wedding and we had ourselves some great family time.  Oh I shouldn’t forget the groom, Andrew and yes you read that right.  Barb and Ted have a son Andrew and a new son-in-law named Andrew.  And if that isn’t confusing enough, Brina’s new mother-in-law’s name is Barbara.  I confirmed that there are no Ted’s lurking in the new extended family!

Brina and Andrew planned a lovely wedding and reception.  The music they picked for the DJ kept everyone on their feet dancing and we had a great time.  We were still talking about the music days later.

The beautiful bride and her handsome dad

My beautiful sister and her handsome son

Here is proof that when we walked in and sat down in the Catholic Church, the church did not come crumbling down.

Here we are with Ted’s sister Sharon and her husband Bubby Still.

Austin and Nicki

My handsome guys

Andrew, Brina and Austin

Ted, Andrew, Barb, Brina, Austin, Cindy and Gary

The family crammed into the photo booth at the reception for a family picture. Two friends photo bombed us through the curtain lol

We planned to stay with Barb and Ted for a bit however, a weather window opened for us to get the boat from Key West to Georgia.  So while we had to cut our trip short and head back to Sereno, we will be back this summer and plan to catch up with those we promised to see.  And of course, more fun times with Barb and Ted.  We convinced Barb to channel her inner Irish and she now loves Guinness on tap.  Maybe Jamison shots this summer?

Fair winds,

Cindy