Carabelle

We got up this morning, untied in heavy winds, and motored our way to Carabelle. We were hoping to sail, but couldn't get the wind at the right angle for sailing. I must say the people at this marina are incredibly nice and helpful, however, there is very little within walking distance. They do have a courtesy car, but Ryan and I opted not to bring the carseat (it'll be here tomorrow with Kurt in my car). In hindsight that was quite foolish!

So here we are, hoping to get Zachary some exercise, looking for a park with playground equipment. Well, as my trusty Captain is known to say, "a good sailor makes do." So Zachary made do with one of his favorite things:

He loves to jump on and run around the drainage gates. They are lots of them in the marina. Then we spotted the cou de gras:

The red marker!!! Zachary learned to talk on the ICW last year pointing out red and green markers. He used to call them "garkers" but now he uses an "m." My little boy is growing up.

Who needs playground equipment anyway? My little sailor/monkey can make do!

Once again the weather has changed our plans. Kurt was coming over tomorrow night in my car, hoping to spend the night on the boat to get his sea legs. Then Sunday morning the boys were heading south to St. Pete, and I was heading west to go home. But the weather has deemed it necessary for the guys to leave a little earlier. So Kurt's coming over in the morning, we'll have lunch together, then we all part ways for a while.

Stay tuned here for updates on the Regata del Sol al Sol. I won't do my usual mass e-mail, just blog here. It should be exciting. Everyone start doing a weather dance, the race starts one week from today. We want a little heavy weather. Those other boats can beat Southern Cross in light winds, because she is so heavy and sea worthy. In heavy weather, however, our sweet boat hums along happily. So send us your heavy weather from out West!!