We thank you for your
kind thoughts, and prayers that have accompanied us on our journey. We look
back at the last six months, remembering friends that we left behind in
Michigan, but whom we carry in our everyday travels as their words of advice
and knowledge keep us going. We think of all the wonderful people we have met,
fellow travelers, Marina employees and owners, people in small towns and large
cities that have helped us along the way and visit this blog.
This holiday has been different; we have shared it with new
friends keeping in touch with old friends and family by phone and e-mail. I am
grateful there is no snow here but I missed the smell of evergreen and baking
cookies, the tray our neighbors bring over every year, in general this is
something to be said about being “home” for the holidays.
I went and looked at my post for last year on this day;
Muskegon was in a deep pause before a winter storm hit New Year’s Day. I have
included those pictures to contrast as to where we are today.
The weather window we have been waiting for to make our
crossing to the Bahamas is opening and we hope to make the trek on Wednesday or
Thursday. Our blog post may be farther apart as we will be relying on public
internet and have heard pros and cons about the speed.
I will post when we leave and the New Year is promising to
be as exciting as 2012 has been
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| our route this year 2400 nautical miles |
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| The apartment/condo high-rises decorate the building - some large displays like this tree others have individual balcony displays |
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| 12/31/2011 sunset on Lake Michigan Grand Haven Pier |
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| Fort Lauderdale Beach 2:00 PM |
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| Grand Haven Pier 1/1/2012 |
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| sand castles on beach Fort Lauderdale |
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| a rose in my garden 1/1/12 |
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| sea grass washed up on beach |
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| Patty walks with me collecting shells S/V Nautical Dreamer |
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| The fish are made from Plastic water bottles. |
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| My collection of shells from our walk 12.31.12 |
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