To Sea or Not To See…..

Last week Charlie, Ann, Dockie and I drove over to Stuart to several marinas….especially to check on Mariner’s Cay. Our brother, Aaron, is taking a two week vacation in his new boat, The Dude, and plans are to meet the second day at Mariner’s Cay in Stuart. Since Aaron must travel from Daytona Beach the timing is important for the rendezvous.
The Dude contains the best state-of-the-art radar and GPS equipment that money can buy….Just ask Aaron….he sold his big boat, The Pretty-Ugly, and invested all that money on navigational equipment for The Dude.
This is the first ’trial run’….
Destination is planned for the Keyes area…Islamorada and Marathon.
Hoping to be at the Miami Municipal Marina on the 4th of July means that the boats plan to travel outside the Intracoastal in order to make time since there are so many ’no-wake’ zones along the Florida south coast ICW….
…..These are the plans…..The ‘real thing’ may be completely different….
Since our family will be at the Grand Cypress for our annual celebration, we plan to call the ‘Boating Brothers’ on the 4th and see how things are going…
We may….or may not….trailer our “Gator” and meet up with them somewhere along the trip. There will be other family boaters who sensibly will be renting a house in Marathon…..Chris, Nancy and Kurt with their refurbished Sea Ray and Nancy and Todd Family with their boat as well…
Only time will tell…..we very well may be ‘celebrated out’ by the 5th or 6th of July….
By the way, on our trip to Stuart last week we stopped at the Indiantown Marina. Our friends who help ‘run the place’, Ann and Tony, and who have lived in a sailboat in the marina for about 7 years….have a ‘new dream’ coming to reality ….Ann and Tony are wonderful Christians who have worked with the youth in their area and now are planning to use their sailboat as a ministry of their faith….Going back and forth to the Bahamas will be a discipline/retreat for those who are ‘new in the faith’ and trying to get their lives in order….What a wonderful, natural way for them to give back in blessings what they live in such rich abundance naturally.
I was thrilled as I talked to them….reminding them of the Youth With A Mission ship….the Mercy ship….which does that around the world. I have been to The Mercy as it docked in St. Petersburg and their mission is totally awesome….May God Truly Bless Ann and Tony in this “Mission of Faith”…in….The Good Life!