Sunday March 27: Time to Head North

It is definitely time to move north. Every day is now in the mid to high 80's with high humidity. Where did the winds go that we complained about just a short time ago?!

The Easter Bunny did show up here in Banana Bay despite the heat though. I'm thinking the chocolate bunny needs to be in the fridge :-)

But there really was an Easter Bunny (and it wasn't Steve) that brought an egg full of chocolate and toffee goodies. Steve found the egg sitting outside our door this morning.

After some sleuthing around we have determined the identity of the mystery bunny - one of the boaters in the marina was up early and left the eggs on the boats around the marina.

Fun to find and just yet another indication of what great folks are at this marina!







So it's time to leave - tomorrow around 9 am. We'll be in and out of the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area before the weekend . No one in their right mind travels through that area over a weekend - it is SO crazy with boaters zipping around.

The last few jobs are getting done before we leave. There has been more under the floor work - mostly for Steve.

One thing he's been wanting to do is paint the airconditioner. With the generator out it's a much easier job that ever.

Safety Matt: please note the fume filtering mask Steve is wearing as he does the sanding and painting!

Looks MUCH better!!

The other project involved painting the pontoon furniture that has been on the flybridge for 10 years now.

It has held up fairly well and really just needs replaced but we were too slow in actually deciding to do just that. Plus it was a no brainer of a decision once we found out the company would ship the pieces for free!

So until we are back here next year, we invested in $25 worth of spray paint for vinyl.


With paint in hand and a couple of large boxes from Amazon, we started spraying. It's taken me a while to really do this. Kind of afraid of the outcome!

Mmmm... not looking too bad -

So we kept going .....

Not sure how well the paint will hold up - who knows maybe it'll start flaking off the first time it's used!

In the meantime, it looks way better than it did with the poorly chosen glue where the original seams were pulling apart!

Last minute electrical work and engine work completed today. Relax at docktails and then off tomorrow sometime around 9 or so.









And one last celebration with Nancy and George and Andi and Mike (on Two Hearts) with a festive Easter cake designed and made by Nancy and Andi!

A perfect ending to our 3 month stay here at Banana Bay!

One last look from the flybridge ......