May 18th: Time to Go North!

Linda's left hand is doing very well and we have the blessing of her surgeon, Dr. Freidman and Rosie, Linda's physical therapist, to head up to Guppy. We will truly miss our time with Rosie. She is a wonderful therapist, wonderfully caring and dedicated and a great/funny story teller. She is not only excellent at physical therapy, but has the ability to convince even Linda to "Follow the Rules". She encouraged Linda to stay in touch, feel free to ask questions and even Skype if needed.   We are truly grateful Linda found her to work with.

We have enjoyed our time here at Banana Bay but it is time to head north and we are anxious to go!

Given we are the last snowbirds to leave, I had responsibility for the flower boxes in front of our boat. Terri and Sharon did great job of keeping them looking great while they were here. Terri and Dave will be coming back from the Bahamas before too long and can hopefully keep everything growing.









I put these pictures in the blog to document that I left the flowers in good shape. Diana, a year round marina resident, volunteered to take over until Terri returns.










We were treated to a beautiful sunset the night before we left. No green flash but the colors and reflection were amazing.

We left the dock the next morning observing several boats new to the marina. We are starting to feel like a little minnow in a big lake. Added recently were a 60 foot Viking, a 55 foot Sea Ray and a 39 foot Sea Ray Motor Yacht. Word about Banana Bay must be spreading!

60 foot Viking on left, 55 foot Sea Ray 4th from left

Dock master Dan was there to help us off and say goodbye. Diana left the "Bon Voyage" flowers in the water which means we must return!

Heading out of Banana Bay

When we came around from the Bay side to the ocean it was a beautiful day. The winds were predicted to come up later but so far so good.  It was great to be out on the ocean for a change.

Linda had no problem driving the boat with her "new" right hand. We had approximately a 3 hour cruise to Dockside Marina where we made arrangements to leave the boat for the summer. We'll spend a couple days in a motel so we can work on getting the boat put away.