The next morning I tentatively shifted around in bed, I sat up, I moved my hips - virtually no back pain – no pain down my left butt!! (I love the god named Dr. Fulcher) the first epidural seems to have been successful. It’s the first time in many, many months that I haven’t had pain. Boy did I feel GREAT. OK, now I’m really ready to go.
The boat was trashed with slivers of welding material, wires, tools, food, hatches open but we were outa there at 1:20 pm with the high tide. Anchor down at 4 pm at Long Key, a bit early, but we wanted time to clean up, make dinner and REST.
Friday, June 8, 10:30, Anchor up - headed for the Bay side; winds were 10-15 knots but that didn’t stop us or keep the Dolphin from swimming along with us. It’s good luck, you know.
3:30 - Under the Jew Fish Creek Bridge; 4:30 pm under the Card Sound Rd. bridge (we’re flyin now!); 6:00 pm a heavy-duty rain storm arrived just as we were maneuvering thru Buttonwood sound. Poor Wayne always gets the dirty jobs. 6:45 Anchor down at Featherbed shoals in Biscayne Bay.
3:30 - Under the Jew Fish Creek Bridge; 4:30 pm under the Card Sound Rd. bridge (we’re flyin now!); 6:00 pm a heavy-duty rain storm arrived just as we were maneuvering thru Buttonwood sound. Poor Wayne always gets the dirty jobs. 6:45 Anchor down at Featherbed shoals in Biscayne Bay.
Saturday, June 9. We decided to chill a bit and clean up some more. (will this cleaning ever end?) Wind was still up, the Bay choppy but still lots of boating traffic from Miami. Anchor up at noon and we decided to go see our friends, Bob & Stephanie, who live just off the inter-coastal near the Haulover cut in N. Miami. We visited them in May 2006 on our return from Lauderdale after picking up then 8 week old Scupper. Beer Can island was Scupper’s first experience in the dinghy, on a beach and in the water.
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Of course Wayne had to take Bob on top of the hard top to show him the lay out. Steph and I chatted about nursing & sipped rum-runners on the fly bridge.
I made a very impromptu fish and rice dinner with wine, of course. We went to Beer Can island after dark with the 2 black rat dogs and a jug of – more wine. The island was full of locals camping out on the island or boat for the weekend. Everything’s a bit hazy after that but somehow Wayne took Bob & Steph to their condo in the dinghy, a 15 min. ride through a maze of canals; he managed to find his way back to the boat; took a shower on the aft deck and he doesn’t remember any of it! Well, that’s the end of the rum-runners!
Sunday, June 10 – We thought it would be a treat to shop at Costco. It’s been years since we shopped there and was still totally overwhelming to us.
It seems the 'girls' are ready to go! We're outta here
I made a very impromptu fish and rice dinner with wine, of course. We went to Beer Can island after dark with the 2 black rat dogs and a jug of – more wine. The island was full of locals camping out on the island or boat for the weekend. Everything’s a bit hazy after that but somehow Wayne took Bob & Steph to their condo in the dinghy, a 15 min. ride through a maze of canals; he managed to find his way back to the boat; took a shower on the aft deck and he doesn’t remember any of it! Well, that’s the end of the rum-runners!
Sunday, June 10 – We thought it would be a treat to shop at Costco. It’s been years since we shopped there and was still totally overwhelming to us.
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