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First Cruise
January 28th, 2008 | Author:

We had planned to leave earlier, but the weather would not cooperate. So, Kelley remade the reservations; the Barrys made their reservations. Tween Waters Marina, here we come. Our first cruise!

We have all of the essentials: charts, magnifying glass, and Pirate Fargle!

The trip was made exciting with the GPS going out all of the time. But we arrived!

Toasted a successful landing!

And enjoyed walks,

a cocktail party with our friends and the owner of Tween Waters,

and it was time to leave Captiva Island after two terrific days!

But note the happy captain:

On to Cayo Costa and pelican Bay.

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Time for Prime
January 21st, 2008 | Author:

No engraved invitations! No R.S.V.P.’s asked for. Just a come if you can….

We borrowed tables to put in front of the boat. We had food and drink…I think people we have never seen could smell it all and that is why they came, but, the more the merrier!

We unnamed BarMarVI on Saturday, January 20th and then christened her Prime Time.

This was another ‘Bike Night” about which I have written and so there was a band playing. I was pleased we had live entertainment for our gala.

We thought the gathering would last about an hour and a half, but it went on for 4 hours. Once the food and the wine was gone, people called it quits.

We cleaned up around 9. Got on our boat…got into comfy clothes and down came the rain! Amazing.

Good Times ahead on Prime Time.

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If it’s Friday it must be….
January 19th, 2008 | Author:

Bacchus! All of the people that we have met here in the Marina all go for Happy Hour at Bacchus! It is a nice chance to catch up with everyone – although to be honest, we see almost everyone daily.

The group has welcomed us with open arms. I enjoy them all. There are teachers, quilters, artists…people that live full time on their boats, others that have homes or RVs that they enjoy when they aren’t boating (or in the summer).

Cheers!

I leave you with this last picture. There is a museum in the historical section (which is where we are) and it is being completely restored. There are 2 large black circular pieces that are in front of the museum. They are made out of metal and have words that are cut into them. I have walked by them many times during the day and tried to figure out why the pieces are even there. I think that the words are the names of plants…but at night, this is what the pieces do. It is a sight to behold.

This is the front of the museum. Love it!

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Farkle Night
January 18th, 2008 | Author:

I so wanted to go to the Farmer’s Market and was on my way to the store when I realized that I had forgotten my cash…no freshly baked bread for us. We did dinner on our boat and taught the Barrys Farkle. Jameson had given us Pirate Farkle and we all had a great time. The Barry’s went to Miami to look at a gray parrot that they are getting. I think that they should name the little darling, yep: Farkle.

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