Ready for the drive to Florida....

We have been visiting family first in Dover and then in Connecticut for the past two weeks and are now back in Dover.
Wednesday morning we will head out for the long drive down to Florida to start the cleaning and work on Kasidah before our crossing.
We have had a great time visiting but its time to hit the road.
We went to Connecticut last week knowing that we may not have electricity because of the storm, but what we found was way beyond just the lose of power. The place  looked like a war zone, there were trees down, power lines down at just about every house and street corner and still lots of snow on the ground when we arrived on Monday, by the time we left this week it started to look a lot better but they will be cleaning up for many months.



While we were there we got to see Kim (Jon's niece) play soccer at her school. 











We decided we would stop back in Dover for a night or two because Kasidah won't be in the work yard till Thursday afternoon and we won't be able to stay on her till then, and the last night we were in Connecticut I pulled my back and was in some major pain for the drive here so it was one more reason to stop.    

Our next adventures begin....

 







We finished up our work at the marina this year and realized just how much work we had completed there. New main docks, fingers and fuel dock was just a few projects we completed.

Once all boats were winterized and shrink wrapped we cleaned out the RV, put the Bike away and packed the Jeep with as much as we could possibly fit in it.

This is some of our great customers at the Marina.

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 Our first stop was to Schyler and Laurie's house in Skaneateles to pick up back issues of our favorite mag "Lats and Atts." then off to Tully to spend the night with our longest and dearest friend Diane

Last ride of the year....

Jeremy and Amy's back yard...

On our way out the next morning we stopped in to see a friend from the Marina "Mel". She has a very cool restaurant in Syracuse and we decided we would stop for a quick bite to eat.

We are now in Dover De. for a week to catch up with our oldest daughter and husband before heading up to Connecticut to visit the youngest daughter Jill.
Amy may have to leave in a day or two for a mission so we wanted to make sure we got to see her before she leaves.

We have made arrangements to have Kasidah pulled from the storage yard and put in the work yard for us on the 9th of November. Jon will be trying to locate a problem we have had with her getting air in the system and causing her to over heat.

Pirate weekend at the Marina

We had a fabulous weekend with lots of people joining in on the festivities.  

FPM group shot

Nice one

We are just having fun enjoying life on the water every day.....LIFE IS GOOD!

We are very busy this summer and just felt we would wait to post  till we got back on Kasidah and started to travel, but some people have been asking us to post.









We have had a great time visiting with freinds and family and Jon has even managed to ride his bike a few times. The kids and all the dogs came to visit for a week and it was a blast. It was pretty funny that there were as many people as there were dogs but we always had pets and the kids love dogs so it would not be the same without them around. One thing we really were proud of this summer was Amy becoming a Captain.......(we are so proud of you)

                                                       Ray,Tim and Jon out for a ride

The projects at the marina have been going smooth this year even though its a lot of work. We disassembled and stripped a whole dock, installed fingers and all new water and electric lines added new pedestals and filled it with customers in about two months. Jon and I were exhausted every night but the reward of looking at it every day is wonderful. Now Jon has started to take apart another large dock which will become part of a fuel dock. He wants it in place before we head out in a few months. Jon has been very busy with service work for the past three weeks also.                                            Jon and I finishing the dock

               

 This is Jill with Ru on her new Kayak.
                                  

Just adding to the cruising fund

We are back at the marina working a little to add to the kitty for our next adventure.