Movin On!

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So - Janet and I left Miami last week and stopped in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Fort Pierce and Cape Canaveral.

I have been hanging out at a nice Marina in Port Canaveral for the past few days...

Janet left this past Wednesday and just this morning (Saturday) I picked up Rich and Kendra who will be joining me for the next leg of the journey...

I picked up all the stuff yesterday that they wanted me to get from their grocery list and I'm amazed the boat is still floating!!!  and that I found some place to stow all the goodies..  we'll be eating well this next week...

We plan to leave Port Canaveral tomorrow (Sunday) morning and head to Fernandina Beach, FL which is an over-night sail of about 170 miles.  We'll hang out in Fernandina then head to Savannah, GA (another overnight sail) and ultimately Charleston, SC...

That is the plan for the next week...

One of the highlights of these past couple days was my visit to the Kennedy Space Center.  Totally cool and awesome stuff all about the space program - past, present, and future...

The actual Atlantis Space Shuttle Vehicle...


Lunar Module Capsule

Saturn 5 rocket - photo only shows tail engines of stage 1 rockets...


NASA Space Center with shuttle rocket fuel tanks in the background...


That's all for now - I'll post another entry again soon...

All is well!!!

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  1. CarolynJune 17, 2018 at 8:13 PM

    The space shuttles are so cool!!! I bet it's so cool seeing a shuttle that has been in outer space. I hope the overnight sails are going well. I can't wait to hear about them!

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