Let's Rock

Marathon Harbor

We looked at the weather report this morning and decided that tomorrow, Saturday, is the right day to go. We’ll encounter a weak front on Saturday but there’s another front coming next Tuesday and we want to get out of the Gulf Stream before it catches us.

Our plan is first a 24 hour sail to the Dry Tortugas. We’ll spend a day there, and then shoot straight for Belize City. It should take 3 to 4 days.

Now the excitement builds, as we hustle to do the last minute chores before departure. Libby is out washing and waxing the hull. She had it on her list for a month, but the motivation wasn’t strong enough until today. I know the feeling. In the harbor here the days and weeks just seem to slip by without noticing.

I checked, and our cell phone will work in Central America but it will cost as much as $3 per minute to use it there. So please, don’t call and don’t leave voice mails unless it’s important. Jenny will check our email at dmills@acmenet.net and forward anything she thinks we need to see.