Make Hay While The Sun Shines

Marathon, FL
N 24 42.391 W 081 05.683, (See the map)

After so many months of idle pleasure in Vero and Marathon, it is easy to slip in to a post mañana mode. Post mañana is when one doesn't say "tomorrow is good enough" but rather "next week (month) is good enough. This morning we were shocked out of our lethargy into the action mode.

The impetus was the arrival of our friends, Richard and Penny on Viking Rose. They arrived in Marathon yesterday, and they have a plan to leave tomorrow and cross over to the Bahamas on Friday. I'm very bad at such planning. I have no plan on where to go in the Bahamas, or where or when to cross over, nor do I have the Bahamas weather forecasts in mind. Anyhow all things considered, it would be to our great advantage to tag along with Viking Rose. Therefore, we now have a fire lit under our tails and we're scrambling to get ready to leave tomorrow morning.

I may not have WIFI again for a while, so I posted a couple of ready blog articles that have been sitting in the out box for a while. (see below)

Today, I have to shop for parts for my battery project, a spare part for our Furuno radar (the part we ordered 3 weeks ago from our dealer in Maine never arrived), and do our income taxes before leaving the country. We also have to scrub the bottom of the hull, haul and clean the dinghy, and shop for provisions. We'll be really busy today. It feels great!!!

p.s. Is there a popular nautical equivalent to the saying "make hay while the sun shines?"