Leaving for Florida

April 19, 2007 Thursday
We are leaving for Key West in the morning. I'm typing this on our "new" computer. Our friend Jeff that I used to work with came down today to join us for the sail to Florida. He got a used Sony computer off Craigslist for $375 and we took the hard disk from our old computer, stuck it in the new one and voila - it worked. We had all our navigation programs all configured and working again. Most happy camper here!
We enjoyed Isla Mujeres although we had little time for tourism. It will be interesting to be back in the old USA. We're looking forward to Key West and it's craziness. Then we'll head up to St. Augustine which is charming and far enough from South Florida to be affordable. The megayachts have driven prices out of sight to the point that a night in a marina can cost from $75 to $125 for a small boat like ours. For those prices, I expect to have the bed made every morning and find chocolates on my pillow. We're hoping we can afford to live in the USA. We'll see.