Tuesday, April 6th

Happy Birthday to Shelley's Dad, Bob Speckman aka, Boppa. He is 82 today and driving their RV across Florida to meet old friends from Pine Island. Bob and Jean are doing great and glad to be back in Florida. I know that they miss it.

Rock Chalk lies in Amelia Island, Fl. tonight. We are just a few miles from the GA border and a long long way from Marathon. We are just 200 miles from our destination in Beaufort SC, and we think we will be there either Friday or Sat. depending on the weather. That also relies on Rock Chalk continuing to perform so well. She has been just outstanding.

Shelley and I are getting used to boat life, although this is more Boat delivery, not what we expect next year when we do this for fun and not to "have to". Today we stayed inside the ICW from St. Augustine north through Jacksonville. It was an interesting contrast between the waterway lined with huge luxury homes all with boat docks behind them, versus the winding flats through marshland off the St. John river. Lots of fishermen all over these rivelets but very few crusing boats like us. We had the ICW by ourselves for most of the way.

The weather continues to cooperate with sunny skies, 80 degrees, and light winds. The forecast is to continue more of the same until Friday where winds clock to the NW and increase to 15. That will be the first time we have had a change in 10 days.

Its really weird being here and feeling like I am on vacation, when I feel like I need to be home and working. This is a hard transition and its very hard to just let up and relax. I have not mastered that at all. We really enjoyed many cities along the way, especially St. Augustine, last night, but we have not truly explored these places. We had a great meal at the French Bistro last night, and Shelley made a great steak tonight with a potato/mushroom/spinach fried in the skillet. For me it was as good as the French meal.

So all is good, and lets knock on wood that it continues. Hope all is well with all of you Marc and Shelley