On the Move!

We're underway once again!  We stayed an additional week at the Palm Cove Marina in Jacksonville Beach because we really liked the area.

Jacksonville Beach Pier

Several days were warm enough for us to get down to the beach and enjoy the sunshine.

Happy Captain

It's off season down there but most of the shops and restaurants were open.  Sneakers is a sports bar located on the beach where Kris and I stopped by to watch the NFL playoffs.  We had a few items shipped to the Marina office and used their fax machine to conduct some land based business.  We left Palm Cove on Sunday morining 1/16/2011 and took the ICW south to St. Augustine where this blog entry is being posted. 



Dalliance at the Bridge of Lions



Historic District land transportation




Fort Castillo de San Marcos by sea

 Yesterday afternoon and evening we took in the sites of St. Augustine's historic district.  The last time we visited the area was in 1995 on a family vacation.  Kris and I both were anxious to see if it was as nice as we remembered it.  We weren't disappointed.

Downtown at Night

Last night the temperatures warmed up and we were able to walk the streets well past dark in the warm evening air.  It felt real nice!



King St and Charlotte St

Progress on our home in Belize has been significant over the last couple of months.  We should be able to stay in our home the next time we go down which will be sometime early spring.  Kris and I have formulated a basic plan to make our move to Belize.

Fort Castillo by land

 We will bring Dalliance to the Indiantown Marina on the Okeechobee Waterway just west of Stuart Fla.  We expect to be there by early February.  We're going to take our time getting there planning to make stops and stay a few days in Daytona Beach, New Smyrna, Titusville, Vero Beach and Stuart.  While at Indiantown we will assemble all of our personal items for shipment to Belize.  These items will include our car, household appliances and furnishings.  We'll look to pull Dalliance out of the water in late spring and store it in the Indiantown area.  We're hopeful Indiantown Marina will be able to accommodate us.  We plan to remain in Belize until December 2011 at which time we'll return to Dalliance and make final preparations to sail her to Belize.  We expect this will be early in 2012.  Kris and I are both enjoying our journey more than ever.  So much of the uncertainty about our future plans has vanished.  Our home in Belize is a reality and we're actually going to be able to stay there although much finish work remains.  The pace we've set on Dalliance is leisurely and relaxed.  There's really no pressure or schedules we need to meet.  As a result we're seeing much more of Florida's east coast and enjoying every minute of it.  The weather is warming up down here and this only adds icing to the cake.  That's about it for now.  We'll be sure to keep you posted as we work to complete final arrangements for our move to Conesjo Belize, CA.  Stay tuned for our further adventures.