Welcome 2012!One thing is for sure my friends: I will never make another new year's resolution...ever! That way I can't break it :o) Despite my best intentions I did not update our blog at least monthly...I will try to do better from now on...In retrospect the Atlantic hurricane season 2011 was mostly uneventful for us...we were extremely lucky and only had to move to the mangroves one time for hurricane Irene (thank God)...many boats came to Salinas harbor to "wait out the season" and we made many friends who have since moved on...we shall meet them again "out there" soon :o)So now we are two months away from the Atlantic hurricane season 2012 and things are going to change drastically for us this year! Rick is approaching early retirement within 39 days...yes...39 days :o) The count-down has begun...we are going to be full time cruisers at last!! It's a little bit frightening, but mostly exciting...we have been preparing for quite some time and are anxious to get
the show on the road the boat off the dock :o)We need to get Orion outfitted with solar panels and a wind generator and also expand our battery bank...all of the above a job mainly for the captain when he is fully retired in...yes...39 days :o). If everything goes according to plan (which it never does, because it's a boat!) we are hoping to leave Salinas by June and sail to Grenada for the hurricane season. If things don't go according to plan (which is likely, because it's a boat) we are hoping to leave Salinas for Culebra (part of the Spanish Virgin Islands) and enjoy ourselves there until bad weather may force us to hide out in the mangroves of Salinas area again. Either way...we'll cut the dock lines and sail off into the unknown, well, at least the unknown for us! Freedom here we come :o)We are looking forward to catching up with old friends and making new friends "out there"...in the meantime we are busy preparing. Thanks for following our adventures so far...stay tuned for more to come...it's only the beginning...ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...we are still pinching ourselves :o)I just realized that Blogger has improved the publishing procedures considerably...hah...there is a chance that I'll actually enjoy writing again on a regular basis! And maybe and hopefully you'll stick around to see how we are progressing...Happy Sailing for now _/)...
