EverGreen

Hi......well the month of January flew by....I arrived in Chicago on January 4th....spent two hectic weeks packing and cleaning and then headed out for Florida....and the blog tells the rest of the story.  January 27th came all too soon.  Paul and I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Trawlerfest, which for the non-boaters in this group....is a gathering of people who love to cruise for a few days of fun and education.  We had a wonderful time....Paul went to all of the advanced classes and I went to the boating basics classes....for example....how to communicate via marine radio for emergencies and for information....I took a class in marine medicine....or "how to stay un-nauseated while you cruise"....and we both sat in on the diesal engine class....Paul got some tips on cruising the InterCoastal Waterway or the ICW....and we me some awesome people....I am going to upload some pictures now....and hope not to loose them...

This one is morning light....and the splash under the dock is caused by a manetee coming up for air...

Here is our new "comfy" chair for the salon.....it's twin and new carpet come soon....

This is the new owner's plaque that now hangs in the rear of the salon....

Here's Paul....relaxing while I Blog....we are in the Den/second stateroom...check out the new lamp.....LOVE IT!!!!

Yesterday I tried a post and the site timed out and I lost the whole blog...all the pictures and everything....so I gave up...today will be better....

Reo has arrived home...she is the small black lump under the bookcases that are shrouded in blue plastic.  We brought her home from Barb and Lee's where she was hanging out until we got things squared away.  On Monday night when we visited, she was barely speaking to us...wouldn't come out from behind the fish tank to even say "hello".  So we packed her up on Tuesday night and made a makeshift apartment for her under the bookcase.  It is now outfitted with wall to wall carpet and she loves it.

[No text]The electricians from Martek are spending a lot of time up on a ladder on the flybridge working on installing the radar, the wind insturments, the TV antenna and other radio equipment....would you like to be them?