FRC via tracking device from Montego Bay Jamaica to Fort Lauderdale

You can expect more of this type of reporting as FRC heads up the coast.






Courtesy:  Sly

Pics from Montego Bay Jamaica to Florida

Looks like the windshield has been installed.

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Sly, Mat (who needs to learn to tolerate diesel fumes) and Bruce.

Afternoon visitors

What to do on a cold and rainy night?

Go play Bingo, of course!  And I won $25.00!




Free Range Chicken is at the Turnberry Marina in North Miami.  I will post pictures when I receive them.

Geese

Normally seen in flocks of up to a hundred birds, these two have been hanging alone along the side of the road for weeks now.  I'm thinking they must have a nest nearby.

FRC has arrived in Fort Lauderdale but got stuck on the mud bar in the middle of the channel at low tide.  Pics tomorrow!

FRC's current location...sorry no pictures

Lat 23N
Long 78.40W
You'll have to look it up yourself.  Headed toward Florida in good conditions.  Expect arrival in Fort Lauderdale sometime on Monday.

TSA Pre check

Haven't been out of the house since Monday and today was the last day to do TSA Pre Check at the little local airport with no lines, no waiting. I wanted to go and get it over with.  Patti insisted that she'd drive since I'm on 1/4 pain killer a day..., we saw the same herd of elk from last Sunday.
20 minutes up to the airport, 5 minutes at TSA, 20 minutes back to home. 
Sweet!  No more taking off shoes or jackets off, laptop out, or the little plastic bags with 2.8 ounces of goop.
Free Range Chicken left Jamaica yesterday.  Got shooed off the 5 mile radius of Gitmo Cuba and is headed up between Cuba and Haiti, motor sailing.  That's all I know for now.

Pre & Post Bunion surgery

If anyone is thinking of having this done, this is what to expect...

Soft boot-like cast with a ton of gauze and cotton stuffing.  When the pain killers wear off, it feels like a big toe broken in two places, which is exactly what it is.  Green gauze was for St. Patrick's day.

4 1/2 months out is the last photo.  Middle toes starting to straighten out.  Range of motion is very good up, still working on the downward motion.  Final judgement will be at the 6 month point.  At least it doesn't hurt when shower water hits it anymore. (Just took my sock off so ignore the ankle marks)

Critters I saw today - Elk!

I found this in the backyard A big pile of poop!

Holy cow!  Contained fur and seeds among other things.  What was it?
Looked it up in my "Animal Tracks and Signs" book and it appears to be from a big cat. 
"Droppings that are not covered are normally 4-5 inches long and can be confused with those from coyotes, although constrictions in several places along its length are characteristic of bobcat dung. Scats may be broken into segments due to those constrictions."  
I'm thinking a big Bobcat was out there.  I need to reinstall the critter-cam and get the pistol ready.  That was a human sized poop!

Look what was along our road!

While Bruce is tending the boat, I decided it was now time to get my bunion taken care of so I can wear the requested cowboy boots for Bruce's sons wedding in May.  Surgery scheduled for 3/17.
No sailing pics until I receive them from FRC. 








Photo credit:  Patricia Paro

Trini Bergey in Jamaica

Crew is now/was complete!

Negril is famous for its topless and nude beaches

That applies to party boats too!  Had to take this pic on the sly.