Hobe Sound, FL
27.05.350N
80.08.259W

We've enjoyed our visit with Bob & Caron for the past couple of days. We've picked their brains on where to go, what to see and where to stay in the Exumas (as they spent a few years exploring the Bahama Islands), enjoyed some Painkillers, helped them move furniture while they chauffeured us "just down the road" to either Stuart or downtown Hobe Sound to run errands but which also allowed us to witness for ourselves the destruction from Hurricane Wilma in South Florida. Still, the holidays are coming and Caron is already stressing over a houseful of relatives coming for Thanksgiving dinner, so we'll say our goodbyes and cast off tomorrow morning on the tide so that she can devote her undivided attention to family, as it should be.

The weather still hasn't opened up for us with the forecast predicting 6-8-10' waves in the Gulf Stream but we'll start down the ICW to Lake Worth for a couple of days and then on to Ft. Lauderdale until things clear up. Not to worry; we've never taken chances before and have no intention of starting now. So once again, we're off! From this point on though, everything is new.