Connecting with Quebec!

We are happily in Fernandina Beach, expecting to watch the Packers/Cowboys game somehow. Hopefully Claude's friend Doug will join us in Jacksonville Beach. Doug: Claude would like me to ask you to be sure to bring your laptop and GPS. Cathy: Thanks for the comment! If you have the email address of Doug - can you email it to my gmail? OK, it's true we are developing a serious network of lovely Canadian friends. Last night we met Guy and Micheline aboard Pegasus. They may be waiting for us when we get to St. Augustine. If Doug can join us as well, we would be a multi-lingual troupe of 6. What fun it is to meet so many new and interesting people and share the voyage. Yes, I used the "f" word. Fun. It's starting to be fun again. The bad weather that rocked us at anchor 2 nights ago blew over, the fog lifted this morning to brilliant sunshine. We are wearing shorts and loving it. The picture of Wayne was taken in Georgia at one of our swamp stops. We spied a teeny, tiny, bit of sand amid the marsh weeds, with a lone palm tree. Of course, we got in the dinghy and pretended that we were at the beach. Now, Wayne can actually walk to a real beach. There is a phenomenal tennis facility here, but unfortunately I still can't really walk too far, never mind play tennis so I'm hoping he'll find a partner. He does not seem too unhappy about it though, since we have re-emerged into civilization we have all been feeling better. Claude's fuel filter part should be here this afternoon, and we will probably take off again tomorrow morning for the 2-day trip to Jacksonville Beach. From there another couple of decent weather days and we could make it to St. Augustine. It's amazing what some good weather and a cute little town can do for the drooping spirits of water-weary sailors.