We left the marina in Vero Beach and started heading South again. We enjoyed the marina and the gated Grand Harbor community of which it is a part.

We will be closing on our old home tomorrow. Good bye home.

The plan is to sell the home and cruise the East coast till we find an area where we want to settle down. Vero Beach was nice but it was also the first location that we stopped at for an extended time.

We plan to be in the North for Spring, Summer & Fall with our family and friends. However, the question of “do we buy a place up North and live aboard while fleeing winter down South or vice versa?” We don’t know the answer yet. We plan to cruise the South looking at different locations and imagine what it might be like to live there.

Maybe we should use Ben Franklin’s Pros vs. Cons style of decision-making?

The North has a king & queen:

Wait… this king & queen

The South has

Beaches

and boating

We believe North or South will figure itself out as we explore more locations.

Yesterday’s trip down to Jensen Beach looked something like this:

Jensen Beach

Once anchored, it was time to put our feet up,

watch the sun set,

and the bridge light up.

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Other notable stories this week was the story of a young couple who were chasing the simple life. After dropping out of work, selling everything they owned and buying a $5,000 1969 Columbia 28′ sailboat similar to this one.

They sunk another $5K into the boat, a few sailing lessons from a one of the couples’ Dad and they set sail. Only two days into their quest to sail the world, they ran aground in John’s Pass near Tampa, FL and sunk her loosing everything they had.

Social media is alive with people calling them idiots. I don’t feel that way however, I will slam them for creating a GoFundMe page to cover expenses that they alone are responsible for. Was their plan risky? Could they have benefited by gaining more experience? Should the boat have been more seaworthy? Should they have saved more money? Yes, of course but life is about experiences and if we wait till everyone tells you you’re ready, you’ll never leave the dock. Boating couples come in two varieties:

1. Couples who buy huge million dollar seaworthy boats only to leave the dock once a year on the fourth of July to make a safe loop around the harbor
2. Couples who buy a decades old boat with a few dollars and want to sail the world.

Most boaters are somewhere in the middle but I don’t see a problem with either of the extremes. Life and boating are pursuit of happiness. It’s your life and nobody else is going to live it for you so do what you like and do it soon.

Click on the picture below to find Nikki Walsh’s Facebook page here and see their pug that was rescued along with them.

Click on the picture below to read the full story

What are your thoughts on their story? Leave your comments.