Setting Sail

We are in a marina at the south end of Mobile Bay. We took it easy on the river the last few days- only going a few miles every day (usually at naptime, the motor really helps the sleep!) and anchored by 3PM most days. Dinghy rides, nice family dinners at the table and oh-so-many lego towers, train games and Dora 'epsisodes'.
It feels a little like we were doing all of this in preparation for this leg, our longest sail to date with John. Tomorrow we will resume the routine of 24-hour-watch-keeping, sleeping in the pilot berth and meals in the cockpit. Our *tentative* destination is Grand Cayman. We were there last winter and so are familiar with the Island and the check-in routine. From there we'll likely head down to Providencia, Columbia and then to the San Blas Islands (Kuna Yala) off of Panama before transiting the Canal sometime after Christmas.

Whew.

Fair Winds and Following Seas and all that stuff... I'll try to update as I can from onboard. The weather looks fairly light for the first few days at least!
Tomorrow I'll be chopping onions and carrots and putting them in bags ready for pressure cooker stew, cross your fingers we won't need it! I'm also going to make a few pizza crusts that I just have to roll out and 'dress' before cooking at dinnertime, the less time spent in the galley the better!


Fishing (notice a no pants theme here?)


ARRRGH!


John and Jeff 'rowing' to shore- a little shore leave is necessary for John once in awhile!