We're Off!!!

Today we began our first voyage as live-aboard cruisers. This won't be a very long entry, but I wanted to post something to mark the beginning of our new lives. We left the marina in Moss Point this morning and are currently anchored off Petit Bois Island in the Mississippi Sound. The wind got a little cool on the trip out to where we are anchored, but it has been a beautiful day. Tomorrow morning we will sail southeast into the Gulf for most of a day, then turn east and head for Port St. Joe, Florida, the first stop on our trip to the Bahamas.

The other evening, Kenny, Janice, Nancy and I went out to dinner with Pam and Jim, from S/V Dream Maker. Pam and Jim lived aboard and cruised the world for a little better than 20 years. Pam said they went down to the Bahamas for a few months and came back 22 years later. After dinner we went to their house and Jim showed us some slides from their cruising days. We had a great time and learned a lot from them.