No 3: Still in Fort Pierce – two steps forward, one step back.

Passages in her new home in Fort Pierce Marina.

 

We are still in Fort Pierce….. working on the boat. There are many times when we are on the boat that boat life takes on its own schedule. We plan our day hoping to achieve a few things, but at the end of the day, we feel slightly dejected when we haven’t achieved a tenth of what we intended. For example: Mel has been putting in a new toilet in our main head/bathroom. It has an electric flush. On the boat, the current toilets have a manual pump for flushing. It is a pain. Anyway, it took us over three hours to run an electrical wire just over a metre from one part of the toilet area, under the main floorboards to where the new electric toilet pump needed to be placed. Mel often looks like a contortionist as he dives down into the different areas under the boat’s floorboards.

I have been busy trying to make new covers for our hatches. ‘Trying’ is the operative word. My goodness, I have watched so many YouTube clips, plus felt as if I have done more unpicking than sewing. I have decided to do it my way and forget about how others of made theirs.

The highlights have been going to the local theatre – Sunrise Theatre and watching two performances: one by a Michael Jackson impersonator. The show was called the ‘Man in the Mirror.’  It was incredibly good; and the other to see ‘Floyd Nation,’ a take on Pink Floyd, which was equally as good, but I think Mel enjoyed it more than I did.

Like most Saturday mornings, we went to the farmers market, which is adjacent to the marina. We also hired a car to two days as we needed to go back to Stuart to collect a few bits and pieces. We have done a few HUGE shops, so I am now feeling a bit more prepared as the grocery cupboards are full.

I have put together a slide show of what we have been up too. Nothing too exciting! We have extended our time in Fort Pierce City Marina by a week. The marina asked us to move from Dock B50 to M220 on Sunday, however we moved on Saturday as the weather was very mild. Thankfully, we moved when we did, as the weather turned and became very windy and wild on Sunday.

👉Fort Pierce February 2024 

I hope whatever you are doing, you are enjoying yourself, surrounded by those who you love and care about.

Until next time…. Take care, Keep well.

Best wishes, always

Mel and Caryn