We last left you in Florida….we made it down the Intracoastal to Ft Lauderdale and our good friend, Pam Wall hooked us up with a private marina only seven slips in a residential zone at a ridiculously cheap price…no we will not tell you where! We had met one of the cruiserDavid, last year and he is a great neighbor! we also met Diane and Frank from NYC and Marg and Steve from Seattle. I was only there for a couple of days as I was flying out to the west coast for my nieces wedding, and then flying home to Pa for Christmas, but David had a great time in Ft Lauderdale by himself! David and Diane and Frank went in the dinghy for the Christmas parade through the intracoastal waterway while I was winging my way to Portland, Or. they had a great time….David also had dinner, appetizers, drinks, etc…just about every night with one of the other 7 guests in our Marina.
Leaving Key Biscayne for Bimini sunrise, David fishing off the boat at the marina in Bimini, Beach,
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our lovely FT Laderdale Marina!
baby Oliver and GIGI on Christmas Eve, Wyatt, Teisha, Jake and of course Buster & Keaton!
My nieces wedding
I Was attending a luncheon with Dennis’ (my late husband) children, grandchildren and even a few great grand children!!!!! it is always wonderful to see them. Then, I attended a rehearsal dinner followed the next day by , the wedding ceremony and reception. A great time of drinking, food and dancing! I flew flew home to PA, David still dining and working on the boat in Florida….David flew home on the 21st and we went to see the kids down in Wilmington….on Christmas Eve, we went to Jake and Teisha’church for their Christmas pageant…J! T and baby Oliver were Mary Joseph and Jesus and Wyatt was a Shepard. Wyatt was having a little confusion about baby Oliver, Jesus, Christmas, so we got a birthday cake that said happy birthday Jesus and I think he then understood. After opening presents with David’s family, we stayed at the Philly airport Sheraton and took off for Fort Lauderdale on Christmas morning. the next day was spent provisioning and then we went outside down to Miami to stage for the Bahamas! We stayed the night anchored in Key Biscayne and at 5AM we headed in the dark to Bimini!!!! It wasn’t the best crossing, but it was mostly enjoyable and uneventful. We have been in Bimini 2 days and are working out the telephone, Wifi stuff and just asking it easy. It is beautiful here and the people are very friendly and welcoming. Our neighbor boat invited us to dinner last night…this guy is some kind of gourmet chef. he made Chicken Catetori and it was something great! tonight we h ousted a different set of neighbors for happy hour and since tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, we decided to have surf and turf! they bought 12 lobsters off the boat this afternoon and we have filet mignon …so, along with a toast of champagne, we will toast in 2015….wishing all of you “smooth sailing and fair winds” Love to all Katie and David PS We will leave Bimini in a couple of days for the Exumas…
sailingsassy 
So glad you too are having such a great time. Our holidays have also been quite amazing. We spent Christmas Day at my daughters home in West Chester. Her husband recently turned his basement into an English Pub. $70,000 later it is amazing. What fun we all had sitting around the new fireplace playing pool, ping pong ( of which I am quite good) and shuffle board. Dinner was an amazing beef tenderloin with all the trimmings. Later we opened presents where my husband presented me with another beautiful piece of jewelry. Now we are getting ready for our New Years Eve party. Later in the month we are off to Florida. We have so many friends living there I’ve had to put my foot down on the number we will visit. Well I’m off. Again, so glad you are having such a good time. Liz
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Liz,
That Christmas holiday sounds perfect! Glad you were able to have it all together. have fun in Florida…it is so beautiful. Happy New Year!
Katie and Dave
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Kate I wanted to let you know that things here in Bayside are moving at an amazing rate. Most of Captains Cove is sold. They are opening up a new section shortly. The weather, overall has been mild. On the 17th they are presenting the plans for the “downtown buildings” and indoor pool.
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