2272 Craziness

Atlantic temp is good

Tom and I looked around last weekend and decided we had too much stuff in our take to the boat pile for one carload.  It wouldn't all fit in the Murano when we take off soon, especially with the new solar panel.  We could rent a trailer to haul behind but for reasons I won't go into, the better solution for us was for me to make a delivery run down to the boat with a car full.  So I grabbed my ESS (Evil Sailing Sister) Kim and we did a Thelma and Louise style ESS roadtrip down and back this week -minus Brad Pit, Harvey Keitel and the cliff scene!  Kim arrived 5:50am Tuesday morning at our house.  We jumped in the fully packed Murano and hit the road.  18 hrs later we arrived in Brunswick GA.  Yes, 18 hrs.....actually 19 for Kim since she had a 1 hr drive to our house.  We both limped stiff legged, bug eyed, brain dead (from all the driving) aboard s/v Honey Ryder and fell into our bunks.  LATE the next morning we unloaded the car thus loading up s/v Honey Ryder.  Surprisingly the waterline didn't drop too bad.  A quick check-in with Dock Mistress Sherry and we were off so Kim could see some area sights. 

Given the freaky freakin May snow storm in KC last week, it was nice to be wearing shorts and sticking our toes in the Atlantic.  It was the perfect temp.  The monthly 6pm meet and greet back at the marina gave us a chance to chat with fellow cruisers - most of whom had just sailed in from spending the winter in the Bahamas.  We were asked "when did you arrive?"  Kim and I would reply 12:15 am Wednesday morning but a quick glance at our snow white skin vs their golden tans hinted correctly that we didn't sail in like they all did but instead drove in.  Dinner on the deck at Marshside Grill wrapped up our evening in Brunswick. 

On the back deck at Marshside Grill

We opted to break up the return trip up by staying over in Paducah KY.  It still made for a long, crazy week with 2272 miles round trip.  Oh yeah....we took a leg stretching break on the way back in Chattanooga TN - home of the MOON PIE!  Ooey, gooey marshmallow smashed between two processed cookies and covered in chocolate - the childhood memories came flooding back.  

Moon Pie - childhood field trip food

I am very grateful to ESS Kim for taking the time to go with me.  Tom had his own crazy week with 10,000 things converging on him at once.  I guess some craziness is to be expected when moving from one phase of life into another completely different phase.