Happy Birthday!

Yesterday was Joan's birthday. She wanted a boat outing... I needed a boat outing. So, 6 months and 5 days after Wild Blue came out of the water, she went back in. You may have seen the cleaning from the previous post. More loading to get done, but we needed this break.

Gorgeous day: high in the 80s, sunny, light wind, low humidity. We ran out to our favorite cove, dropped the anchor, and set up in the cockpit for lunch... watching the boats come and go.

After lunch, we ran out into the Gulf. The local yacht club was having a race... not a lot to watch with the light wind. The water in the Laguna was a bit green, but a couple miles out into the Gulf, it turned to a beautiful deep blue...

Check out the "line" above.

We came back in, looking for dolphins. That's not a tough search around here, and I really missed these guys...

This was the first test of the iPad as a back-up chartplotter - works great!

Some birthday greetings phone calls along the way...

A leisurely cruise back home, steaks on the grill. Nice day!

Lots more "moving in" to do, but this was a needed break. Great to be back on the salt water.