Rookie Mistake #1 & Provisioning Shitshow

Marineland, FL, Nov 30, 2021

So, we had a great Thanksgiving and for the holiday we took off and spent time with family. Before we left, Ron flipped off the DC power. The Rookie Mistake was…we accidently left our refrigerator with no power. Uh Whoops! Well good news is we had unseasonable chilly weather, did not start provisioning, and only loss what was in the freezer. Not too bad for what could have been a very bad moment.

Ron has still been knocking projects off his list and now that we have been provisioning, I had a few full days of organizing the groceries, ensuring all fits in the fridge/freezer/pantry and trying to get rid of as much packaging as possible. I now have a complete list of everything we bought, how much we spent, and where the heck I put it so we can determine what worked and didn’t for next time. All in all, we ended making 6 trips so far hitting ALDI, Walmart twice, and Publix. This led us to spend a total of ~$2000, including an unnamed number of cases of beer, and I doubt that will be enough. I guess people eat and drink in Bahamas too and we will fix any mistakes when we get there.

First privisoning trip, only to be told it was not enough and repeat six more times.

I am going to do our laundry today for the last time til we get to another marina as we are all set to head out of here in the morning. Ron had a first as well he got to empty the compost toilet and said it really wasn’t too bad. Well that’s good since we are a bit committed to it now.

We are officially carless since Carvana showed up and agreed to purchase our car. Whew! At least it didn’t break down before we got that done.

Ron has our voyage all planned. How far we are going, where we will anchor/marina stop along the way, and we hope to head to the Bahamas before the end of the month if we are lucky and get the weather window and internet opportunity. He found a marina in Green Turtle Cay for $400 a month! Why are we not there? In the news it has been released there is now a new COVID variant “Omnicron.” Many of the countries are starting to ban travel from Southern Africa and Southeast Asia, where it has been found. I do hope we can get to the Bahamas before we run into any trouble like this. We have been triple vaccinated and have our Flu shot so I really need our COVID tests to come back negative so we can get over to the islands. A little more Intercoastal channel fun for the next few days first. It will be a chilly few days at that. We will be unplugging from the heat and it is going to be lows of 40 degrees! We will be sleeping with very bundled up til get to West Palm Beach!