So......... we extended our stay to spend time with Hippy Jim & Donna and attend the beach party. It was also Graeme’s birthday, what a nice way to celebrate it. Well, one day turned into two then three. Not only did we have a lovely party day but on Sunday Jim took us out in his boat on the Intracoastal Waterway which his house backs onto. It is the waterway that runs 3,000-mile (4,800 km) along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from Boston Massachusetts to Brownsville Texas. We sailed about 5 miles of it so only have 2,995 mile to go. We spotted a pod of Dolphins, looked at beautiful scenery, saw many birds, enjoyed lunch, had a few beers, and briefly got the boat grounded, due to Jims high speed approach on a non
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