We left on March 2^nd to go get the new boat.  It was located in Stuart, FL at the sellers house.  Stuart is all the way across the state on the East coast.  We planned to take 4 days to bring it back so we didn’t have to hurry and also so we could check out marinas on the way back.  You know how we like to dawdle.  Our broker Mike insisted on driving us and all our gear to the boat. We had to leave poor Smokie home alone, no cats allowed in Mike’s truck.  I think Mike was a little shocked at the amount of gear we brought.

So after a 139 miles and 3 hours, we arrived at the home of the seller.  The sellers and Mike helped us load all our stuff and gave us a few pointers plus a box of info on the boat.  Mike took some pictures, gave us a couple of bottles of wine and a good shove.  We were off!  It was the first time I had been on the boat with it in the water.  I must say, it felt good to be back on a moving boat again, heading out for adventures!

Our first stop was only a few miles away at Loggerhead Marina.  We wanted a place to spend the day and have time to clean the boat a little and stow our gear, this fit the bill.  Loggerhead was a pretty big marina with condos and it had some pretty big boats

but it also had a fabulous restaurant, cheap, with good food.  When the day was done and our stomachs were full,  we had some of the wine Mike gave us and toasted to our new boat and the adventure of the ride home.