Hooray! Daren's Home!

I picked up Daren at the dock yesterday (9-11) at 2 AM, and Libby and I are thrilled to have him back home! He had his rental car all day yesterday, so we had a fun day on wheels! Just after we got back to the boat, a big squall came along and dragged our anchor! That was exciting, as Daren had to pull it up and re-set it twice, but I kept thinking, WHAT IF HE HADN'T BEEN HERE?! I can barely lift the 48-pound jerry cans of water, much less the anchor and 200 feet of chain! Daren thinks I "horrible-ize", which is worrying in retrospect, but he WAS here, so thank God for that! He sure looks out for Libby and me! I'm real glad Tom's offered to let us stay on his mooring when we get to Stuart! It's always good to minimize potential problems! : ) Marathon had beautiful calm weather the whole week Daren was gone! Tracy drove down from Stuart Sunday and we had a great time! She is SO entertaining with such funny stories! We had a big dinghy ride Monday, chasing Libby who was chasing birds almost out of the harbor! Libby just wouldn't listen to either of us, but we're both big dog-softies, and need sterner voices! Tracy's from Stuart but has only been back there about a year. We were next-door-neighbors in Denver about 10 YEARS ago! Her childhood friend, Colin, has a world famous sail-making company in Stuart...Mack Sails! (You've seen their full-page ads in sailing magazines!) Tracy brought me a cool Mack Sails hat and a great big tote bag made from sail material! It's my new favorite thing! Daren has 2 whole weeks off, so we plan to move the boat up to Stuart as soon as the weather settles in a few days! We are ready for a change of scene!