Resting Up In Stuart

We knew this would be a different cruising season for us, afterall we have spent winters in the islands the past eleven years.

Things started out well when we visited our friends John and Dixie Reese in Cocoa and they helped us move our car to Stuart. Their daughter Katie was visiting from Los Angeles over the holidays which was an unexpected opportunity for Carolyn to spend time with her. Katie was one of the first students at Dunwoody Prep, over twenty five years ago. Just look at her now.

Carolyn and a mature Katie



She has done very well for herself and is working with ABC coordinating programming between the Network and its affiliate stations. She enjoys being involved with ABC and has met lots of "stars", but has yet to find Mr. Right.

After visiting with the Reese family our time has been spent getting familiar with the Treasure Coast.

We have the two dogs aboard - Coco(4) and Robert (1) which has changed our daily routine. There is a nice dog park in Stuart, and we have visited several times. In fact, one time too many.

Mid-December we took the dogs to the park and shortly after arriving, a pack of large and overly energetic dogs slammed into Carolyn from behind knocking her completely off her feet. We knew immediately that she would need to go to a hospital ER to be examined.

After going to four hospitals and three Urgent Care centers we were able to see a doctor. As it turned out it was a severe sprain - nothing was broken - but on a boat things were more difficult to manage. It has taken a month of therapy for her to get back on her feet and for her it seemed like considerably longer. As you can see, she was a good sport about it.

Now that she has recuperated we hope to get her back to the beach for some serious shelling and relaxation.

Keep in touch and if you are in the area be sure and look us up.