Bethel, Maine to Islamorada, Florida. It’s a Tough Life.

Bethel, Maine to Islamorada, Florida. It’s a Tough Life.

Our last post (did you miss us?) had us leaving beautiful but very cold Maine, and making our way to beautiful and very warm Islamorada in the Florida keys to work on a yacht for a bit.

 

And now the country is in turmoil, something about a pandemic and what the hell happened to our election? Interesting times for sure.

The little yacht work in Islamorada turned into an intensive 6 months of mostly 7 days a week and 10-12 hours per day managing and rebuilding a 20 room 7 acre oceanfront resort and small marina in paradise. Remember The Beach Boys song Kokomo? That is where we were. You should have visited us! 

Although the work was interesting, and the location amazing, the combination of our love of travel with the rigors of managing a hotel provided huge impetus to reclaiming our traveling life.

We have trained our replacements, and hope that the open door to return offers possibilities in the future.

So we are back on the road meandering from one side of Florida to the other through friend’s houses, state parks, wineries and beaches on the way to see the boys for some holiday time.

Our loose plans are Thanksgiving in Valdosta, a few more weeks wandering around, then a trip up to North Carolina and back through Atlanta for Christmas before heading back westward again. We still have to get Shelly up through Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming country.

 

Enjoy the video! I highly recommend watching it full screen! We will have another update soon.