!!!Pictures & Changes!!!

PICTURES:
Key West photos & pics of other stuff too:

Mallory Square: people line up all the way down the boardwalk every single night waiting for the tall ships to sail by & to watch the street performers do their thing at the nightly sunset festival. Pretty cool.

Big wooden schooners that sail by every evening at sunset. Very pretty.

Kristen with a big banyon tree in the old town district where all the huge houses & cool trees are.

Ben's most recent catch!! He realized that his tiny little 50 inch mahi mahi wasn't impressing anyone, so he went out & caught this bad boy! What do you think now!?

Jack of Free @last having a run on the beach with Skippy

Free @ last on our Starboard side. We were ahead...for a minute...then they beat our pants off. ..

Relaxing underway while Ben mans the helm.

Brian & Alicia on Sarabande! Where are you guys? Are you still near Georgetown?

us with Jack & the crew of Nauti Girl out of New Jersey. Ben had just gotten out of the water after a diving expedition looking for dinner. He didn't know it, but he was swimming with a large white tip on the reef! Like his cool new dive knife?

Big foot Ben

The view from the top of Chub Cay. We went down this little river all the way accross the island in our dinghy.

Traveling down the river.

Mr. Doo & his adorable sandy face.

Ben working in the locker again. Looks comfy huh! You should have seen us trying to get him out of here upside down & backwords.

Hello!!

Everyone is asking for more pictures, so I'm going to put some on, but they are not all super recent. I hope you enjoy them.

Also, plans are changing as usual on Wind-Borne & a MAJOR decision has been made by the crew to send the big guy (Skippy) home to his aunt & uncle Doug & Janet while we cross the big blue. We have thought about it for months now & have come to the conclusion that although we will miss him every minute it isn't in Skippy's best interest to be crossing big oceans & going long periods without letting him go to shore. He just does so much better when he gets walks & has little creatures to chase.

Doug, Janet, & Rex have graciously offered to take him in & watch over him while we are away. They are a perfect home for him & We are sure that Skip will be thrilled to have some good front porch sitting time with his cousin Rex. We have already sent his things back to Washington & he will be boarding his flight with Delta on Friday morning at 7:20 AM. He is excited to see some cold weather.(and his extended family) He's been far too hot here despite being shaved.

As for the rest of the crew, we will continue on with the plan to travel from Key west & make our way south to Panama. If weather permits we will be on our way Saturday. Please keep in touch via e-mail, comments, and keeping an eye on our SPOT. You will always know where we are even when we can't talk to you. We will be able to get internet access again after leaving the Keys, but we aren't sure exactly when, so please be patient. It may take a week... or it may take a month... we just can't tell right now. Just check in occasionally.

We really miss you all & wish we could catch a flight home with Skippy to see everyone. He's a lucky dog! We will see you soon enough though! December is not that far away! Thanks again Doug, Janet, & Rex!!!

Enjoy the pictures everyone!