When In Bermuda...

Many of you know that I've been talking about getting a boat for years. Even when we were back in Chicago. Jim always said it was dumb because you can only use them a few months out of the year and then it goes to storage most of the year. So when we found out we were moving to Bermuda, we talked about how we would get a boat for sure when we got here. When in Bermuda and surrounded by water, you have to have access to a boat! There are two popular sayings for boat owners:

Boats are holes in the water, into which you throw money.

The two happiest days of a boat owner's life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it.

And so as I asked around, everyone would tell me to just find a friend that has a boat because boats are so expensive to maintain and are a big headache. Well, that is a bit difficult when you've just moved to the island and have no friends. And Jim was getting a bit antsy at home. So we looked at a bunch of boats. Of course, Jim and I disagreed on which we should buy. Then yesterday we experienced our first happiest day in our boat owner life...we bought a boat! FYI, we bought the one Jim wanted. Yep, going to wear my flippy floppies and blast some "I'm on a Boat" on that thing. It's not a mega-yacht or anything - just a small  boat that looks like the dinghy for someone's mega-yacht, but at least it gets us out on the water. They say there's all kinds of islands and beaches around Bermuda that you can't get to unless you have a boat, so Bermuda just got much bigger for us!

The buying the boat part was the easy part. Now comes all the rest. We don't have a place to keep the boat yet because you can't apply for a mooring until you have a boat. So where do they expect you to keep the thing?! And, we need some kind of kayak or something to get us to the boat wherever we end up mooring it. And we need to learn to drive the thing, moor it, dock it, maintain it. Minor details. We're supposed to go out Saturday with the boat so wish us luck!

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! It's the first day I've woken up and nothing is wet outside! Going to be a beautiful day...Rocky and Scooby can't wait to dig into some turkey :)