Palm Coast, FL

Our destination on Thursday, April 24 was Palm Coast where we docked Zendo for several days at our friends’ Jon and Mary Slattery’s lovely home. Our plan was to rent a car and drive back to Miami Beach. We had sold our house there before we left for our trip and once we received the 10% deposit (on this cash deal with no inspections) we felt it was a safe bet to pack up the rest of the house and put it in storage until we returned from our trip.

That evening John and Mary hosted a delicious dinner at their home and invited another MTOA couple, Barry and Barbara Kipnis. It was a fun evening.

The next morning we rented a car and drove back to Miami Beach to pack up our home for the very last time.  It was a bittersweet time. We owned this home since 1990 and it was very special to us, but selling it is part of our grand plan especially because we do so much traveling. 

We worked very hard for the next couple of days packing, loading pods and trucks and storage bins but we got everything done.  Fortunately, we got to see some of our very good friends including Lange and Addie King, David Brayer, Aileen Brousseau and Michael Haerting and of course Jonny’s mother,  brother Andy and his partner, Ed.  Many thanks to Andy, Ed, Aileen and her son Chris for their assistance in packing, loading and storing some of our items!

We enjoyed a couple of dinners out at our favorite restaurants in Miami Beach and Wilton Manors before we left on Sunday morning to drive back to Palm Coast to resume our journey.