"LIVING TILL THE DAY I DIE"

I find myself quoting lines out of songs quite often. I guess that's because I spend a lot of time mowing with my head phones on listening to island music or as they call it "Trop Rock Music". With the recent passing of my brother, Dan, I can't get a couple lines from a Jim Morris song out of my head. "I don't want to be trapped in a death bed, surrounded by all of my friends, with time to recall all those things that I never did." And, "sometimes life just taps you on the shoulder and reminds you it's a one way street...." The name of the song is "Living Till the Day I Die".

Of course that gets me to thinking. I'm not getting any younger and my joints are probably going to feel worse next year than this year. So, I don't think there is any way I can take a year off from cruising. In fact, I think it is time to kick it up a notch. It may not be a long continuous trip. We may have to leave the boat here and there and go for short trips. But, it's on. With CJM's permission, of course.

I'm thinking of taking the boat to Bimini the middle of April, 2013 and leave it through May. Then, on to North Eleuthera around Spanish Wells for the first 2 weeks of June (the week either side of the New Moon) and then back to Islamorada. We will just come home as needed and back to the boat when we can. Did I forget to mention Jim Morris is going to be in Bimini from April 20-26? Might just be enough to get CJM to go along with my plan :)

CTM

(A footnote to this post.....CTM wrote this back in the fall and he is just now publishing it.  And, yes, I am a sucker when it comes to Jim Morris so WE'RE HEADED TO BIMINI!!! CJM)