Merry Christmas Everyone. Today is beautiful here. The sun is out and there is a nice breeze. John, Moose and I walked into town this morning along the Riverwalk and had breakfast and bloody's at Mulligan's. Stuart is such a nice little town. I keep thinking that I could settle here for a while and be quite content. We went to dinner a few nights back with a group from the marina. They had cars and it was a lot of fun. The town is quite spread out with lots of the usual stores, services etc. but without a car we just stay in the old town area which is great. There is a Publix, ABC liquor and Ace Hardware within a bike ride and the marina has bikes we can check out for the ride. We are planning to take a ride this afternoon and then I will do laundry as it won't be busy on Christmas day. Tomorrow is a brunch put on by the son of a cruiser who is a chef from Atlanta visiting for the holiday. That should be a nice opportunity to bid farewell to everyone we have met here and then we will ready Spunky for our departure on Tuesday morning.
I have to say that walking into town on this beautiful morning I felt so very grateful that I am alive and able to enjoy this experience. As I begin to look back on 2011, it has been quite a year for us. So many challenging days not the least of which was my unexpected surgery. I recognize how fortunate I was to have it all come on so quickly. I really had very little time, only hours, to worry (which, by the way, I am very good at) about upcoming surgery. We are looking forward to 2012 which I know will be an outstanding year if we all survive the end of the Mayan calendar.
Thinking good thoughts of all our friends and family. Much love and cheer,
Elyse, John and Moose
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