Serendipity

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“We got to talk”, I said to Ross. I could feel the bad energy from the run down marina where we were staying and our problems with the motor were getting to me. I am not a passionate sailor like Ross, I just like to hang out around water. I come from a water country where the next body of water is always close. Sleeping on the water enhances my dreams. I love water energy. But I do not get a kick out of swing keels versus fixed keels, winches, cleats, knots, motor size or water pumps – especially not a broken water pump. Also, I am not a person that deals easily with practical problems or issues. In fact, Ross and I have a lot of laughs because of my ‘bad mechanics’. It is part of my dance with life to read, write and play music every day. It is my way of maintaining my inner point of balance. When I am in a situation or energy where I can’t do that it does affect my balance in a negative way. To this you can add fighting the bugs – mosquitoes in the evening and night, ants getting into out food around the clock! So….I felt it was time to share some of this with Ross and figure out what to do. We were just next to our marina full of boats going back to sea. “Pull in here so we can talk”, I said. We sat there in the jeep and talked for a while. Ross certainly didn’t like the marina dump more than I did. He loves boats so much and seeing so many of them in a bad shape just breaks his heart. Also he could not get his painting going there. We had been looking around for a different situation but not found anything corresponding our needs. As we talked, I noticed Ross started looking around. “Hey,” he said, “we haven’t even checked out this marina just next door!” He was absolutely right. And guess what – in this serendipitous way we found the nicest marina ever. Here we are, with a nice slip, space, palm trees, clean bathrooms and a huge former restaurant kitchen at our disposal so we don’t have to eat out all the time even though we do love DJ’s Diner and Mrs. Mac’s. The Milemarker 112 Marina was even so close that Ross could easily motor Paradox over with the electric motor we brought for the dinghy – very convenient since the Mercury motor is still in repair. We will get it back in a couple of days.