Merry Christmas from SIT!

To keep up with my tradition I am calling 2016 “The Year That Cruised By.”

Seems it really doesn’t matter anymore what year it is, they all cruise by at an amazing rate. Our year started out with us buying a little home in Vero Beach Florida. Why did we pick this place you ask? Well, location, location, location is the answer. Oh and fishing right out of our door almost. So we are now officially snowbirds! The best part is we have a guest room so if you want an escape you can just let us know. Oh and we will continue to maintain our blog as you never know what we might be up too.

We did some work to the place before we moved in. Then once in we decided to go ahead and do more! Guess we want to make sure our “beach bungalow” is beachy!  

We bought a small older boat to get out onto the Indian River, AKA Intracoastal Waterway. So you can probably guess what we did besides work on the house! Oh and there are several golf courses not too far away as well. Oh and did I mention a huge dog park about 2 miles from us and the beach is only 5 minutes. Well by now you can see why location is the descriptive word!

We returned home mid-April and had a beautiful spring. Steve got the garden ready and we enjoyed having home grown tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, and cantaloupe. We decided to put the 5th-wheel in a small RV park in Cascade for the summer. This way we could get out of town and try some fishing without having to haul it each time. It worked out nicely although Steve wasn’t thrilled that the fishing this summer wasn’t very productive. It turns out it wasn’t for most fishermen. Oh well we will try again this coming year.

I think house rehab is in our DNA as we decided to go ahead and sell another rental property. This one just happens to have been the one that brought Steve and I together. We spent a couple of weeks getting it pretty and then sold it ourselves. We were quite happy with the process and pleased at how quickly it sold. I don’t know if we will continue the trend in 2017 with another one but you never know.

The rest of the time was spent enjoying family and friends. I also flew down to California to see my brothers and Steve’s brother. I made a quick trip in June to Washington to surprise a dear friend for her 80^th birthday. I won’t name names as it is not nice to tell someone else’s age! Izzy went with me and we made a quick stop in Portland. I visited a cousin and Izzy visited Mia! Well played actually.

Not sure what 2017 has in store for us or any of you, but we hope it is filled with great health, adventures, love, and peace!