Titusville, FL - Provisioning

[Kevin's Post]Today we made another Sam's Club run to fill the freezer. Just how much can we cram into a 16" x 16" x 24" space? Well here's what's in there now: 14 lbs chicken breast, 13 lbs ground turkey, 10 lbs cheddar cheese, 10 lbs mozarella cheese, 10 lbs frozen vegetables, 3 lbs deli sliced ham, 3 lbs deli sliced roast beef, 3 lbs deli sliced turkey, 6 lbs steaks, 3 lbs frozen bread dough, 2 lbs ricotta cheese, 2 lbs italian sausage and a few other odds and ends. And we still have some room to make ice. The refrigerator is still empty, that's one of tomorrow's chores.

We have ported our phone number over to Vonage so that we will be able to keep our old phone number as we travel through the caribbean. You'll still be able to call that number and leave us voicemails. We will get an email notification any time a message is left which is pretty cool. Plus we have a USB telephone which we can plug into any internet cafe computer (or our own on the boat if we have wi-fi) and call home for free.

We're starting to look at the forecast watching for a weather window to cross over to the Bahamas. This year we are subscribing to a private weather service to get weather information. Last year we primarily used the NOAA forecasts, but listened in on Chris Parker on the SSB later in the spring. We were pretty impressed with the detail and accuracy of his forecasts, so this year we subscribed to his service which allows us to hail him during his morning SSB broadcast for personalized weather routing. Plus we get daily emails detailing the current weather conditions and outlook for our area. As of right now it is looking like we probably won't cross until the beginning of next week.