7:30 a.m. – Rise and shine.  Dog needs to go out.  Lift her off the transom and convince her she can make the step from the swim ladder to the dingy.  After landing on Red Fish Island and letting the dog do her business it’s back to the boat.  Convince the dog, again, she can make the step.

8:00 – Coffee time.  Start the pot and let it percolate.  Good time to clean up the dishes from the spaghetti dinner the night before.  Dishes done, I want strong coffee so I let it continue and go to the cockpit to raise the dingy on the davits.  Done, boat can sail once I weigh anchor.

8:30 – Enjoying a strong cup of Community Dark Roast coffee.  Looking around and soaking in the water, island, sunrise, birds, breeze, and sounds of my boat.  Taking a moment to revel in the work done and contemplate the work to come.

9:00 – Firing up the laptop.  Going to figure out how to post my first remote cruising blog.  Problem with the sat phone installing on Windows Vista.  Have to use my work computer for this one. 

9:19 – That’s enough laptop time.  Posting, unplugging, and enjoying the thought that there is nothing that I have to do today.