Time for adventure: the travels of Pam, Tyler, Cyrus and Zander: Marina slow-down

Much like when summer begins for teachers, when you tie off in a marina, your head is full of plans of what will be accomplished during this "break." And similarly, actually accomplishing everything is much more difficult. I'm not sure what access to actual laundry facilities and showers does, but it seems to slow one down- as evidenced by the slow down in blog posts. Granted, we were waiting for an engine part and a few items ordered on Amazon, and I went and had a birthday in the middle of everything, however, 9 days in a marina is quite enough (and a little expensive).
Today, however, is the day we leave the marina and go to an anchorage nearby. Our plans are to stay a few more days in North Palm Beach and then sail south offshore to Fort Lauderdale and then Miami. From Miami, we will sail to Bimini island and enter the Bahamas!
A new friend, Keath, spent some time with us and our charts last night and gave us some excellent tips and advice about the crossing and features of Bimini to look forward to- especially the road to Atlantis and the Fountain of Youth. More about that soon...
I should mention what was accomplished during our stay at the marina:
1. Purchased: 50 feet of anchor chain, new anchor, depth gauge, child's sea kayak, EPIRB- google that- they are pretty cool, Bahamas charts, 35 lb kettlebell and ankle weights, RAM iPad mount for the binnacle, tethers, wifi solution for the boat- more about that soon
2. Fixed engine gasket
3. Entire boat cleaned inside and out
4. 40th Birthday celebrated!!
5. New friends made and played with
6. Laundry done repeatedly
7. Outboard motor repaired (leaky gas fitting, and clogged jet)
8. Zander shaved