we made it to Miami but the boat did not...

Today we started our last summer vacation trip, down to farmor and farfar in Miami, and the keys. After packing and hooking up the boat to the truck we left Ormond this afternoon. Alex had a speech in Stuart on the way down and I had looked up a few parks that me, the kids and Bubbles could go to during his speech. The weather was beautiful but hot.

Our plans changed abruptly when one of the bearings on the boat trailer got over heated. Luckily Alex caught it in time and we stopped at the side of the highway. Some kind of "highway helper" stopped to check what had happened. We were in a hurry to get to Alex's speech so we would not be able to wait for a tow truck. The "helper" did not think it was a good idea to leave the trailer right by the road for someone to steal (not sure how likely that would be since it would not go very far with the bad bearing) but he suggested to "hide" it behind some palm trees in the (very deep and wide) ditch. So that's what we did. We drove down the hill slowly and realized when we got down there that it was very wet, very wet, more like a swamp... We did not make it all the way to behind the trees but decided to stop where we were and unhook the trailer. 

Bye bye boat...

Back on the road again, but without the trailer, we called our insurance company, towing and a mechanic. While arriving at Alex's speech (very late) we were still on the phone with one of them so i took over the phone call and Alex left. It all seemed to work out pretty good. The trailer was supposed to be picked up and taken to a mechanic in West palm beach (closer to Miami) and we could pick it up tomorrow. The kids were starving and the park had to be seen another time. We got some food in a drive through and then started driving back to the boat. They prefered if we were there when they got there to tow it... Time was short and on our way there we suddenly saw our boat and trailer on a flat bed tower on the other side of the median. Great! They got it without us and our bost was going to the mechanic!! We turned around to go pick up Alex. On the way there my large lemonade from the drive through fell on the floor, broke open and made it very wet, right were bubbles is sitting. She did not like the cold, wet lemonade and tried to get up on the seat 😂 We did not get one sip from the lemonade but i bet the carpet on the car will be nice and stocky tomorrow... 

Alex got done from his speech and we drove by to check on our boat before going to Miami. Tomorrow we are going to the swedish consulate in Fort Lauderdale to register David and from there to pick up our trailer. Farmor and farfar were still awake when we arrived and helped getting everyone to bed. Things turned out pretty good in the end. Now sleep is what I need!