Next Life's next life

This will be my last entry on this blog. Next Life has been sold by the insurance company and we are thrilled about who bought her: it's our friends Bob and Catherine from Kevalli House! They are planning to fix her up and use her as a research vessel. We are very happy about Next Life's new purpose in her next life and wish Bob and Catherine good luck with all the work and safe travels. 

Meanwhile, Rolf and I are looking forward to getting back on the water with another Lagoon 450. We will most likely call her "Second Chance" and be back in The Bahamas next winter.

Beautiful Kevalli House on Stocking Island

Instead of writing about our days after we ran aground, I'd like to focus on the beautiful place we stayed at. Just know that we worked a lot during that time, getting things off the boat, rinsing and drying, sorting and packing.
Bob and Catherine welcomed us at Kevalli House, where we felt instantly at home. Check out their web site at www.KevalliHouse.com or let the following pictures speak for themselves. Among others, they were so kind and let us have a BBQ for all the rescue helpers at their place, an evening we enjoyed immensely. We were truly stranded in paradise and met a lot of amazing people in the process.

View of 'Hole 3' and Kevalli House

Our living room

Our bedroom (dog not included!)

Upstairs Air Deck

View from the Air Deck North West

View from the Air Deck South West

Entrance to cottages with Air Deck on top

Rolf sorting through our stuff

View of the beach on the East side of the island, behind
Kevalli House

Gazebo with view over the beach and ocean

Rolf, Bob and Silke on the main house's deck
overlooking Hole 3

Going home

Today, we will fly to Ft. Lauderdale, where we will stay until Friday (Feb 8) to be able to get the required health certificates for our pets for the flight to Seattle. Once in Seattle, we will drive home with a rental car. Having the pets and Chester's big crate makes the whole thing a little more complicated than usual.
Gosh, we are looking forward to coming home and seeing our friends. It's time.
Once home, I will write a little bit more about the last two weeks here, plus publish some gorgeous pictures of this place.

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