Untethered

Well it's hard to believe but our first month of being untethered has flown by here in Ponte Vedra, FL.  We've had an amazing time doing "boot camp".  Our days have been filled with lots of exercise ranging from long road bike trips to swimming miles of laps, weight lifting and running.  We've managed to shape up and lose a few unwanted pounds.  We've also managed to get a few rounds of golf in as well as dust off our very rusty tennis game.   Of course we've had plenty of down time to catch up on our backlog of reading as well as continue to research the countries we intend to visit.  Caught the Jacksonville Jazz Festival this past weekend and heard some amazing artists who delivered phenomenal performances even though the temperatures were well about 100 this weekend! We've also accomplished a few more things on our "to do" list.  We sold Cheryl's car which was an interesting experience given how much we identify our independence ...

We selected the name Untethered for our blog because it seems the perfect word to describe the next chapter in our lives.  We've been planning our living around the globe adventure for quite some time and have been executing our strategy over the past several weeks.  We've sold the house along with all of furniture, artwork and normal household belongings.  For the month of May, we are living in a lovely and nicely appointed two bedroom home found on VRBO located in Ponte Vedra, Florida.  It is just a few miles from our beach home but is a wonderful place to begin the transition of living with less.  The Sawgrass Community is a lovely area, landscaped to perfection with a nice blend of Florida wilderness sprinkled throughout the 2800 acre community.  It offers all the amenities of golf, tennis, swimming pools plus has an amazing beach.  In addition, the wildlife is everywhere including at least 50 species of birds.  Below is a new sighting for u...