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 4/2- St Augustine 

   We did some provisioning and stuff to get ready to move. There is a weather system that’s supposed to hit here sometime tomorrow afternoon with big winds and rain. We hope to be hunkered down by then. We walked about a mile and half to the grocery store which is not bad at all. The thing is we ran out of bread yesterday and try as I might I could or find a store to buy a loaf of bread on the island. Even bakeries were hard to find. There are restaurants on every street but you can’t buy a loaf of bread. 

    My friend Pat posted an article on Facebook the other day that was discussing the monetization of tragedy. People post rants and conspiracy theories on the internet because they get clicks. Clicks turn into likes which turns into dollars. It doesn’t have to be true it just has to fire someone up to make a response and wallah you make money. It’s not just tragedies either. There are tons of sailing video blogs that make incredible amounts of money. I mention this because Blogspot will also pay me money if I get enough people to read my blog. Look at Andy Weir he turned a blog on Mars into a fortune. Unfortunately for me that takes thousands of readers and I have my loyal handful. Which is fine as I have no interest in fame and my fortune is not counted in dollars and cents. Thank you to all who have been faithfully following our adventure. More to come!!

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