What now, Peggy Tillman?

Welcome! I'm Peggy and this is Capt (say hello, Capt) (Hello). We are in our mid-50's and starting all anew with our lives. I was a housewife for many years, and then a widow, then a late-term college student. Capt worked in the wood products industry, owned a business, was a late-term college student, a fisherman(basically all his life), took up Scuba diving, and generally a Renaissance Man.  We met in 2017 and that, folks, is that.

Now, after 18 months of schooling, Capt has become Very Official Indeed with a 25T Master's License Boat Captain (as well as a few related certifications), and an instructor for PADI, SSI, and DAN (the first 2 being SCUBA certification agencies, and the last being Dive Emergency Medicine. As well as other related things. I have achieved a couple of certifications in Scuba but nothing much beyond being able to do it.

But WHY? Because we want to live Elsewhere. Right now we are in Central Alabama and while it's not a horrible place, it isn't a warm sunny island with bougainvillea and mangoes and people driving on the wrong side of the road and scaring the crap out of me. 

So that's what we're looking for. It started with an idea to head southerly a little bit- around Wewahitchka, Fla, with it's proximity to excellent fly fishing for Capt to run charters and teach folks how to do it. Then we started looking REALLY South. 

So far, we've visited the Fla Keys (expensive), and St. Croix (less expensive and still a US territory). Upcoming is a trip to Roatan (even less expensive) with an interview, and another trip to St Croix to see about a job "offered and his to take if he wants it". 

The first trip to St Croix was a job-investigation but wasn't to be- too little money and the shop wasn't impressive. But, thanks to The Grapevine, someone else heard about Capt and his qualifications and a flurry of text messages while 35,000 feet in the air resulted in an offer and a request to come back to meet in person. It isn't a given though.

We are also looking at other warm places like Belize and wherever is affordable on a Capt/Dive Instructor's income....which rules out Sts Thomas and John, Curacao, Bonaire, etc. But that's ok! Warm is warm. 

Anyway, the purpose of this is to document the upcoming adventures of Peggy and Capt. Stay tuned!