Arrival

Arrived back in Whangarei on May 9th after a 38 hour travel ordeal which was punctuated by a dastardly act by our dear friends at TSA. Upon arrival I found they had left an inspection card inside my luggage – … Continue reading →

Tuesday, May 7, 2013; Anchored at Ingram Bayou, AL

Another beautiful morning on the water.  Roy El left first and we left about 1/2 hour later.  Just after departure and before the Fort Walton bridge a shrimp boat almost ran into us.  He must have had his boat on auto pilot because he wa…

Tuesday, May 7, 2013; Anchored at Ingram Bayou, AL

Another beautiful morning on the water.  Roy El left first and we left about 1/2 hour later.  Just after departure and before the Fort Walton bridge a shrimp boat almost ran into us.  He must have had his boat on auto pilot because he wa…

Fn Spammers!

I’ve always hated having to input the bizarre letter/number CAPTCHA anti-spam tests that Blogger uses to stop spammers from doing their thing, but… it’s gotten way out of hand.Not sure what they hope to achieve.But, they win.CAPTCHA challenge-respons…

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Memphis Downtown

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Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

May 6 – Charleston, SC

Ashley MarinaAfter spending the weekend hiding out on the boat from high winds and rain and spending the morning painting and vanishing, we decided we deserved to have lunch out. We still have a lot of restaurants on our wish list and our …

Our final days in Recife and Recife Antigo

We found it pretty easy to get around and Tom wandered over to see the ocean beaches which were loaded with bodies but the brown water and fear of sharks kept most on the beach.   My Spanish was good enough to find this guy on the street to …

Our final days in Recife and Recife Antigo

We found it pretty easy to get around and Tom wandered over to see the ocean beaches which were loaded with bodies but the brown water and fear of sharks kept most on the beach.   My Spanish was good enough to find this guy on the street to …

Mesa Verde National Park

As our roadtrip across country continues, we headed from New Mexico into southwestern Colorado to visit Mesa Verde National Park.  Jim had never been there before, and I was there once with my brother and parents about 27 years ago – with lots of …