Joan’s birthday

Merhaba,
   Last night we celebrated the 88th birthday of everyone’s favorite cruiser gal, Joan.  A once upon a time circus performer ( her family owned the circus) she still knows how to take the stage.  Everyone had a lovely nig…

Driving Across the Country

We’re temporarily homeless while ADVENTURES makes her way up the Pacific coast, but we’re trying to make good use of the chance to see some new as well as familiar places as we drive across the US.
After spending time with friends in Fort Lauderdale, …

Following Seas

After spending five unexpected but very enjoyable days at Downtown Hampton Public Piers we saw a small weather window on Wednesday and decided to make our run to the Chesapeake. The predictions were for the weather to worsen as the day progressed and n…

Following Seas

After spending five unexpected but very enjoyable days at Downtown Hampton Public Piers we saw a small weather window on Wednesday and decided to make our run to the Chesapeake. The predictions were for the weather to worsen as the day progressed and n…

MVGUMBO 2013-04-25 19:29:00

Thursday April 25, 2013BlueWater Bay Marina Mile 230 +5  to Quietwater Beach Santa Rosa Island mile 19045 Miles today.We left Blue Water Bay Marina at 7:30 this morning it was cool and overcast wind 10 miles out of the North East.  The C…

MVGUMBO 2013-04-25 19:29:00

Thursday April 25, 2013BlueWater Bay Marina Mile 230 +5  to Quietwater Beach Santa Rosa Island mile 19045 Miles todayWe left Blue Water Bay Marina at 7:30 this morning it was cool and overcast wind 10 miles out of the North East.  The Ch…

Hope Town To Man O’ War

Beach House and crew had a fabulous time at Hope Town. We made new friends and walked a lot of miles up and down the streets as well as a really long walk on the beaches. It is good to know that a tradition we saw 20 years ago when we first visited her…

National Cemetery – Soft Shadows

Shadows do so much for us. Often we work to minimize their effect because cameras can’t look into shadows the way our eyes can. Our time in the National Cemetery became a good lesson for us. Take away the shadows and we lose so much of the character of the place.  If my photo does […]

A Multimodal Day

Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

Time for catch up

I have wanted to blog more often while here in the Islands, but all the places we had Internet, the connection wasn’t strong enough, or we had a limited bandwidth and couldn’t do much more than post a few pictures on Facebook, read and reply to our e-m…