Better Off Left Alone

     Update on the photo uploading issue mentioned in my previous blog entry.  It appears that deep in the bowels of the Google sacred castle, there is a dungeon filled with computer gurus who have decided to reinvent the wheel…

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Palmetto Moon 2012-11-30 11:45:00

On Thursday, November 8, we arrived at Fort Pierce City Marina.  When we left last spring the barges had arrived to begin the marina expansion.  Athough it is called expansion, it is a new rebuild of the marina before it w…

Palmetto Moon 2012-11-30 11:00:00

We settled into our routine quickly — breakfast burritos from Danny’s Delight at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday and drinks at the Tiki Bar and/or Cobb’s Landing during happy hour.On Sunday, November 11, we drove a rental car three hours north to Cres…

sunny Florida

Well I arrived in sunny Florida on Nov 4th, Jim was at the airport to pick me up and off to South Gulf Cove.It was dark by the time we got there so it was the next day before I visited the boat.The boat was dirty, with some mold on the inside but gener…

11/26/2012 – Monday – Biloxi to New Orleans

I dreaded heading out today because the weather stations predicted winds out of the southeast at 12 knots (hitting us on our stern) with a 40% chance of rain, but we knew we should. Tomorrow’s forecast was for west winds (hitting us on the bow) and …

11/26/2012 – Monday – Biloxi to New Orleans

I dreaded heading out today because the weather stations predicted winds out of the southeast at 12 knots (hitting us on our stern) with a 40% chance of rain, but we knew we should. Tomorrow’s forecast was for west winds (hitting us on the bow) and …

Pic O’ the Day

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Star Gazing

I’m not a star gazer.  All I see when I look up are a whole bunch of white dots.  Oh, I can find the big dipper, and so the little dipper and north star.  Sometimes I can even find the belt of Orion.It’s not that I’m not interested in th…

The Intracostal Waterway – Southbound

This morning dawned the exact opposite of the day before – bright, warm and sunny.  I was so thrilled to be aboard, that I offered to make breakfast.  Good thing no one was around to see me peering at the controls on the stove.  Even I s…