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Dingboche to Lobuche
10/24/2012Another cold night in Dingboche, but nothing compared to what was to come. Departing Dingboche a little after 8AM we crested the ridge above town and hiked upwards along the side of the ridge until we headed down into the stream bed and cros…
A Wickedly Cool FPB 97 Great Room
We thought it was time to devote some computing energy towards showing you the latest on the Wicked FPB 97 Great Room. These renderings only hint at the feeling of space that this Great Room will engender. When you walk in through the main door, and take in the unobstructed view towards the bow, you […]
Lower Mississippi River (Oct 6 to Oct 31)
As we started down the Mississippi, we were surprised to see long stretches of sandy beach. This is evidently not what you would usually see. The river is extremely low, and we had vacillated back and forth about whether to…
Lower Mississippi River (Oct 6 to Oct 31)
As we started down the Mississippi, we were surprised to see long stretches of sandy beach. This is evidently not what you would usually see. The river is extremely low, and we had vacillated back and forth about whether to…
Orange Beach, AL
(Wednesday Oct 30 – Dist: 34.8 mi; Temp: 70 F; TTT: 4:45 hrs)
We departed Fly Creek leaving the Fairhope Yacht club behind and entered Mobile Bay with a “Light Chop” today. The sun was shining and the temp was already in the mid 60’s.
Within a couple of hours we reached the Gulf Intra Coastal Waterway (GICW) and into a much more populous area and fairly calm conditions.
We soon arrived at Lulu’s, Jimmy Buffet’s sister’s place, a great place to stop for lunch or even the evening. I can just imagine how fun it would be during the summer or better yet, spring break. Our lunch was very good and of course Linda had to stop by the store.
After lunch we had a brief chat with the Sergeant in charge of a group of Navy sea persons from different countries. They were undertaking SEAL training and had motored from Stennis Mississippi across Mobile Bay to Lulu’s for lunch. The Sergeant told us that the top personnel might become SEAL’s and the next best would be drivers for the inflatables and boats that they use.
You can certainly tell that we are at sea level as the cars on the road are at eye level with my helm.
A few miles further we reached “The Wharf” in Orange Beach. It is a first class condo and business community. It ran into some hard times but has been revived somewhat. Now the marina is fully operational and there are a number of restaurants which have re-opened. For Halloween they had a “Trunk and Treat” event where the local church had people decorate their vehicle trunks and hand out candy to the community kids. I have never seen anything like.
We met a great guy who is staying in the condos and he brought some great peel and eat shrimp to our Happy Hour. He knows a common friend of Carlton’s and agreed to take us to do some running around. He even let Linda do her laundry up in his penthouse condo. The photos from above are taken from either his front or back balcony. He has a wonderful place. BTW we invited him to Happy Hour again this evening.
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The fried shrimp was very good as for the” entire civilized world”; maybe.
Tomorrow we are going to Pensacola to watch the Blue Angels, the Navy air demonstration team. Locals say that you have to get there early if you plan on anchoring out to watch so it will be another crack of dawn departure. At least the temps have got much warmer.
Orange Beach, AL
(Wednesday Oct 30 – Dist: 34.8 mi; Temp: 70 F; TTT: 4:45 hrs)
We departed Fly Creek leaving the Fairhope Yacht club behind and entered Mobile Bay with a “Light Chop” today. The sun was shining and the temp was already in the mid …
Casting off Saturday!!
Well, it’s been a crazy week with us doing triple duty prepping Ruby Slipper to head south, getting our home ready for our friends who will be house sitting AND prepping for Hurricane Sandy! Thanks to Bill, shuttling back & forth several times a day, …
Being stuck at the George Washington Bridge
On Tuesday, the day after the storm, we spent one more day at the marina and took a stroll along the waterfront and into town. There was still no power for the majority of houses and shops, but the bagel shop had power and the lineup for hot coffee an…
Alabama and the Fall migration south
Lone telephone booth stands on the bank in the boonies in case you want to make a telephone call going down the river. Pirate’s Cove Marina in Pickensville, Alabama The migration south is definitely with us. We left Columbus this morning with 9 other boats and the 10 of us were locked through together at […]
