Hello from Virginia, no we didn’t skip NC but on my last post I ended with ….next stop River Dunes in Oriental NC. Well again the plans were changed, we shortened our day and ended up in Morehead City NC for the night (so we thought)! But…
Norfolk VA…… AGLCA rendezvous
Hello from Virginia, no we didn’t skip NC but on my last post I ended with ….next stop River Dunes in Oriental NC. Well again the plans were changed, we shortened our day and ended up in Morehead City NC for the night (so we thought)! But…
Year 2 Day 41 Gloucester Point
Today is Sunday, May 6th and yesterday we spent the day at the Mariners Museum in Newport News. There was so much to see and I'm sure we didn't see it all in the 5 or 6 hours we were there. In 1862 there was a battle here in the Newport…
Year 2 Day 39 – Gloucester Point
Today is Friday, May 4th and it's beginning to warm up here in Virginia. Last night we went to the restaurant here at the marina to join our new friends, Ron and Anita Miller on their last evening before leaving on their onward journey.We've …
Northern Costa Rica and Guatemala
We left Marina Papagayo April 18 and headed for Bahia Ensueno in the Murcielagos as it supposedly had good snorkeling. Unfortunately the water was cloudy and then the wind kicked up so after one night we moved around the point to Bahia Santa Elena a large bay that is very protected from the swell. We ended up staying 8 days til the Papagayo winds(gap winds) abated. There was a great shell beach where e I found a good specimen of a Paper Nautilus shell. Snorkeling was disappointing again on th…
Northern Costa Rica and Guatemala
We left Marina Papagayo April 18 and headed for Bahia Ensueno in the Murcielagos as it supposedly had good snorkeling. Unfortunately the water was cloudy and then the wind kicked up so after one night we moved around the point to Bahia Santa Elena a la…
Kentucky Derby and Muriel June
Hi all. It has been a long time since my last posting in the fall. Alan has been in Burlington for the past month beginning to get the Muriel June ready for her May 20th launching into Lake Champlain. But, for Alan’s birthday we took the weekend off and headed to Louisville to the 138th […]
Northern Costa Rica and Guatemala
We left Marina Papagayo April 18 and headed for Bahia Ensueno in the Murcielagos as it supposedly had good snorkeling. Unfortunately the water was cloudy and then the wind kicked up so after one night we moved around the point to Bahia Santa Elena a la…
I haven’t seen this in almost 20 years
Captain RonHilarious! I hope our future Caribbean adventures are half as much fun! ;-)~Oh yeah, boat building. I got part of the keel bottom glued and taped. The keel flexes around a lot when I’m up there, no lightweight ya know, so it’s hard to …
Princess Louisa Inlet to Prideaux Haven
A heavy cloud layer obscured the nearly full moon when we were awakened by the alarm at 0330, so we knew that exiting Malibu Rapids would be in total darkness rather than having a hint of dawn. We pulled away from the dock at 0355, just ahead of …
