It’s been a busy week for the kids. Monday two engineering managers from Garmin arrived and more people onboard means more potential for treats, belly rubs, and cuddles. Always a good thing.We headed back up the St Johns River giving us a chance to del…
Mar. 30 – Great Bridge, VA
Day With FriendsAtlantic Yacht BasinThis morning Stan started repairing a soft spot on the aft deck. It will take about five days to complete the process. The area needs to stay dry, so we will stay in the shed (barn) until sometime next week. We are b…
Movin’ On Northward
It’s been awhile since we have posted and we’ve been busy both on and off the water!! We finally got a weather window through which to depart Ft. Lauderdale, and from there, we enjoyed a very pleasant cruise, ever northward, including stops, first in North Palm Beach and then in Stuart. At the former, we […]
Farewell Marathon
We have been hard at work these past weeks trying to accomplish as many to-do’s as we can while we’re tied to a dock, but today is the day to leave and start the next adventure. We’re heading to the Bahamas and we’ll be over there for about three…
Stuart, FL to Vero Beach, FL
Date March 30. 2012 Day 276Departure Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart, FL 8:20 am Arrival
Great Migration North has begun
Just back from a five day stint at the Wrinkle Ranch in Queen Valley, AZ (my parents winter home) celebrating my Mom’s 80th Birthday. I have been complaining lately about the humidity in Florida – turns out humidity is not so bad after all – &nbs…
Friday’s Adventure
Today we all joined Sharman and Sophie for an 8 am 3 hour hill walk. It was another beautiful day with more bird spotting and lots of wild flowers. This afternoon we’re catching up on rest and reading and a few boat chores. Tomorrow we’ll h…
Sanibel to Sarasota and back
After leaving the Ding Darling Refuge in Sanibel, we spent two weeks exploring the rest of Pine Island Sound on the west coast of Florida. We stopped to anchor behind lovely, well manicured private island Useppa and dinghied from there over to nearby …
Last Weekend at Coyote Point!
Next Friday is the BIG DAY. We are taking the boat to the Delta again! This Saturday we plan to drive up and get our new slip all ready–set up the dock lines, put our stuff in the dock box, pay our slip fee, get our keys, all that good stu…
Savannah Georgia, Beaufort, South Carolina
Here we are again, heading north and hopefully following the warm weather. So far, so good. After we left St. Augustine we headed north toward Savannah, Georgia. The waterway and the scenery changed dramatically again. We are no…
