The Cross Florida Barge Canal

What’s that, you say?  There is no Cross Florida Barge Canal?  No, there is not.  But there  almost was, from the St. John’s River on the Atlantic side to the Withlacoochee River and the Gulf of Mexico.A canal across Florida was fir…

Island Time

    It’s Island Time Mon!  This is a phrase you’ll hear a lot in the Bahamas.  I guess when you get to any of the islands from the Bahamas down through the Caribbean you’ll hear it a lot.  So what does it mean?  W…

See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil… But they’re all a little evil!!!

We saw more whales up close and personal than we could have imagined!!!

The mighty whale hunters…

Bill got up close and personal with a baby whale.

Whales at Magdalena Bay

We enjoyed our trip to Magdalena Bay and the awesome Whales

We enjoyed a great sunset

Sleepy, sleepy boy

Panama to Costa Rica


With repairs completed, spares and provisions stowed, we finally departed the La Playita anchorage outside of Panama City February 2nd to head north.  We first made another tour of the Las Perlas Islands because they were on the way. We anchored at Isla Contadora again because of internet availability, thoroughly cleaned the outside of Voyager from soot and ash accumulated in Panama City, and snorkeled Isla Chapera for the first time.  The water was clear, fish plentifull, but colder than we wer…