Writer’s Block

I write this blog every day.  It seems that there is always something interesting or odd that goes on in our liveaboard world that I can share with you all.  Yesterday wasn’t one of those days.Well, it probably was, but maybe I just wasn’t in…

Secret of life

The secret of life is:

The St. Lucie & Caloosahatchee Canals

Yesterday was a day of pure excitement for this unabashed wildlife maven. Puffin departed Indian Point Marina a little after 7:00 AM and right away saw yesterday’s “resident” alligator gliding silently through the early light to his regular corner of …

Sunday, February 26, 2012

We stayed up past our bedtimes last night playing Trivial Pursuit and Uno with Jeff and Susan. I think it was 2:00 when we headed up to bed. (The girls won Trivial Pursuit, but I was the big loser in Uno) It was fun though.Today our other children a…

Esperanza (hope) no more

Left Nassau heading for Norman’s Cay, winds 10-15 and sea 2 ft but once again 3ft were the real size but Esperanza handled everything well. Six hours into our voyage 1 mile from the anchorage Esperanza decided it had enough and quite working. I was onl…

Homeward Bound

Friday, April 8th After a nice evening with Jerry and Chich, Jerry gave us a lift to the market this morning, and we took a late start. We caught a favorable current in the St. Mary River as we crossed in to Georgia.We had a bit of luck with the curre…

Homeward Bound

Friday, April 8th After a nice evening with Jerry and Chich, Jerry gave us a lift to the market this morning, and we took a late start. We caught a favorable current in the St. Mary River as we crossed in to Georgia.We had a bit of luck with the curre…

More Yellowstone National Park

This post covers the early afternoon of Friday, May 14, 2010 — Day 21: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. You can read about the activities we did in the morning here. We arrived at the Old Faithful Geyser, probably … Continue reading

USCG in Lake Union

Woke up this morning to the sound of rotors outside my porthole. I listened for a few seconds and realized the helo must be right here and hovering – it was close and not moving. I threw on some clothes, raced upstairs, and found Brock just sitting on …

MVS

Motor Vessel Surveyor

Home Port: Victoria B.C. Canada

 Current location:
Icebound on Pigeon Lake near Bobcaygeon Ontario on the Trent Severn Waterway