Wednesday, February 22,2012
Wow! Today while playing cards on the aft deck with John, we were watching two alligators swimming around in the harbor. One was the same 8 foot one we saw yesterday. I took another picture of him and am posting it here today. Later Jim (John’s brot…
Anchoring Along the Intracoastal – Norfolk to the Georgia/Florida Border
By Susan Landry (Chartlets by Susan Landry, not to be used for navigation.)Our cruising posts in the past have always included our favorite anchoring spots. As the snowbirds head south this fall, some for a repeat performance, some for the first time, …
Harbour Hopping, Take II
The ruins of an old sugar mill on the Antiguan coastSorry for the delay in posting; we have been on the move, with another set of friends aboard for more cruising this week. Unfortunately, when moving about internet is always an unknown as to how relia…
Harbour Hopping, Take II
Sorry for the delay in posting; we have been on the move, with another set of friends aboard for morecruising this week. Unfortunately, when moving about internet is always an unknown as to how reliable or fast it might be at the location where we end …
What’s That Whale?
Finally tossed the lines and NZ Ship Despair is behind us. On this trip with us is Joe Richardson – lots of real world ocean time and a Kiwi who knows all of New Zealand. Our destination the first day … Continue reading →
The 25th DUNCOC CONSORTIUM MEETING
The 25th annual DUNCOC meeting was held on Friday, November 18, starting at 1pm at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, NC. Meeting attendees gathered in the Duke Marine Lab library to hear talks from oceanographers from member institutions spanning a wide variety of topics.
The meeting opened with Dave Demaster (NCSU), who documented Antarctic Shelf […]
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
As we mentioned in our last post a few days ago, we are finally going to finish the Passage Across America series about our trip across the USA and back. The last post we put up in the thread covered Keystone, South Dakota … Continue reading →
02/20/2012 THE ISLAND OF CULEBRA
Image via Wikipedia02/20/2012 CULEBRAMONDAY28 NM TRAVELEDANCHORED IN ENSENADA HONDA JUST OFF THE TOWN OF DEWEYSUNRISE: 6:47 AM IN VIEQUES SUNSET: 6: 24 PM IN CULEBRA UP, UP AND AWAY HANG ON!!!Today’s ride from Viaques to Culebra was a tad more …
Killing Time In Isle of Hope, GA
We’re still waiting for the electrical guy to show up to take a look at Drift Away’s windlass. We’d like to anchor out as we travel south in Georgia now that the weather is getting really nice here and having a working windlass would be gre…
