Still in Florence, AL

Date             November 5, 2011Day               No travel today                                               Arrival           Florence Harbor Marina, Florence, AL   …

November 2011 Update — Big News!

We have a lot to update everyone on: As we have already announced, Part 2 of The Unexpected Circumnavigation is completed. It will officially go on sale on November 11th, 2001 at Lulu.com. However, we are accepting pre-orders at a … Continue reading

Kuna Yala, Panama


We finally left Bocas Del Toro the end of August and after an overnight run arrived in Porvenir, our checkin port for the San Blas Islands (the Spanish name, but it is governed by the Kuna Indians hence the name Kuna Yala).  Immediately as we were in the midst of anchoring we were surrounded by 7 ulus (wood dugout canoes) of local Kuna Indians.  The women were in the colorful Kuna dress, the young girls dressed like those in the US, the men in pants or trunks.  Here the women make molas and bead…

Charleston, SC

No trip up or down the coast would be complete without a stop here.  We just love the town.  Karen & Esa join us for a few days, great time!  We meet up with Steadfast and Almost Perfect, dinner at Magnolias.  If you stop here c…

Kuna Yala, Panama

We finally left Bocas Del Toro the end of August and after an overnight run arrived in Porvenir, our checkin port for the San Blas Islands (the Spanish name, but it is governed by the Kuna Indians hence the name Kuna Yala).  Immediately as we wer…

Kuna Yala, Panama

Kuna Yala

We finally left Bocas Del Toro the end of August and after an overnight run arrived in Porvenir, our checkin port for the San Blas Islands (the Spanish name, but it is governed by the Kuna Indians hence the name Kuna Yala).  Immediatel…

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Mom and Dad left this morning.  We were sorry for them to go back home because we enjoyed having them here so much.  We didn’t quite know what to do with ourselves after they left.  The Church we have started attending here is havin…

All repairs completed "for now"

We resealed the steering cylinder, replaced 4 motor mounts, realigned the John Deere 12.5 liter engine. rerouted some hoses and relieved some tension on the hydraulics and exhaust lines. We are ready to go. The weather has been sunny and clear, yeah we…

Wavin’ Belize

Saturday, November 5, 2011Learning to set the AP on No-Drift setting helps!San Pedro, Ambergis CayBelizeWOW!  What atrip the last 5 days of navigation! From Marathon Key to Belize City and Ambergis Cay, we’ve experienced adiversity of cross…

My husband is not willing to let anything stop him!!!

On the dock in Long Beach. Bill is on the dock (his work bench) enlarging  the holes on the engine brackets for the “New Sexy” motor mounts!!!