Good Eats!!

As we’ve said before, one of our favorite things to do on island is to sample the local fare. We always ask for recommendations before we walk about town, or simply just stop in at places that strike our fancy. You never know exactly what local foods a…

Sunday, October 30, 2011

We found a Church to attend today. They have both a chapel and a church. The 8:00 English Mass was at the chapel and the 8:30 Spanish Mass was in the church. We drove to the Church, thinking the chapel was on the same piece of property, but it was …

Sardinia – East Coast

20th October 2011
Returning, after nearly 2 months, we were relieved and pleased to see Mad Sunday safe and sound, if a bit scruffy looking, covered as she was in red sand – there had obviously been some south-easterly winds!  After a day spent …

Sardinia – East Coast

20th October 2011
Returning, after nearly 2 months, we were relieved and pleased to see Mad Sunday safe and sound, if a bit scruffy looking, covered as she was in red sand – there had obviously been some south-easterly winds!  After a day spent …

Decatur, AL to Huntsville, AL

Date             October 30, 2011 Day               124Departure      Riverwalk Marina, Decatur, AL 8:25 am                                                         …

Summer Wind 2011-10-30 13:37:00

Thai HotOctober 21st 2011 – In order to give the seas on the Chesapeake a little more time to settle, we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the morning.  Slowly we raised our anchor and gave it a good wash down after being dug in the mud f…

Sunday afternoon onboard Diesel Duck

Diesel Duck is parked (anchored in 8 ft) on the east side of the Melbourne (Florida) Causeway Bridge, protected from the North and Northwest wind which is blowing down the Intracoastal Waterway at 20+ knots. There are always chores to do, but today, S…

A day or two for the ‘honey do’ list

October 19th, 2011 -Here we are tucked into a nice protected anchorage in Mill Creek on the Great Wicomico river while mother nature does what she does best out on the Chesapeake Bay. There are 15 -20 knot winds with 30 knot gusts out of…

Halfway down the Potomac

Chapel Point ChurchOctober 18th, 2011 – There’s nothing like spending a delightfully quiet night on the hook to energize and refresh ones batteries.  Port Tobacco river is a great anchorage despite being fairly wide open. The night was quiet,…

Day 221 – Gloucester, VA

We're still here and will be all winter although many folks have left their boats winterized and are heading home to various parts of the country or continuing their cruise south. Many people spend the winter months in Florida or the Bahamas but w…