June 17, 2011

Still Picking up DebrisThey Have Not put this Gate Down for a While as they have lots of GreeneryA Family of Ducks came up 40 feet with usI Would not Call this a Boat – It was more like a Platfrom with an EngineOn Our Way to the Farmers MarketThey Conv…

Lovu at Viani Bay

School at Viani Bay Many of the Fijian islands support small primary schools for the local village kids. The Fijian government promotes and funds education, yet the schools are primitive (by American standards) and resources are limited. We have had t…

Saturday, June 18, 2011

This is our last weekend of renting a car. Today John and Norm went to Boat Owners Warehouse without us girls so they could shop to their hearts’ desires. John came home with a brass hook for the head because there isn’t enough towel hanging space in t…

The Big Man is dead… sadness…

Nothing else to say…Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

Winter Harbor Marina, Brewerton, New York

Beautiful sunny day today. About 3 miles after we left the lock, left the Mohawk River and that section of the Erie Canal and entered Lake Oneida, a shallow lake that has a reputation of getting rough in any winds. We were very lucky, winds were light …

Winter Harbor Marina, Brewerton, New York

Beautiful sunny day today. About 3 miles after we left the lock, left the Mohawk River and that section of the Erie Canal and entered Lake Oneida, a shallow lake that has a reputation of getting rough in any winds. We were very lucky, winds were light …

Papagayo and the Stubbs Visit

We spent the first week or so checking out the area to see where we wanted to spend our time here in Papagayo. Since the marina is somewhat remote, we have rented a car for the next month and plan on going inland to visit a number of areas o…

Outrunning the Storm………

We spent today’s 5 hours of travel watching the Weather Underground radar showing storms steadily sinking south from Nashville toward our route in Northern Alabama.  Scary!  Fortunately, the storm dissipated most of its energy by th…

Outrunning the Storm………

We spent today’s 5 hours of travel watching the Weather Underground radar showing storms steadily sinking south from Nashville toward our route in Northern Alabama.  Scary!  Fortunately, the storm dissipated most of its energy by th…

Back on the Hudson after a visit home

We have been at Croton on Hudson marina for a bit more than 2 weeks, well SweetPea has anyway, we went home for a visit and to get some things done there before heading further north into Canada.  Its funny once we walk through the door to the hou…