MacArthur CausewayMay 20th, 2011Miami Beach 25˚47.25N–080˚08.83WMiami… who would have thought 10 years ago that today we would be entering Miami Harbour? We’ve been here so many times, at boat shows and at IBEX, looking at other people’…
May 29 – St. Augustine, FL
Day 84 – Fountain of YouthAnchorage Inn & MarinaWe went to the Fountain of Youth Park this morning…a little touristy, a okay…a lot touristy, but it is were the history of colonization in America began in 1513. It’s a good place for us to s…
SEAson Sickness!
Wow, I think we are definetly feeling SEAson sick! Fall in New Zealand, Summer in Fiji (yeah I know it is their winter, but it’s hotter than any Canadian summer I’ve ever had) and Spring in Calgary (or more correctly Flood season). Being that we are on…
Merhaba
We are working our way in a NWesterly direction up the Turkish Coastline. We anchored in Ciftlik Bay, a small little beach village. Ciftlik is tucked back in behind a large rock face, it’s difficult to see the opening from the ocean. We had a relaxing …
St. Augustine, FL – 5/28/11 & 5/29/11
The past two days have been spent acting like tourists in St. Augustine. We had a 3 day pass on the Old Town Trolley so we were able to get a lot of use out of it since you could get on or off anywhere around the city in something like 24 spots.5/28/11…
Back at Stansbury
We arrived at Stansbury on Memorial Day after our cruise from Solomon’s. Our stopover there was highlighted with a visit with Bill & Jean of Chapter III who are always a joy to visit and catch up with. They had some unintentional involvement in o…
Cape May NJ
An important milestone was reached in the Bicentennial Year of 1976 when Cape May was officially designated a National Historic Landmark City, only one of five in the nation. That designation requires that the community must retain all structures in th…
Inter Coastal Waterway – Getting Better
We are now into Georgia, anchored for the last few days off exquisite Cumberland Island. Nothing could better illustrate the pull of places like the Inter Coastal Waterway than the photo above. Miles of untouched wilderness, deserted beaches, interesting boats and their crew to meet, wildlife, and the occasional town, line the ICW in parts […]
5-29-2011 – We are off
I think we set a personal record for getting from Lake Union to outside the locks. We left our dock at 6:58 and were motoring from the locks by 7:57. That included opening two bridges and locking through the small locks. We didn’t h…
