Day 83 – Busy Day ExploringAnchorage Inn & MarinaOur first stop today was the St. Augustine Lighthouse. There has been a lighthouse in St. Augustine since 1824, but during the late 1800’s it was replaced several times until the present one was …
Bligh waters and Nananu-i-Cake
We spent a peaceful night anchored off Nabouwalu on the southwestern corner of Vanua Levu resting up for our voyage across Bligh waters. This reef strewn area of water was named after Captain William Bligh, the famous Captain Bligh of The Bounty. The…
Portsmouth
We were anchored in Broad Creek last night, but didn’t see any frogs (remember last time here we had a few hitch-hikers), but we did hear thousands of them. While the frogs made no physical presence on the boat, the same can’t be said of the mayfli…
It Always Ends All Too Soon
The waterway from Moore Haven to Fort Myers is wide and deep with little in the way of obstacles or challenges. One recent comment on this trip was whether or not we felt bored or lacked any excitement traveling along the many canals that interconnect …
Clean as a Baby's Bum
Yup that’s our boat bottom. Diver Mike did a dandy job of making CK clean and slick for our departure next week. With the barnacles off our rudder and prop we should increase out knots which we may need as next week the forecast is for high winds, li…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-05-29 11:14:00
Days 269-270 Spring Cove MarinaSolomons Island, MD Saturday, May 21 through Sunday, May 22, 2011 Point No Point Lighthouse Calvert Marine Museum Prehistoric shark skeleton at the marine museum Osprey Fo…
Remembering Joplin, Missouri
Last year, we took a road trip across America in our diesel VW Jetta. The twist to our trip was that we drove from San Diego to Maine on one load of fuel (on the way back we stopped at gas stations). The theme was Americana; our goal was to never stay at or eat […]
Life’s2Short 2011-05-29 07:58:00
Hanging at the Demopolis Yacht BasinOn Monday, May 16th, Todd had “Life’s2Short” hauled out of the water after lunch to try to determine why water was leaking into the bilge. We hit a waterlogged tree a few hours south of Demopolis Friday m…
May 25 – 26, 2011
Rhododendron in BloomI Like Lobster but in Ice Cream – Did Not Try ItOur for a Lobster DinnerMen’s Fishing Trip – They Come in a Bus full of Their Coolers-Bags of Striped BassHadley Harbour to Falmouth, Massachusetts – Woke up to a beautiful sunny warm…
May 23 – 24, 2011
Nice Summer HomeBoat House with Family Summer Home in the BackgroundPrivate Ferry Bringing Workers Over to the IslandsPlymouth, Massachusetts to Hadley Harbour – It was still raining with fog and winds but decided we had to head south for better weathe…
