The few days we spent in Norfolk attending the America’s Great Loop Cruisers Association (AGLCA) Rendezvous were well worth the time and effort. Each day we attended very informative seminars regarding various legs of the journey still ahead of us, pre…
Cape Lookout – A Great Stop
Continuing with our quest to visit places we’ve not seen before, we decided to spend a couple of days at Cape Lookout National Seashore. It is a 56 mile section of North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks. It is comprised of 3 barrier islands, al…
Cape Lookout – A Great Stop
Continuing with our quest to visit places we’ve not seen before, we decided to spend a couple of days at Cape Lookout National Seashore. It is a 56 mile section of North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks. It is comprised of 3 barrier islands, al…
Saturday, May 28, 2011
We took care of more errands today and then had a nice lunch at Panama Hatties. There were so many good sounding things on their menu that we’ll have to go back there again. Then we went to an ice cream parlor and had ice cream. They even had sugar fre…
Fiji
I thought it would be interesting to show you our route thru Fiji to date. The stick pins are hourly log points stored automatically by MaxSea, our charting program. You can see our route in from Tonga to the lower … Continue reading →
Blue Lagoon
Next stop up the road after Soma Soma was the Blue Lagoon of Brooke Shields and the movie fame. The booze barges from Denerau/Nadi run tourists in here by the boatload everyday. Not exactly my gig, but what the hay … Continue reading →
Soma Soma
After departing Waya, we headed north along the Yasawa group and anchored of a beautiful beach owned by the folks in the village of Soma Soma. They had told us that this beach had some of the best coral in … Continue reading →
May 28, 2011 – Memorial Weekend at Moody Gardens
TMCA Memorial Day Weekend at the Moody Gardens marina. We filled the marina with boats and had dock parties, dinghy trips, and a weekend full of fun! We had 17 boats at the docks and many more were anchored out.
Fiji-Vanua Levu
Bula Bula my friends. Say it. Just once, maybe twice. It is hard to say the words without a smile immediately parting from your lips. Go ahead…try it. The word is heard everywhere in Fiji. Bula originates from the Fijian culture and means anyth…
Near Nowhere
Really – the nearest “thing” is the Coinjock Marina and it’s 12 miles away. We’re anchored in Broad Creek, which is a lovely, protected anchorage just off the Albemarle Sound. Today’s transit of which, was also lovely – a following sea, such …
