This is certainly off-topic from a cruising blog but this is my blog so I get to decide what to write about. Last Saturday, May 14, my mother, Vida Hanson, passed away. She was 94 years old. Her death was sudden in that she had no major chronic ailmen…
Bald Head Island, a Place to Kick Back and Relax
5/16-5/17 – Bald Head Island sits on the northeastern shore at the mouth of the Cape Fear River’s inlet to the ocean. It is accessible only by water. In spite of a push for major development in the 1960’s (which was somewhat thwarted) it has retain…
Bald Head Island, a Place to Kick Back and Relax
5/16-5/17 – Bald Head Island sits on the northeastern shore at the mouth of the Cape Fear River’s inlet to the ocean. It is accessible only by water. In spite of a push for major development in the 1960’s (which was somewhat thwarted) it has retain…
Back in Nassau again
It’s been a couple of years and the place hasn’t changed a bit. As we pull into Nassau Harbor Club, there’s Peter the Greek standing on the dock. With his long bushy hair flying in the breeze, he starts barking his usual orders, telling us how we are suppose to dock, even though we have docked here many times before. He is a bit of a wildman. The Crazy Greek. Behind his back is Frenchy the boatwasher who is laughing at Peter’s rants and offering to help us tie up before he washes our boat. Some things never change.
May 20 – Hollywood, FL
Day 75 – Busses & BeachesHollywood MarinaStan needed a few things for the boat so we took the bus to Hallandale Beach Boulevard to Wal-Mart and West Marine. Then back to the boat for lunch. We purchased an all day pass for the bus, so we decided we…
Dogs, Freight Runs & The Apocalypse
Gorgeous sun again Thursday & Friday! Picking away at getting DE put back together. There’s a great walk for the dogs around the end of the boat basin we’re in with fantastic views of the water and snow-covered mountains, a great little low-tide shal…
May 19 – Hollywood, FL
Day 74 – Back to Civilization Hollywood MarinaWe had a short trip today, it was just twenty miles from Miami to Hollywood. We went under eleven bridges today, by lowering our tower we were able to get under all but one. We just missed the schedule…
Emily Arrives
Sylvianne is still in Taiwan, visiting Danny, Jon, Anelize & new grandaughter Emily!
Envoy In The Med 2011-05-21 03:38:00
Relaxing ashore at Turk BukuChecking our navigation on the MaxSea system. Envoy’s position is the red blip on-screenDiane doing her lifejacket drillEnvoy anchored in a quiet bay at Pirensun Koyu – note resorts in backgroundCamels coralled in a disused …
Fort Pierce
Monday, May 9, 2011, Day 225. The banner photo is our last Bahamian sunset, for this season, anyway. The predicted weather (light and variable winds with seas less than 2 ft.) was pretty accurate until midnight. Then, the wind began to pick up — ab…
