Day 53 – WaitingMatanzas MarinaWe are staying in Ft. Myers Beach until Saturday, waiting for the front to move through. The winds should be lighter and the seas calmer by then. So in the mean time we are just hanging out. I’m a bath person and have rea…
Well Blow Me Down….
or blow me away! We’re pretty lucky we don’t get much really bad weather in this part of the world. My heart goes out to those down south recovering from the weather that’s befallen them this week. We felt the tail end of the storms that caused so much…
Royal wedding
Just watching THE wedding…
Warderick Wells – OOOPS, Shroud Cay
We headed to Warderick Wells this morning, I was so excited because this is supposed to be one of the most beautiful islands and a “must do” in the crusing guides. Due to our draft, we had to select our mooring ball carefully as …
All safe in Sneads Ferry NC
The troops are in! These boats can move, 40 kts and they only have a 9″ draft This weather is for the birds!We have spent a couple days in Sneads Ferry waiting out the storms. They came through today and luckily we found a safe s…
Thursday, 4/28/11
Utsch’s Marina, Cape May, NJ Hunkered down awaiting an open weather window to proceed. Cloudy, windy, sunny, then thunderstorms & downpours. Slept in to almost 8 a.m. A delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs and leftover steak from Lobster House last night and half an pecan sticky bun, oj and sliced orange. Changed the 2nd oil […]
Something showing up on the radar…
It’s been too long since I updated the blog; here’s what’s happening: Dorothy and I arrived back in Seattle (from Hong Kong) 12 April; very kindly picked up at SEATAC by Kurt & Marcia (Alpenglow). An interesting moment on the flight home was du…
Barefoot Landing Marina, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Got up this morning to storm and tornado warnings all up the East Coast, from Florida to New York. We decided that we would stay here, tied to a secure dock, rather than try to travel. the sky was very ugly by times, and the winds got up every now and …
Dunstanburgh Castle Built in 1313
We hiked out to Dunstanburgh Castle today with Callum and his parents John and Hilary Burns. It was a beautiful day. I think they claim it always rains here just to keep others away… It is strange seeing a modern golf course next to a 700 year …
