Day #223 (Wednesday): 3341.0 total miles (71 miles)Port #77: Miami Marine Stadium; Virginia Key,FL(Today’s route is the dark blue line…yes, the chart makers are trying to confuse you again!)Dawn over Lignumvitae Key was absolutel…
Istanbul
Our flights to Istanbul were smooth and almost on time. The food was the best airline food ever. We were picked up at the airport with no problem and spent the first night in the NAZ Wooden House hotel parts of which dated back to th…
Great Loop Date 03.22.2011: Lignumvitae is A Mouthful…
Day #222 (Tuesday): 3270.0 total miles (46.9 miles)Port #76: Lignumvitae Key State Park; Shell Key, FL(Our route today is the bright red line…the chart makers added a few extra blue lines to make this confusing!)OB’s anxious crew finally go…
Great Loop Date 03.09.2011: Marathon Again…
Day #209 – 221 (Ash Wednesday): 3223.1 total miles (26.1 miles)Port #75: Sombrero Dockside Marina; Marathon, FL(This trip is the GREEN line on the chart)OB hoisted anchor after one night’s stay in Newfound Harbor as planned. A brisk win…
Who Drained the Pool?
Tuesday 4/12/11 With our mission complete at Jekyll Island we decided to continue our journey. Only problem was the forecasted thunderstorms that were to move through in the morning. After waiting for the rain it finally came but not with t…
Old North State
There is no other way to put it than we are on the move. With time running out on our Great Loop adventure we are buckled down and forging North. I must say when we first left Florida we felt sad as we looked around and saw less and less bo…
Great Loop Date 03.08.2011: Found in Newfound Harbor…
Day #208 (Tuesday): 3197.0 total miles (31.7 miles)Port #74: Newfound Harbor; between Little Torch Key and Big Pine Key, FL(Is the chart looking confusing yet? This trip is the Blue Line.)OB began retracing her wake as soon as we left K…
Ft Lauderdale, FL to Charleston, SC 24 Mar – 14 Apr 2011
24 March 2001 Ft Lauderdale to Lake Worth, FLOur last morning in Ft Lauderdale we shot this photo from the bridge of the boat.The grounds were lovely where we stayed. But…time to move on!Our “backyard” in Ft LauderdalePassing through Palm Beach, …
South of Broad
Early morning light shines kindly on Charleston’s historic and definitely pricey residential neighborhood, the entirety of Charleston south of Broad Street. Newspapers lie on doorsteps waiting for retrieval. Residents are out walking their dogs. Pickup trucks infiltrate the neighborhood as preservation craftsmen come in for their day’s work. They seem quite in context as this […]
Getting Back to Normal
I returned on Tuesday evening after a better day of travel than going home. My flight into Fort Lauderdale was delayed by only a half hour. My darling daughter had the foresight to send me off with a packed lunch which i grazed on all day, a chicken …
