3/18/2011 NEW RIVER, FORT LAUDERDALE AND STILL WORKING ON BRIGHTWORK

FRIDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:27 SUNSET: 7:30HIGH: 80 LOW: 71First thing this morning Dan was out applying the first coat of varnish to the brightwork. He wanted to get started before the temperatures heated things up too much. The p…

Key West Gardnes

As part of the Outer Reef Rendezvous, we had a wonderful opportunity to see a part of Key West that we had not seen before. Explore some of the nooks and crannies off the beaten path and off of the tourist area of Duval Street.This was and the ones tha…

Hiking the Quill

Beginning of the trail from Lower TownToday, Ron and I decided to do something land-based, and got a trail map and trail tags from the STENAPA (St. Eustatius National Park) Nature Center so that we could hike “The Quill”, the dormant volcano here o…

Nanu is as Nanu does.

I’ve said it before, come to think of it about a year ago, I dream of Wendy. Indeed over the years she’s become very much my reason for living.Things are happening on board, albeit slower than I’d like, and to prove it here’s a picture taken la…

Tarpon Springs

We had a nice day in port today, Got up early and washed the boat and Marsha vacuumed. The river was foggy for a while but the sun soon burned that off and it was a clear warm day. almost 80.  I walked to the hardware store and along the way …

Seas 2 Day

Friday, March 18, 2011

Picture of the screen covering the doorway.We just finished watching Xavier University lose to Marquette. How disappointing! UC won last night though. So, we still have a home team to root for.Remember yesterday, I wrote about the two little girls on …

Man-O-War Cay

(Friday March 18 – Dist: 21.9 mi; Avg Speed: 5.6 mph; TTT: 3:30 hrs)

 Man-O-War Cay is different than all other places that we have visited.  The roads are paved but are only wide enough for two golf carts to pass.  All street signs are…

Friday, 3/18/11

We’re staying a 2nd night at Naples City Docks. Michelle defrosted the freezer and did the laundry and after breakfast, we lowered our bikes from the top of the salon roof to the half dock below which is quite a task since the dock doesn’t extend to the salon portion of the tug.  Augie in the […]

New Smyrna Beach Marina, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

As we approached, these birds were sitting in a line across the channel, looked like perhaps they were sitting on a sand bar. As we approached, they flew away, they must have all decided to rest/fish/sit in the same place.The new bridge at Titusville i…

Hong Kong – Preparing to Depart

Hello again from Hong Kong! It seems like forever since I last blogged on this website and it actually has been about six months. It was tough leaving Seabird all locked up for the winter but it was nice to get back home again to the US. We spent a few…