The cold front which caused so much trouble over much of the South came through this morning. Lots of wind, some rain, and a little lightning, but, lucky for us most of the real bad stuff was not there.Spent most of the day doing some projects on …
Hontoon Island State Park, Deland, Florida
Got up this morning to cloudy skies, still warm air. By 8:30, the storm had arrived. Winds, thunder and lightening, lots of rain. Luckily this dock is well-protected and secure, we sat on the back deck of the boat, drank our coffee and watched the stor…
Tuesday. April 5, 2011
We are in a cell phone dead zone. We keep trying to use our phones, only to have the calls dropped or never get through in the first place. That also means that the Internet service is SOOOO slow. Last night I tried to add some pictures to the post, bu…
Tuesday, 4/5/11
Patrick AFB Marina near Melbourne, Fl. Nasty weather day with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. We ate breakfast and lunch aboard, but after the rain subsided we went to the base mess hall which is called the Riverside Dining Facility for dinner. It’s run by ARA and not military cooks; not M’s homecooking. It overlooks […]
Winter in Florida
April 5, 2011Hello everybody. Again it has been a long time since writing, but we have been having a wonderful time in Florida. I will let the pictures do most of the talking again. Valentine’s Day was fun as we had friends, Paul and Barbara from Rh…
Winter in Florida
April 5, 2011Hello everybody. Again it has been a long time since writing, but we have been having a wonderful time in Florida. I will let the pictures do most of the talking again. Valentine’s Day was fun as we had friends, Paul and Barbara from Rh…
Georgetown
(Journaled over a few days at Georgetown)
Georgetown, Exumas
Our cruise from Long Island to Georgetown was smooth, we were running downwind and the temperatures and humidity were high, so it was a hot ride. The warmest w…
West Palm Beach
Well, the ocean was unhappy today, so we had to run the gauntlet of the bridges – it was a long day, but almost no one was out boating.As the photo above illustrates, we were in super mega-yacht land today. It really is unbelievable how many HUGE boats…
March 29-30, 2011 Beaufort, SC
March 29-30. We’re off again, alone (you, me and Magoo) leaving the dock at 8:30am. It’s cloudy and we’re looking at a rainy week, so progress is questionable. There’s some stretches without marinas; we’ll just take it one day at a time. Today our destination is Beaufort, SC, a place we have not been […]
April 1 through 5 -Friday through Tuesday
April 1-Friday-Isle of Hope Marina to Savannah Bend Marina, GA: We just had a short ways to go today. Said good-bye to John and Sue and got to Savannah by 11:00. Got fuel at Savannah Bend Marina as they had a real good price; $3.89/ga…
