Christiansted, St. Croix!

Tall ship at the wharf with old Christiansted buildings in the backgroundAfter a good night’s sleep, we pulled into St. Croix Marina this morning bright and early, took on some fuel and took a slip for a night or two. (Decadence after being on the hook…

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Hurst Visit Tom’s House for Dinner (Part 2)

We had a great lobster dinner at Tom and Jessica’s. The pictures show a little of the home but hopefully will show some of the views.

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Sanibel

At this marina they deliver a newspaper and home made (by the owner himself) blueberry muffins to your boat every morning, nice touch! After breakfast we went for a walk on the beach it is a pretty good walk, about 20 min., to get there. Today the…

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Dolphin Swim

Trahy, Julie and Beth had an early morning swim with the dolphins.

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Hurst Visit Part 1

This past week Julie’s brother, Trahy, and his wife (and Jackstock lover), Beth, visited us in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Also friends from Kansas Marc and Carla Nelson along with Tom and Jessica Dupriest visited with us. Marc and Carla s…

Seas 2 Day

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Pretty small catamaran. View during dinghy ride.Tonight I am a little homesick. Our nephew Andy’s wedding reception is tonight and the whole family will be there. It’s times like these that I wish I could clone myself. Good luck to Andy and Pam. John …

Ortega Yacht Club Marina, Jacksonville, Florida

We are in the St. Johns River! Left Palm Cove Marina this morning and meandered slowly up to the junction of the Intercoastal and the St. Johns river, then turned left to enter the river itself. It is Saturday, so lots of fishermen out on the river, as…

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Rum Cay

 

 

Paul lands a big one!

 

 

Wahoo! 60 lbs!

Several of the boats in the Conception anchorage decided to pull anchor Saturday morning and head southeast for Rum Cay. Sumner Point marina was the de…

Saturday, 3/26/11

Marine Max of Venice Marina, N 27′ 06.733′/W 082′ 27.967′ After having a wonderful evening with our St. Pete family we retired late and slept in a little this morning until 7a.m. Fair weather was predicted on NOAA as we departed at 8:45 a.m. into Tampa Bay.  We hadn’t gone for more than an hour […]

What’s really going on at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

What’s really going on at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
March 17, 2011

Sent to us by a friend in Ashiya, Japan
Written by Bill Andrews and emailed by the Dean of Engineering at the University of Washington:

Here’s a little more measured and a…