Day 8 – Morgan City, LAMorgan City DocksTravel was slow today…we had a strong current against us so it made our slow boat a little slower. The banks of the ICW are getting higher and there are a lot more trees. We are docked in Morgan …
Cocoa Village Marina, City of Cocoa, Florida
We left Loggerhead Marina and Eddie and Nancy this morning. We have thoroughly enjoyed travelling with and sharing this trip with them, and will very much miss them as we move on. Nancy and I have shared the cooking for so long that it will be qui…
The Beginning of "The Blog"
Hello Friends and Family!! I’ve been meaning to start a blog of our cruising adventures on MV Skinny Dippin’, and now I have. My first goal of 2011 has been achieved! Skinny Dippin’ is a 35ft Senator Sundeck Trawler. She has a s…
THE IDES OF MARCH
Beautiful Bougainvillea. Roosters walk around on the streets in Key West. This morning we went to the Key West Airport to the US Customs and Border Patrol Department to get our residency card. Apparently, this card is supposed to make reentry into the…
Sint Eustatius!
A dismal rainy day – somewhat unusual in the islands, I think, since most rain comes in short showers rather than all-day-long affairs. We each managed to work out on the bike trainer in the early a.m. before the rains started in earnest though! Happ…
Monday, March 14, 2011
We left our anchorage on the Okeechobee Waterway around 09:30 and only had about 5 hours to go to Vero Beach, FL. At 10:00 we entered the ICW and started Phase 10 of our journey. The last few days we didn’t see any dolphins but a…
Incredible swarms of fish caused by Japanese tsunami?
While surfing around this morning, I came across this story.Interesting. The shores of Acapulco’s beaches were this weekend teeming with masses of fish packed so tightly they looked like an oil slick from above.Thousands of sardines, anchovies, strip…
History, family and nautical – Day 163 to 165 – Delray Beach to North Palm Beach, FL
On Sunday, we visited with my first cousins Harriet and Harry at their home in Boynton Beach. We were joined by Harriet’s sister, Myrna (also my first cousin) and her husband, Kenny, her daughter, Nancy and her husband Fred and David, her so…
Turquoise Everywhere
March 11, 2011Thompson Bay, Long Island, Bahamas23°21.16 N – 75°07.81 WHow many shades of turquoise are they? Since we’ve entered the shallows south of Little Exuma Island and leading into Long Island, all we’ve seen is turquoise; more or…
Sunday, March 13 Another successful Gulf Crossing
Sunset at Dog IslandAn exposed home on stilts on the islandWe had a beautiful crossing. Left Clearwater Marina at 3:30 PM on Saturday and arrived at Dog Island at noon on Sunday. During the night we watched 3 movies on DVD using our computer.
