WEDNESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 0 NMSUNRISE: 7:30 AM SUNSET 7:29 PMHIGH 80 LOW 64Since we have to turn the rental car in by 10:30, we were flying around like crazy. First spot we dropped off a bracket for a little spot welding repair, then made th…
A day to go an hour
I didn’t have a chance last night to update the blog, why you ask? Long day! 75 miles traveled fighting a very strong current the entire way. All said and done we put 12 hours on the engine yesterday (idling at lock was some of that time). I labele…
Diving in Statia again!
This morning we went out with Glenn, one of the owner of Golden Rock Divers, and enjoyed two really nice scuba dives. The first dive was at the Charles L. Brown, a 300’ former AT&T cable-laying ship that was purposefully sunk as a reef in 2003. B…
MARCH 16, 2011
This morning we left our anchorage at 7:50 A.M. We had another beautiful day cruising. We came back to Boot Key Harbor in Marathon, FL. and we got on a ball right next to Norm and Sue. Once we checked in, Sue and I walked up the street and I got a …
Tuesday/Wednesday, 3/15 and 3/16
25. 19′ 763N/081. 08′ 234W Little Shark River, FL 3/15 and 25. 51′ 504N/081. 23′ 263W Everglades City, FL 3/16 Greetings! We’re writing this update on Wednesday, 3/16 since we had no connection with the internet last night and we had no cell service either because we were anchored out in the middle of Little […]
Cocoa Village Marina, Cocoa Village, Florida
Another beautiful sunny day. Wayne did engine checks and some repairs this morning, while I did some laundry. We are starting to rate marinas, one important item on the scale being the laundry facilities. This marina is great, 4 washers and dryers, and…
Dangerous Debris
How do we avoid the dangerous debris from the 3/11 Tsunami?
March 17, 2011
Starr is in Ashiya in the inland sea next to Kobe, and was not impacted by the Tsunami. Our plan has been, and still is, to return to Ashiya at the end of this month, finish fue…
Life in Japan after 3/11
Life in Japan after 3/11
March 17, 2010
When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, Don and I were in Seattle waiting for the birth of our first grandchild. During our year in Japan we have made many friends, and shortly after the qua…
Mar. 16 – Fuel, Food & Exercise
Day 9 – Houma, LAHouma City DocksWe ran into a traffic jam on the ICW this morning leaving Morgan City. You have to check into Berwick Traffic control as I call it when you get close to Morgan City. They keep track of all boat traffic in th…
Brief Summary of the early life of Skinny Dippin’
So, Tom and I purchased her on July 17th 2009. We have spent the last 20 years traveling the Caribbean two or three times per year, only visiting the same hotel twice. One of our last trips left us thinking that there has to be a…
