(Monday March 7 – Dist: 20.8 mi; Avg Speed: 7.6 mph; TTT: 2:45 hrs)
The photos do not do justice to the colours and the clarity of the water. It was spooky travelling along at a normal speed and seeing the bottom as clearly as if it was your aq…
Red and Blue and Teal
I can’t put into words how good it feels to know that Spring is just around the corner. The trees are beginning to sprout new buds and the grass is showing just a hint of green. That means it’s close to getting the bottom of the boat wet, too, and that…
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Today was another beautiful day in sunny Florida. John completed the restoration of the teak on the bridge and it turned out awesome! We walked to Winn Dixie to do our grocery shopping. Then we took a cab back to the harbor. We shared the cab with …
Loggerhead Vero Beach Resort and Marina, Vero Beach, Florida
We have rented a car for a week, so spent today checking out marinas further north, and finding marine stores. Nancy and Eddie are still trying to decide where they will stay permanently, so we looked at marinas in Eau Gallie and Melbourne. We had lunc…
Bottom Paint and New Zinks
Pale Moon had been on the hard for nine months. It has taken us two weeks of working on her inside and out to get her ready to be put back into the water. Two of the more important tasks that have been accomplished are that her bottom was painted with anti-foul paint and the […]
On our way to see Scott & Meg!
Had an incredible visit with Bill’s eldest daughter, Shayna & two of our four grandchildren – Scott (8) & Meg (5)! They stayed in a suite at the Marina del Mar Hotel while we stay aboard Ruby Slipper just a few feet away. Tho it was blowing outs…
Mar. 9 – Galveston
Day 3 – Galveston, TXOffatts Bayou – AnchorageWe left a little later this morning, waiting for the cold front to arrive and blow out the fog. It was nice having a little time to just relax this morning. We had our first visitor, John Bl…
Miami
Just a few departing shots of Miami.
Boca Chita, the Rest of the Story
When we left Stuart, we knew that we wanted to get at least as far south as Boca Chita Key before turning around to head north again. Why? Because we had been there five years ago on someone else’s boat and vowed at that time that one day we woul…
