With the forecast of stronger northwesterly winds, we decided to seek protection in Southwest Bay at the south end of Ragged Island; a full day’s run from Flamingo Cay. The Jumentos Cays offer very limited protection from south to north winds – if …
Meet the Manatees – Day 124 – Marathon, FL
At around 11:00 AM, our friends, Sue and Darryl from Present Moment, phoned to let us know there were two manatees, a mother and calf at their marina. This was exciting news. We have been in Florida since December 1st and had not seen a sin…
Topolobampo
We visited Topolobampo in late January crossing from the south end of Isla San Jose on Baja, an easy 95 NM passage. Topo is located inside a large bay that is mostly less than 10′ deep although there is a dredged channel leading up to the town that is…
Out of La Paz
We finally broke the grip that La Paz had on us and escaped to the islands. It’s easy to settle into life in La Paz, the great restaurants, interesting shops, nice people, and new friends but after a month we were eager to get back on the water. The s…
Fort Myers, FL and Vicinity, January 6 – 19, 2011
Fort Myers and Vicinity January 6 – 13. Back to Florida and on the boat again. – Wow, glad to be here in Florida. The second week in January Florida was the ONLY state that did not have any snow!! – Yes, we are still […]
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures
CURRENTLY IN STANIEL CAY, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR PARTS!!!! Webster’s dictionary defines Paitently as 1. enduring pain, trouble, etc, without complaining. 2. calmly tolerating delay, confusion, etc. We certainly ar…
Now its an ice storm!
Cripe, its one thing after another here. This is what I woke up to this morning, a half inch of ice coating everything. The docks looked slippery, but the ramp looked formidable.The big problem, besides not being able to get up the ra…
Nope… still in Stuart
Bet some of you have thought we made a break for the islands. No, not yet. Been having such a good time here in Stuart and the Treasure coast that we’ve decided to hang for a while. You know how we are with plans and we need to finish up some tax…
Marathon, FL – 2/1/11 (day 3)
To quote one our our guests .. “another day in paradise”. We decided to take a trip to Key West on Tuesday. Since it is so busy during the winter and parking is at a premium, we decided to take the bus. Taking the bus is also cost effective at $4 pe…
Kerela Kaleidoscope dance medley
7:26 local time
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday our friend Nasir picked us up from our dock and took us across Kochi Bay to the Bolghatty Marina to see about relocating there. We will move Friday morning. Afterwards, Randal and I first had to…
