Exuma Land and Sea Park

Friday, January 21, 2011, Day 117. The weather looks bad (relatively speaking, high temperatures in the upper 70s, lows in the low 70s) for the next few days, with winds predicted to clock around from the east through southeast, southwest, and northwe…

Adventures in Naples (not Italy) – Days 112 to 114 – Naples, FL

Great weather, great restaurants, great ambiance and great times characterized our time in Naples.Thursday (1/20), was the first day since leaving Chicago when we had all the camper windows off.  The temperature at 10:00 AM was in the mid 70s.&nbs…



December 11 – January 24

It's been a while since my last

December 11 – January 24It’s been a while since my last update, so first, we’re still alive and cruising!The last posting ended at Palafax Marina in Pensacola. From there, we spent a night at Panama City Marina, and then went to Port St. Joe, a nice …

Lady Royal 2011-01-23 19:34:00

December 11 – January 24It’s been a while since my last update, so first, we’re still alive and cruising!The last posting ended at Palafax Marina in Pensacola. From there, we spent a night at Panama City Marina, and then went to Port St. Joe, a nice …

Breaking Away

Manatees!

They are incredible! These gentle giants were wonderful today. Look at how close you can get to them. You can see this one’s face and eyes. I have many more photos below, after telling you about Steinhatchee and the trip here to Crystal River.As soon a…

Dea’s Visit

January 16 – 23, 2011Well, Mark and I are returning from taking Dea to the airport to go back to Minnesota. She picked a good week to be here (between cold fronts) and a great week to be away from MN (negative degrees and a little bit of snow every d…

Dea’s Visit

January 16 – 23, 2011Well, Mark and I are returning from taking Dea to the airport to go back to Minnesota. She picked a good week to be here (between cold fronts) and a great week to be away from MN (negative degrees and a little bit of snow every d…

Windhorse

Bosque del Apache Slide Show

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Windhorse

Bosque del Apache – A Special Experience

Since wings are a current topic in the marine world we thought this was a good segue to talk about Bosque del Apache.

Although we are swamped – still playing catch up with things related to the land – a combination of benign winter weather and the need to get out of the office gave us […]

Sunday, 1/23/11

Boca Chica, Key West Florida …We had a very interesting week as we took the bus in to town in between boat chores and Boca Chica life to view some more of Key West.  This week we visited the Key West Lighthouse which was built in 1847 to aid ships navigating dangerous reefs.  Even though […]