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First Steps on Christmas Eve

We received a heartwarming Christmas gift in the form of a video of daughter Andrea taking her first steps. At least her first since September 5th when she was injured in a motorcycle accident. There were some posts back in September and October about Barb flying to San Francisco to help Andrea manage during her […]

Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to everyone Les, our Dock Master, is in the Christmas spirit Christmas kits at the beach this afternoon I must have taken 30 or more pictures of all the dolphins wehave seen so far and all I got were picture…

Welcome to Warm Sunny Florida???

Thursday December 16th-  We crossed the Georgia/Florida border… Normally we’ve anticipated shedding of jackets, sweaters, mitts, and donning of tees and shorts. Alas, this was not to be, in fact as we were heading into our slip the winds ha…

7-10′ Swells

     Thanks to our friends Rick & Deb on board M/V Broulee, we have some action video of Big Run making the crossing on the North Providence Channel from Chub Cay to Little Egg Island. on December 22nd.  The weather was per…

Christmas on "The Loop" – Day 83 – Sarasota, FL

It’s a beautiful, sunny day in Sarasota — the water is sparkling like diamonds.   While Floridians seem to think this 60’ish degree weather is cold — well, for Chicagoans it’s lovely.   The marina staff leaves a newspaper next to …

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Back to Brunswick

    Brunswick Landing Marina Our pilgrimage home to York, PA is complete, ortho doc visited,  family visited, gifts exchanged, the homestead checked and put to bed, we’re now back on board. The return car rental dance card has been retired, and we’re anticipating a quiet Christmas Day on board. This afternoon we’ll head to […]

Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2010-12-24 09:20:00

CHRISTMAS EVE, AHH YES – WHAT CAN WE SAY and no that is not snow.  We took Izzy for another romp in the ocean – the sand is pink coral and again clear turquoise water – can’t get much better.I know – more flowers – I just can’t help myself.It has …

"The Moon Over Georgia"

This is the Herb River anchorage in GA where we spent 3 days waiting out a winter storm that had struck all along the east coast from Florida to the northern states. The night time lows fell to the teens and the temperatures inside the cabin …

December 2010 Key West

We found some sponges that must have fallen off a boat and a queen conch on the shore at the Key West Harbor Marina. Karen is cleaning one of the sponges in the picture behind the boat. Karen loves to take pictures of the roosters here in KW.This is t…

Happy Christmas

Here’s wishing one and all a very happy Christmas, wherever you are and whatever your situation.May all your wishes come true.Here we have the food and booze in, and are getting geared up for what looks set for a brilliant Christmas.