December 8-15, 2010 Fort Myers, Florida 26.6476,-081.8685

REMINDER:  If you would like to enlarge any of these picture, place your mouse on the picture and click.  –  An especially interesting picture to enlarge may be  the Banyan tree , i.e. Strangler Fig.,  enveloping a statue. December 8-9.  Left Gulfport at 8am and said our good-byes to “Tony M”.  We hope to see […]

Bicycling and Blitzen!

We biked all over the east end of Provo Wednesday, all the way out to Leeward Going Through and back again. As we couldn’t dive (the winds are still whipping up the waves and reducing visibility) it was something to do and a nice way to see more of the…

On the High Seas – April, 2010

Harborage was a speck in the distance when the excitement began!  Fishing boats on their way in from the ocean were fast approaching us, seemingly from all directions.  Thank goodness for Captain Patti’s calm demeanor as my hands shook on the…

Marathon at last!

We finally untied from the dock yesterday (actually, it was the first day in several that we could) and got underway across Biscayne Bay. We exited the Biscayne Channel, past Stiltsville (use Google), and entered the Hawk Channel, which lies off shore …

HOUMA TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

Houma to New OrleansOur time in Houma was well spent.  Generally speaking, we did a whole lot of nothing.  The weather was pretty cold.  The highs during the day were in the 40’s and the lows at night were in the high 20’s.  It …

Robin

There is not much happening on Lady Jane at the moment, mostly because of the weather.It’s that time of the year when things seem so damp and miserable.No boat action gives me the opportunity to blog about other stuff for a while.Here is our ‘tame’ rob…

One More Haircut

That’s right. I have one more haircut before Pam & I head south. Back when we wintered Tourist here in the cold, snowy north country I used to count down the number of haircuts I had remaining before we could start boating again in the spring….

Bathroom Improvements

It’s amazing what a difference a little paint can make. We have been thinking of what we could do with the ugly gold vinyl in the shower since we bought the boat in March. We did a lot of research on different options…all seemed like a lot of work….

Next Stop….The Islands of the Bahamas

We arrived at Vero Beach on Sunday, November 28 with the humidity and heat. The cold weather clothing was put away and the down comforter was stored for the season. Finally, some warm weather! But, wait….hold on…within 48 hours the temps plummeted …

Report From Onboard Jenny

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:14:35 AMLocation: Boot Key HarborLatitude is 24 degrees 42.307 minutes north.Longitude is 81 degrees 5.898 minutes west.This weather observation was taken on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:00:56 AM local time.Observati…