Coconut Grove

We finally left Stuart on Friday, December 10th with a short run to North Lake Worth and the very nice anchorage there – that is, us and about 35 other boats! But it’s a big area with lots of room. The next day, Saturday, we left early (in the fog) a…

Not much to report

Sorry to say I don’t have any progress of worth to report other than I don’t have to hang any Xmas lights on the shed. It glows in the dark in this nice cool blue color!The only other thing of note is we received the mortgage discharge papers this week…

Pompano Beach

While the trip from Lake Worth to Ft. Lauderdale is relatively short, we felt that with a cold front predicted tonight with strong northerlies, it would be best to go some of the way today and take a slip in a marina. We are glad that we did. While …

Clearwater to Bradenton Loop Complete

December 11, 2010 Clearwater to Bradenton, Florida: Loop Completion. Well this is the big day, and we wake up to fog so heavy that even the birds are grounded. We can’t move, because we can’t see the other boat traffic or the channel markers. We can on…

Bahia Santa Maria

Date: 12/11/2010Location: Bahia Santa MariaLat/Lon: 24 46 N 112 14 WWeather: Winds W 5-10 kts, morning fog, mostly sunnyIn Punta Asuncion we discovered a water leak coming somewhere from the Generator. Frank spent a few hours in an embrace with the Ge…

Saturday, December 11, 2010 – Marina Costa Baja, La Paz

Less than 24 hours after leaving warm La Paz, we landed in Anchorage to beautiful fresh snow. I did not have to wait long to see the kids. The day after we returned we celebrated my birthday with three sons, two daughters-in-law and five grand childr…

Saturday, December 11, 2010

  Doug and Joanie  Kim Jo III at Clearwater MarinaThe all day fishing boat with a big catch-Clearwater Half day fishing boat-Clearwater Cleaning the fish with the Pelican looking for a handoutAll but 3 Looper boats that we …

Previously posted pictures from December 2 through 5, 2010

Carrabelle sunset Leaving Carrabelle on Friday, December 3, 2010 Dog Island south of CarrabelleThe Old Grouch and Negotiator on the GulfFlorida Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Coast Guard Law EnforcementPelican at marinaO…

Hoilday Cheer

The annual Charleston Christmas Boat parade as seen from our pilot house What was fun was the hooting and horn blowing as each boat passed byFind us here

December 6 We head for home by car

 We got a one-way car rental and headed home for the holidays, stopping the first night at Nancy and Craig Conklin’s place near Ocala, FL.  The next day we picked up the dogs in Spring City, TN and then continued on home.  The dogs were …