12/25/2010 – Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Vero Beach. Woke up to wonderfully warm temperatures finally! Mother Nature was going to give us a great day to celebrate! Early afternoon we took the dinghy to shore, brought our beverage and dish…
Great Day at Costabaja
Yesterday was spent cleaning the soot off the boat and washing both dogs. A tanker just west of us started her engine and dark black smoke (soot) was blown all over the marina here. One of my sail boat neighbors said it was my fault because …
Looks like you gave a bunch of people some big smi…
Looks like you gave a bunch of people some big smiles and great memories! Look forward to seeing you here in Z-town when you get here!Happy New Year from Val and Stan
Dinghy / Trawler / PGII??
In answer to a question in a comment:Pineapple Girl II is the trawler, an Overseas PT 35. This is the boat pictured in the upper left of the blog. Here is a shot of the name on the transom and another of the sundeck as seen from the flybrid…
John and Mable Ringling Estate Sarasota #1
This is the first of four blogs covering the John and Mable Ringling Estate in Sarasota Florida. This is John Ringling of the Ringling Bros Circus Fame. John Ringling left the entire estate to the Florida State University, who now maintains for the a…
Whirlwind
It’s been a crazy past 11 days. In brief. Took my Dad to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mn. for a check up. (all OK). While there visited my cousin Kim and her husband Jeff who was recovering from a several hour surgery. (also OK) Back home we moved Ma…
Port St. Joe – 1/9/11
This is the final activity day of the rendezvous which was a 10 a.m. breakfast at the marina Dockside Cafe. Do partly to the high winds, there was close to 40 loopers at the meeting with only 4 or 5 couples on boats. Breakfast was pretty good buffet…
1/9/2011 ANCHORAGE BY VENETIAN E. BRIDGE TO BIMINI’S BLUE WATER RESORT
SUNDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 46 NMBy the time the sun’s fingers were grasping the morning sky, we were anchor up and underway. It was “So long Florida” and ”Look out Bahamas, here we come!” This was the perfect weather window to make cross…
Normans Cay
Sunday, January 9, 2011, Day 105. Slow Dancin’ and Escapade’s crews decided to go to Normans Cay instead of Highborne Cay. From the descriptions in the cruising guides, we felt that there was more to do (restaurants, groceries) in Normans Cay. I…
Fun in Sarasota – Days 93 to 100 – Sarasota, FL
We have now been in Sarasota 20 days, making it the city where we have spent the most time thus far and as the title suggests, where we have had the most fun. We have really gotten to know Sarasota and in doing so realize that you could spend a y…
