While we were in Neiafu on Vava'u, we meet a colorful couple from Banff, Alberta. They are the owners of the "Giggling Whale and the Tipsy Turtle" a happening little restaurant and bar. Sandy and Cathy come to Vava'u every year for si…
Weather Window Wait in Tonga
John, one of the fellows that helped us on our Pacific crossing, was supposed to join us here in Nuku'alofa and do the crossing from Tonga to New Zealand. He was looking forward to a bit of diving, sightseeing, warm weather and so on along with the…
We Haven’t Vanished
Sorry we have not been updating the blog lately. This post will fill you in on what we have been up to. Sadly, we misplaced the SD card with the last of our road trip pictures, which is why we never finished the road trip posts. Yellowstone was AMAZING. From Yellowstone, we went to Jackson […]
A Hauntingly Good Time
Wed. October 27th-30th – In order to catch even a little bit of the tide heading down the river we had to be up by 6am. It was still very dark out at this time, but when the sun started to rise the clouds first appeared with a hint of pink. It’s v…
The Dog Days of Summer
Like much of the country, the mid-Atlantic had a sizzling hot summer. It seemed as if we went immediately from needing to run the heat to having to run the AC. During the summer of 2010, the DC area experienced 61 days with temps above normal; 26 days …
MONDAY, NOV 1 Getting a few things done.
Time for a little fishing. Although it doesn’t look like it, today was mostly a work day. We had the marina mechanics replace all of the plumbing on the master suite toilet. Works great now. They checked the generator control bo…
Forward tanks and sub-floor framing
Installed the forward tanks (1 grey water, and 2 fresh water) and began work on the forward floor framing. As in the aft cabin, the tanks are 3/8′ wall, roto-molded polyethylene from Plastic-Mart in Southern California. They sit in a “tray” built up ou…
NZ here we come
Fiji 17* 40.9 S 177* 20.7 E It is just after noon on Tuesday and we finally got through customs and immigration clearance. Ann and Bear are off to a local hotel until they fly to NZ tomorrow, while Andy and I are gettin…
great days
Well what a trip through the Dismal swamp it is hard to describe, very narrow only 6 ft water in most places and very beautiful we arrived in Elizabeth City NC. I went for groceries while lane washed the boat and water up her tanks. We talked to new fr…
Solomons, MD to Charleston SC (Sep 19 to Nov 1)
As it turned out, Joe and I were separated for almost three weeks. Since Alex was not born until September 18, I delayed my departure from Charleston for a few days to give Meredith’s mother a chance to visit with him. Lynn and I had a great time tou…
