Mud Bear

Being a volcanic island, Fiji has many hot springs bubbling to the surface. One such place has capitalized on nature by offering “mud baths” in a natural hot pool. Driving by, we stopped to check it out. Bear was the only one with a swimsuit so he got …

Religion 101

The diversity of Fiji’s roughly one million people is visibly noticeable in the variety of religious edifices in the urban areas. On a recent trip to Lautoka, we visited four different places of worship – none which were Christian based.The first was a…

Waterfront at Eskifoca

Byzantine Castle at Eskifoca

Tuesday Oct 26

We left Brunswick GA on Monday Oct 18 –only 3 days later than we had planned but I think this is about the same date as last year. Our Buddy Boat is Premium Time with Karen & David Trauger.Karen is a really neat person and I know we are going to have …

Tuesday October 26

We saw several Manatees. We saw more circles of where they were. The pictures of the Manatees are very hard to get but this “bump” in the water is one of several in our anchorage one nightWe had lots of dolphins on our trip south. I got what I think ar…

Hampton Roads, VA

Saturday, October 23RD- 24TH-  Woke up and began getting ready to leave when we noticed the moon was setting.Shortly after 7am we untied and headed out into the Bay. The seas were relatively choppy, we were taking spray up to the bridge. NOAA was …

Fun in Lonely Deltaville

Wednesday October 20TH-22ND- Our travelling window was very narrow, if we didn’t leave today there wouldn’t be good weather for a few more days. NOAA was calling for light morning showers but deteriorating in the afternoon because seas would be buildin…

Heading South on the Potomac River

 Sunday October 17Th -The winds had settled enough to travel down the Potomac River. For the past couple of days the winds were gusting WNW over 30 knots. Our destination today was the Tobacco River anchorage which is the half way mark on the Poto…

Our Adventure in Washington, DC

Friday October 8th/ 17th – Shortly before noon we tied up at the Gangplank marina. Our plans were to spend a week in Washington, DC, to visit with family and to explore, how wonderful! We had an amazingly busy week. We spent a few days tourin…