April 25 – Sanford, FL

By on April 26, 2014 in The Pearl
Monroe Habour Marina

Today was a much needed workday. It’s been over two weeks since the boat has been washed and longer since I’ve done laundry. So while Stan took care of the outside of the boat I did the inside. It wasn’t an exciting morning, but no matter where you live the housework and yard have to be done…ok we don’t have a yard, but who at home has to wash the outside of their house? After lunch were went to the grocery store…it’s also been over two weeks for that too and we were out of everything fresh.

When we finished our work we went for a bike ride along the Riverwalk, it’s a wide path that runs the along Lake Monroe. Sanford has done a good job in fixing up the waterfront and there are several pretty parks along the Riverwalk for families to play and people can fish from any spot along the path.

Sanford is known as the “Historic Waterfront Gateway City,” it sits on the southern shore of Lake Monroe at the head of navigation on the St. Johns River. The city sits approximately 20 miles northeast of Orlando. The historic Sanford Memorial Stadium was built in 1951 on the site of the old Sanford Field, which was originally built in 1926. The new stadium was built as the spring training facility for the New York Giants. Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Tim Raines, and David Eckstein have all played baseball in Sanford and it was the location where Jackie Robinson first took to the field in 1946 to play baseball as a member of a white Class AAA International League. Unfortunately, for us, this stadium is no longer used for a spring training facility for any team. It would have been fun to watch a team wok out or see a game. 

Monroe Harbour Marina

Downtown Sanford

One of the pretty homes along our route to the grocery store 

Part of the Riverwalk

Veterans Memorial Park located on the Riverwalk 

Lock 103 – Coinjock to Norfolk

By on April 25, 2014 in Guided Discovery

Reader Note: I published two articles this morning (i.e., 2:20 AM).  Be sure to check out “Calm after the Storm – Belhaven to Coinjock.”Strange title you say.  Well, not really.We did a total of 102 locks on our Great Loop adventure.  We…

Calm After the Storm – Belhaven to Coinjock, NC

By on April 25, 2014 in Guided Discovery

The storm I described in the previous article ended on Monday evening after a four day run.  We chose to stay at Dowry Creek Marina for two more days to enjoy this very special place and two days of lovely weather.Guided Discovery on a stormy morn…

Pretty Stuff…

By on April 25, 2014 in M/V Serenity

Got a message from Tom B. this morning that made me smile.”We are ready for your final approval on these (reference to attached pics): here is the sheer stripe with the accent stripe below it and where the paint and varnish will be on the cap rail”.Tom…

Day 105 – 365 Project…MX Fun

By on April 25, 2014 in Misty Moose

Welcome to day 105 of  365 photos…my photos today were taken at the MX training facility near Maysville, NC. We were heading to Tractor Supply in New Bern when I noticed that there were a few  young men flying though the air on their bikes and knew just what I wanted for my photos today.… Continue Reading

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Somethin’ was buggin’ me

By on April 25, 2014 in She:Kon

Somethin’ in the back of my teenie tiny brain was buggin’ me. I’ve been going over a list of stuff I have to get done in the near future and the rudder is one of those items. The rudder I have came with the kit that we bought. I don’t know who built it…

4-21-2014 thru 4-25, 2014, still at Marsh Harbour Marina

By on April 25, 2014 in Kim Jo III

4-21, 22 & 23-2014, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday:
Monday was a lazy day, didn’t do much of anything.  Mike from Casey Dee and Bob and Sherry from Wind Song II left Tuesday morning.  The Whale has calmed down and quite a few boats are leaving.  We rented a car for 24 hours starting at 12:30 today.  This afternoon we drove to Treasure Cay and see the sights.  Beautiful beach and enjoyed a good lunch.  We were not too impressed by the marina, especially for the price they charge per foot.  We were glad we did not  take the boat there.  On Wednesday morning we drove to Little Harbor, Pete’s Pub and Gallery, and had lunch.  We really liked this place and will probably bring our boat here sometime.  Their gallery was excellent with some of the most beautiful sculptures I have ever seen.  I really liked “The Old Man in the Sea”; it was huge and cost thousands of dollars.  I would have bought it (LOL!) but we don’t have room on the boat for it.

CO’s comments: They only use 12 gauge shotguns with slugs here for boar hunting and they consider it a delicacy.  I would like to try it sometime.  At Nippers on Guana Cay, they have a wild boar roast every Sunday.

4-22-2014: The beach at Treasure Cay

4-22-2014: These Curly Tail’s are found on all the Cays in the Abaco.  Thought you would like this Austin.

4-23-2014: Our day at Little Harbor.

4-23-2014:  Unique speed bumps at Little Harbor.

4-23-2014:  View on the drive up to Little Harbor.  We were told that this is good boar hunting land.  Boar and birds are they only thing they hunt here on Great Abaco Island.

4-24 and 25-2014, Thursday and Friday: More lazy days, waiting on our boat part.  It rained most of the afternoon on Thursday.  Now we are told our part will not be here until Monday because of the holiday
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Well… We Didn’t Get Far

By on April 25, 2014 in Istaboa

As mentioned in the last post from Sarasota, our intentions, weather permitting, were to stop at Legacy Harbour in downtown Ft Myers before heading east to Jupiter and home.It turns out, upon leaving Marina Jack’s we got a call from Eric at Legacy and …

April 24 – Sanford, FL

By on April 25, 2014 in The Pearl

Monroe Habour Marina”There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.” – Kurt HahnWe woke up to fog this morning…good thing leaving early isn’t part of our age…

Plan Views – Really!

By on April 24, 2014 in M/V Serenity

So I resorted to old fashioned tactics to get these plan views to you. I printed the PDF version, placed the copy on my desk and used my phone to take a picture of the plan views.  Not exactly state of the art pictures (even though taken with an i…