St. Lous to Green Turtle Bay October 22-November 1, 2013

To
resume our saga now that the internet is reasonably stable—it has been absent
or ailing for some time now!  That’s my
story and I’m sticking with it!

Back
at Port Charles Harbor, the boat was hauled and the ‘shudde…

Galapagos Islands – Days 7 & 8

South PlazaOn our last full day we were at South Plaza on a mooring buoy when we had our 0730 wakeup.  At 0900 we had a dry landing and walk, seeing a cactus forest, land iguanas, red billed tropic birds, swallow tail gulls and a bachelor sea lion…

Galapagos Islands Day 6 – Oct 25

Volcanic IslandsSometime during the night the crew raised the anchor and Letty headed out of Academy Bay and around the west side of Santa Cruz Island to the northern most area where an island known as “Chinese Hat” which actually looks like an old…

The Towns of Washington and Bath North Carolina

Washington, NCAbout 30 miles upriver from the spot where the Intracoastal Waterway crosses the Pamlico River lays the town of Washington, NC. For the many boaters that speed south to reach their winter destinations, missing these side trips is a shame…

Ha!

Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

That’s a wrap

That’s all folks!For this season anyways.I did get a lot done this year. Not as much as I would have liked but this project is proving to be one heck of a lot more work than I thought it would be. Working along most of the time doesn’t help. Even when …

End of Season

It’s getting to be that time of year here in the Midwest. The temps are dropping and boats are coming out of the water like popcorn. Recently I had the opportunity to share in this annual sad event with two of our friends.The first took place on a cool…

Today’s Pic

Sunrise at Dowery CreekBelhaven, NCNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

Was Writing This Blog Worth It?

I stopped my daily updates of this blog when we moved off Drift Away and back to upstate New York last May.  We had a bit over 200,000 hits and 90 followers of our Seinfeld-esk blog about nothing, except for the ridiculousness of living on an old …

Galapagos Islands Day 5 – October 24

Puerto Ayora – Santa Cruz IslandLetty anchored in Academy Bay after midnight and although in a bay, the swell rolled in and we rolled right along with the swell.  Arising the next morning at our 0700 wakeup call we found ourselves in a crowded h…