The beach was calling our names, so we went. John and I spent the early afternoon at Flagler Beach. The sand was hard, smooth, and orange. In other words, it was perfect. The waves still tried to knock us over, but it was fun. We laid on the beach…
The panel removed
Photo of the installation. (View Post…)
August 27–30 -Prince Rupert to Port McNeill (aka “Now its time to slow down”)
It seemed as though we’ve repeated the frenetic pace of the northbound trip in our southbound journey. We are now docked in Port McNeill after covering the 295 miles from Prince Rupert in four days. The last three days were all nearly 12 hours underw…
Change In Plans
Change in plans: we’d planned to winter over the boat in SE AK again this coming winter, but family issues have caused us to reconsider. We are now enroute south to Bodega Bay via the Queen Charlotte Islands, west side Vancouver Island and Pacific Coas…
Our New Outboard Lift and Back Saver
During our cruise along the south coast of Cuba several years ago, I did a really dumb thing. We were Med-moored to the dock at Santiago, next to our friend’s Vagabond 47 and there was a bit of swell running in the harbor. We both decided to set out an…
Goodnight Irene
Yesterday, Tuesday at 4pm our power, phone and high speed internet were restored…ahh!We weathered Irene without mishap.Because of the wind direction, initially NNE and later NNW, we were in the shadow of the woods in front of our home. A bit of an is…
First Stop – Gig Harbor, Washington
It was a short drive from the boat launch at Point Defiance to our destination of Gig Harbor. Well, it did take a little longer than needed because the water was smooth, the wind was so warm and we yearned to just cruise – but our schedule dictated that we…
Headed to Washington, DC
Before we could leave Tuesday morning, we had to put September Song back together, and get the anchors off the bottom Monday. We got the first anchor up with a little bit of a problem, but when it came time to get our storm anchor up, it wasn’t budging…
September Song 2011-08-31 12:30:00
The Nice Bridge that was damaged during Irene.Can you see the worker on the bridge? Two birds hitching a ride down river on one of the many logs we saw today from the storm.
Gig Harbor, Washington
It was a short drive from the boat launch at Point Defiance to our destination of Gig Harbor. Well, it did take a little longer than needed because the water was smooth, the wind was so warm and we yearned to just cruise – but our schedule dictated that we move along and arrive Arabella’s…
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