John and Mable Ringling Mansion Ca d’ Zan

This is the second blog of four that I will do covering our vist to the John and Mable Ringling Estate. It was just too much to cover in a single blog. The first which is actually in the following blog. The third will preceed this when published and…

Virgin Holidays

Jan. 9th 2011Bahia Tortuga, Isla de Culebrita, Spanish Virgin Islands18°19.24 N / 065°13.68 WSo, I’ve been lazy with my writing.  Blame it on the holidays.  After celebrating Domino’s birthday at Foxy’s (you gotta read our…

Race Week January 2011

We went to Margaritaville Cafe to see the Sauce Boss he plays his own Blues Music and cooks a chicken and seafood gumbo on stage while he is playing. At the end of the night he serves up the gumbo for everyone to eat. We met a couple that the girl is f…

Carrabelle, FL – 1/11/11

Finally we are on the move again! We left Port St. Joe about Dawn 30 (0720) and traveled the 60 miles to the Moorings Marina in Carrabelle, FL which will be our launching port for the Gulf Crossing. The trip over was pretty uneventful but chilly. For t…

Seas 2 Day

BACK TO NORMAL

The holidays are over and things are back to normal, whatever that is. We spent 10 days at each one of our children’s homes over the holidays. It was so nice to spend concentrated time with each family. Jay and Cynthia went to Las Vegas for a few da…

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

TIME IS YOUR LIFE..TIME IS IRREVERSIBLE..IT IS IRREPLACEABLE.  As of today the CO has lived 840 months or 25,550 days or 613,200 hours or 36,792,000 minutes.  As far as I can see, he is making the best of it!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, K…

Maerin

Palm Beach Gardens

We had an uneventful but pleasant cruise from Vero to Palm Beach Wednesday. The ICW winds through some of the most pricey real estate of the entire east coast, beautiful homes along the canal, impeccably landscaped and a variety of architectural styles…

Maerin

Palm Beach Gardens

We had an uneventful but pleasant cruise from Vero to Palm Beach Wednesday. The ICW winds through some of the most pricey real estate of the entire east coast, beautiful homes along the canal, impeccably landscaped and a variety of architectural styles. Many of the homes are in the multi-million dollar range, and each time […]

Lessons from touching the hard – Day 101 – Sarasota to Captiva, FL

We awoke Monday, to a consistent 20 knot south wind and partly cloudy skies with a 30% chance of rain or thunderstorms.    As a general rule, 20 knot winds would keep us off Lake Michigan, especially if the winds are from the north …

Maerin

Vero Beach

 

 

Sue with pups

We welcomed our guests aboard Monday morning. Barb ferried the pups in for their morning walk while the skipper readied Maerin for departure. The plan was for Sue & Jim to meet us about 0830 for a 0900 …