Love the FL Birds
Another Kilwins Ice Cream Shop
Entering Big Pass in Sarasota between Siesta Key and Lido Key
We enjoyed a morning bike ride on Captiva before readying Island Hopper for the 50 mile run to Venice. Our destination was the Venic…
Sunday, Nov 14 We’re in Florida!!
Headed into our anchorage for the night. Beautiful sand beaches. We are between Pensacola and Ft. Walton Beach.
Just over the sand dunes is the Gulf. Notice the palm trees and the large powered kite in the background.
Sunset…
November 11, 2010 South Seas Resort
After departing Naples Sailing and Yacht Club we stopped at Naples boat Club across the river for 200 gallons of diesel fuel to feed the thirsty diesels for the trip back north to Longboat Key. Fueling takes about 30-40 minutes for docking,…
Farewell to Georgia
On Tuesday, November 9th, fellow Cruising Club of Charleston members, Mike and Judy Fauss aboard “Odyssey,” along with Lloyd Davis and Dick Anderson aboard “Condor,” arrived at Jekyll Harbor Marina after an exciting overnighter sailing “outsi…
#29 Agua Verde
Agua Verde. In a minute I’ll tell the crazy story of how we got here, but first you gotta see how beautiful it is. This morning as we sipped coffee and the sky was just beginning to lighten, every sense was awake. We’re floating peac…
Fun Weekend
Melinda and I had a fun weekend starting with Friday afternoon aboard the S/V catamaran Sam the Skull. I met them in Isla Mujeres and they came in here during the week on their way back to the Rio Dulce via Mexico. It was the first time Melinda w…
Next stop – New York
Here’s the Wanderbird, neatly tucked in alongside a fishing wharf in Newport, Rhode Island.We got in fairly late last night, but not so late as to miss last orders at the Black Pearl, just a few hundred yards from where we were tied up.This mornings de…
Offshore enroute to Florida
Running offshore lets us see many different things. Today we ran across multiple Sea Turtles like these two laying out taking in the sun, just as we did all day.Who can ever get tired of Sunsets? What a great day to be on the water….2 mor…
Offshore enroute to Florida
Running offshore lets us see many different things. Today we ran across multiple Sea Turtles like these two laying out taking in the sun, just as we did all day.Who can ever get tired of Sunsets? What a great day to be on the water….2 mor…
Running at night
Although we hadn't run overnight before the Alaska trip, we frequently ran
at night in the previous boat. And we did make a couple of night runs in the 52.
The learning from those two …
