Eric’s daughter, Katherine (Kat) and her boyfriend, Clay, spent a week cruising the islands of Fiji with us where they experienced “real” Fiji in native villages…..and snorkeled on Fiji’s beautiful reefs…..We especially liked it when the villagers …
Mud Bear
Being a volcanic island, Fiji has many hot springs bubbling to the surface. One such place has capitalized on nature by offering “mud baths” in a natural hot pool. Driving by, we stopped to check it out. Bear was the only one with a swimsuit so he got …
Religion 101
The diversity of Fiji’s roughly one million people is visibly noticeable in the variety of religious edifices in the urban areas. On a recent trip to Lautoka, we visited four different places of worship – none which were Christian based.The first was a…
Tuesday Oct 26
We left Brunswick GA on Monday Oct 18 –only 3 days later than we had planned but I think this is about the same date as last year. Our Buddy Boat is Premium Time with Karen & David Trauger.Karen is a really neat person and I know we are going to have …
Tuesday October 26
We saw several Manatees. We saw more circles of where they were. The pictures of the Manatees are very hard to get but this “bump” in the water is one of several in our anchorage one nightWe had lots of dolphins on our trip south. I got what I think ar…
Hampton Roads, VA
Saturday, October 23RD- 24TH- Woke up and began getting ready to leave when we noticed the moon was setting.Shortly after 7am we untied and headed out into the Bay. The seas were relatively choppy, we were taking spray up to the bridge. NOAA was …
Fun in Lonely Deltaville
Wednesday October 20TH-22ND- Our travelling window was very narrow, if we didn’t leave today there wouldn’t be good weather for a few more days. NOAA was calling for light morning showers but deteriorating in the afternoon because seas would be buildin…
Heading South on the Potomac River
Sunday October 17Th -The winds had settled enough to travel down the Potomac River. For the past couple of days the winds were gusting WNW over 30 knots. Our destination today was the Tobacco River anchorage which is the half way mark on the Poto…