It is with much sadness that we write this log. Daisy, our best friend and cruising partner, lost her battle to heart disease this past week. She was a great traveling companion, happily going wherever we took her. She never complained and was always eager to be by our side. We had 13 wonderful years […]
Hiroshima and Miyajima Revisited (with Family)
Hiroshima Revisited (with Family)
Who would have thought that you could have so much fun with family?
14-17 November 2010
Don’s oldest sister Donna, her husband Wayne, Don’s youngest brother Dan, and his wife Cheryl arrived in Ashiya on Friday…
Stuart
We had a short run to Stuart today and are at the Loggerhead Marina (where lots of Krogens hang out for the season – several are here now). We will be staying here for a couple weeks to take care of some business. We’ll give an update or two before w…
Monday, Nov 22 Time to re-position to Dog Island anchorage
We took a walk to Dollar General for a few more provisions. Thanks Ron & Molly (previous owners), for leaving us the handy shopping cart.
At anchor in a bay at Dog Island. This puts us in position to head directly into the …
November 21-23, 2010 — Crossing the Gulf of Mexico from Carrabelle, Florida 29.8524,-084.6695
“Crossing The Gulf of Mexico” – November 23, 2010 November 21-23. We spent one more day in Apalachicola then left November 22 heading for Carrabelle. Looking at the weather window and conferring with different sources, we decided to move to Carrabelle today and leave from there tomorrow, November 23rd, for a ‘direct’ crossing to Tarpon […]
Welcome aboard
Hi Tom, welcome aboard. I’ve spent many an hour pouring over your blogsite. http://scrumbleproject.wordpress.com/Truly a massive undertaking! I paid special attention on how you did the cabin roof. I may find myself in a similar situation. Keep the pic…
Weekend Traveling Frenzy
We have not had Internet or cell service for a couple of days. So, it’s time to catch up.Saturday morning we left Demopolis Yacht Basin a little earlier than planned. We were up at our usual 5:30 and about 15 minutes later, we heard a boat from Demopol…
Home at last
For those of you who don’t know, I’m home again, at last.As a matter of interest, the LED I’ve been blogging about is still shining brightly!It’s been a very slow weekend for me, as I’ve always found travelling back from the US hard jet-lag wise. Conse…
Monday Nov 22
So much has happened since my last post — guess the biggest thing is we moved to Boat Harbour. We hated to leave Pappy’s Land but Paul had a cap come off a tooth,the dinghy engine is not right and since we were coming over for the first RMHYC meeting …
Bay Point Marina, Panama City Beach, FL
(Sunday Nov. 21 – Dist: 65.0 mi; Avg Speed: 10.6 mph; TTT: 6:00 hrs)
Dolphins are becoming regular guests on our travels. We saw our first one a couple of days ago, but this one and his partner stayed with for at least 15 minutes playing in the …
