We have been to Nuie, and are now in Tonga. In Nuie, a man said to me:”We were made by the aliens, but they reckoned they had messed up, so they moved on. It’s all in the Bible”
Wednesday Nov 3
We are now “home” Man O War –Dickies Cay.Premium Time with Karen & David Trauger are still with us. We left the anchorage at 5AM Friday Oct 29. The inlet was smooth with the outgoing tide.Paul saw several weather cells along the coast about 10 miles o…
Day 26 Still in Beautiful Beaufort NC
We will be here until Friday as we are now so close to Mrytle Beach we have decided to stay awhile and enjoy. This morning there were only half a dozen motoryachts here and maybe two dozen sailboats. But by 2:30 the boats started to pull in for the n…
Jekyll Island; the rest of the story
At the heart of the Historic District is the old Jekyll Island Club, now a luxury hotel.The well tended grassy area out front is a croquet court. One day we saw a family, all decked out in white, playing croquet on this beautiful lawn and thought we ha…
Great Loop Date: 10.31.2010 (Sunday) through 11. .2010: Following Tracks Back…
Day #80: 1771.4 total miles (20.5 miles today)Locks: 17 total (today: 2)Port #36 – Florence Marina, Florence, ALBOO !!! Halloween on the water. I had the decorations but we didn’t have any little ghosts or goblins visit us. Of course, our neighborh…
Day 3
24 05 S 176 27E It is 7 am and Andy and I are 763 nm from Auckland. Conditions remained the same through most of yesterday and overnight with 15-20 kt wind and 2-3 meter seas. Not the best ride, but c…
Columbus, Mississppi
(Monday, Nov. 1 – Dist: 42.2 mi; Avg Speed: 8.2 mph; TTT: 6:40 hrs; Locks: 3)
Monday, November 1 was another beautiful day down here in the south. We even had a chance to linger and enjoy our coffee this morning because by the time we were …
A Copper Top Still in the hills and a chance to ride a Combine. What a week!
I don’t even know where to start. In the past two weeks we have checked some major thing off the old bucket list. A few months before Anna and I left on our trip we sat down and made a list of a few major things we would like to see along t…
The stripped teak looks good!
The teak got de-varnished, and it now has a completely different look and feel to it — much more natural, and too our liking. Originally, after stripping the varnish off, we wanted to leave it au natural, and we still do. Actually, in the rain, they s…
The stripped teak looks good!
The teak got de-varnished, and it now has a completely different look and feel to it — much more natural, and too our liking. Originally, after stripping the varnish off, we wanted to leave it au natural, and we still do. Actually, in the rain, they s…
