We welcomed Ed and Barb Daniel as our next guests to see our place on Tidy Island http://www.tidyisland.org/ and then for a boat trip on Island Hopper. Ed and I are fraternity brothers from 40 years ago. After two days of sightseeing the area …
Puert Vallarta – Auckland NZ Summary
Some totals from our cruising season: April 1 – Nov 7 2010 Puerto Vallarta – Marquesas – Tuamotus – Tahiti – Bora Bora – Suwarrow – Tonga – Fiji – New Zealand Total miles traveled: 8104 nautical miles (940…
Myrtle Beach
Left Carolina Beach under sunny skies,but cold NE winds, brrrrr. It was very nippy last night, there have be “frost on the punkins” :)Great day travelling, but still to cold to be at the upper helm :(Made it to Myrtle Beach, and through oth…
Pre-Departure
Unfortunately the weather has not been as cooperative as we would have liked. We were scheduled to pull out tomorrow morning to head to West End Bahamas, but instead we’ll go to West Palm Beach, hang out for the night and weather permi…
hmm… October 13 – November 7
Short blog for a long time span!That’s what happens when I forget to post!!!After our visit to Green Turtle Bay, we headed down the Tennessee River and stayed at Paris Landing, Cuba Landing, Clifton Marina, and Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina. All of the mari…
hmm… October 13 – November 7
Short blog for a long time span!That’s what happens when I forget to post!!!After our visit to Green Turtle Bay, we headed down the Tennessee River and stayed at Paris Landing, Cuba Landing, Clifton Marina, and Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina. All of the mari…
Big Bayou Canot, AL to Fairhope, AL
Coming out of the anchorage back into the Mobile River.
Work is being done on the “1/4 Mile Bridge” this morning. I love to get people to wave to me when I’m behind the camera.
We’re starting to fall apart – our coffee maker only w…

A Visit to Kyoto
MORE FRIENDS IN JAPAN: A Visit to Kyoto with our “Personal Guides”, Keuke and Teiko Maruyama
4-6 November 2010
We were introduced to Keisuke and Teiko Maruyama and their two daughters, Natsuki and Azusa, in Hawaii by our friend …
Sunday, November 7, 2010 – Costa Baja Marina
I can’t explain it, there is no logic, and it’s not as if we are particularly busy, but our time here flies by, even when we are just tied up at the marina. Tomorrow will we head north and turn up the heat instead of the air conditioning. Earl ha…
Detour to AGLCA Fall 2010 Rendezvous
During the last week of October, we left the boat at Jekyll Island, GA, and took a road trip to Joe Wheeler State Park in northern Alabama to attend the America’s Great Loop Association (AGLCA) Fall 2010 Rendezvous.Many of the 200+ attendees are curren…