The AGLCA Fall Rendezvous was held at Joe Wheeler State Park in northern Alabama. AGLCA is a group of people with the same idea of adventure and love for boating. The rendezvous consisted of guest speakers addressing ports of call, crossing the Gul…
‘Tis the Season!
Cruising season, that is! Hurricane season ends ‘officially’ by November 1. So with about a week to go in October, we… and the numerous other cruising couples we know, scattered all over the States and the world… made the happy migration back t…
Made it to Paradise (Kew West) 1st Week
We left Marco Isand about 4am to head across the gulf to Key West. 2-4 ft seas not to bad of course Karen would say they getting worse everytime a 4 foot one rolled in. Got to the Garrison Bight Marina about 4;30 pm and rinsed the boat and over to Deva…
SUNDAY, OCT 31 Halloween!
Here’s an impressive houseboat. Bet this will make Ken and Judy jealous.
We had a great Sunday brunch at the Mobile Yacht Club with some new friends from a boat docked near us. They have lived for 4 1/2 years on a 42′ boat very similar …
FOAC’s are Everywhere!
One of the best parts of starting down the Intracoastal Waterway is that we’re in close proximity to a lot of boats. We’re now tied up between the lock and bridge at Great Bridge, Virgina watching all the snow birds making their way south. The picture …
JUST SOME TIDBITS….
Yesterday was hot, hot, hot. I think the high was only 87, but there was a lot more humidity than the couple days before. I think that, whenever it plans on raining, it gets real humid around here. The heat and humidity yesterday prov…
Really Useful Boxes
We've been ordering a seemingly endless number of supplies and spare parts for the
boat, ranging from fuel filters to zincs to alternators to pumps, and even a spare
inverter. Stowing …
We saw an alligator!
What, you expected a picture of it? Well, sorry, it slipped into the water before I could get my camera. But we really did see a 5-6 foot alligator on the bank of the Tombigbee River here in Alabama, about 80 miles north of where we are now on the Gulf…
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Part II – SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010
FRIENDS IN JAPAN – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
You have to stay in one place long enough to become friends.
We returned to Starr on 1 September, and have had guests from Hawaii (Kat & James Petron) in Sep…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2010-10-31 15:32:00
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!Beautiful weather for Halloween this year. Cooper was Pizza Man – ohhhh that’s scary!He and his arch nemesis…. Taco Girl (aka Georgia) where quite a pair – come on – where’s the scary stuff?Ok Loga…
