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#33.5 April 2011 Part II Miami – Bimini



Farewell, Miami!

Kindred Spirit and our 2 buddy boats awoke to a beautiful Miami morning. Each of us was bursting with excitement and anticipation of our Atlantic Ocean crossing to the Bahamas. The 6 1/2 hour trip could not have been more …

Oops – visited Hilton Head before Beaufort, SC.

Jim and I love Hilton Head. We have for a few years, since our bike trip with Dutch Connection, Ernie and Pat Myers.The lighthouse at the Harbour Town MarinaView from the lighthouse of the Harbour Town Marina. Pretty spot!Our first bike trip with Dutch…

Beaufort SC….that is Beautiful Beaufort!

The initial call to the Downtown Beaufort Marina said it all! When I said Bow.fort, I was corrected to prounce the city as Bewfort! Bow…fort is in NC. OK, got it!Beaufort is a beautiful town by all measures. The Beaufort River is beautiful and is par…

Savannah Georgia – Isle of Hope. Quite a delight!

We arrived at Isle of Hope Marina soon after noon. The boys raced to shore and smiled at me. We found a number of our friends on the dock, who had stayed in Isle of Hope an extra day due to the wind and weather. The marina offers a “deal” of full price…

#33 April 2010 South Beach – Ft. Lauderdale – Palm Beach – Stuart – Palm Beach, Miami

On our journey north we stopped in Miami Beach for the first time and anchored in front of Julio Inglesais home on Star Island. 

Just 1 of a parade of cruise ships that passed our anchorage in Miami.

Our friends, Kate and Steve, were alre…

#32 March 2011 Cruising Chronicles The Florida Keys

This year’s lost another page from the calendar and we spent it in the Florida Keys.   

Just wondered if blonds have more fun!This is the end of the bright work.  Bill’s finishing up our name boards under …

#31 February 2011 Cruising Chronicles Marathon, Florida Keys

Bahia Honda
While the rest of the US was bundled up, shoveling snow, and braving the ice, we were basking in the balmy breezes and fabulous weather of the FL Keys. We’re in the middle of a spectacular 100 mile archipelago jutting into the tropic…

#30 Bender’s Cruising Chronicles Fort Myers – Captive – Sanibel – Marco – Marathon

 Man alive!!! End of January ALREADY and time to post a blog I’ve not even begun to write! Where’s the time going? If our days of gainful employment had flown this fast, working wouldn’t have been so bad!

Ragged Ass Salon
Bill, Laura…

Dinner at Dotie's

We had an excellent Thai dinner from Busara’s at Dotie’s house. (View Post…)

Figuring out the auto feature on Debbie's camera

Don made a few errors. We had a number of laughs. (View Post…)