The courtesy car is a great big old Buick Roadmaster station wagon. The fruit and vegetable stand; they were picking the vegetables right in front of the stand, so we knew they were freshQuiet day today, spent the day getting caught up with some chores…
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Daytona Beach, FL – 5/19/11
Our last morning at New Smyrna Marina was properly acknowledged with biscuits and gravy prepared by Ricki & Huen along with a orange juice adult beverage. Another day in paradise! We pulled out of the marina at 10 a.m. bound for Halifax Marina in D…
Doziers Regatta Point Yacht Club, Deltaville, Virginia
We left Yorktown under sunny skies this morning, calm seas. We were about 12 miles up the York River, so went back out to the Chesapeake. By the time we got onto the Bay, it was somewhat cloudy and our calm seas had become sloppy, not really terribly r…
New Smyrna, FL – 5/18/11
5/17/11Tuesday was spent cleaning the boat inside and out which was a full days job. In the evening went back to the Pizza Shop for another great meal. 5/18/11After filling with water and a pump out, we left Cocoa Village Marina at 8:40 a.m. for the 5 …
Riverwalk Landing Marina, Yorktown, Virginia
As we left Portsmouth this morning, we travelled past many boatyards, including many military boatyards. We did notice one area that seemed to have patrol boats around it, we thought it would not be a good idea to approach too closely. Just after…
Tidewater Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, Virginia
Sunny with clouds this morning, stiff breeze at times, few drops of rain at times, kept looking like it might storm but never did. We went to see the Naval Shipyard Museum and the Light Ship here in Portsmouth. The Light Ship is actually an aid to navi…
Cocoa Village, FL – 5/16/11
Monday Morning at 8:56 a.m. the final liftoff of the shuttle Endeavour happened. Our position at Cocoa Village Marina was approximately 10 miles from the launch pad and provided a very neat place to observe it.By the time we saw this the roar of the li…
Tidewater Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, Virginia
Gloria and I got up early this morning to take the ferry across to Norfolk to meet with Audrey Stehle, a lady who is very knowledgeable about the Chesapeake. Audrey spent an hour with us going over good places to visit.We did get into the AGLC ship’s s…
Cocoa Village, FL
After doing the morning “bug removal” which includes vacuuming the inside and washing the outside, Ricki & I took off to Sam’s to drop off our photos to print, all 2,290 of them, then a quick trip to Publix for some food supplies. Then a lazy after…
Tidewater Yacht Marina, Portsmouth, Virginia
Left the Welcome Centre in the Dismal Swamp in time to make a very slow trip to the lock at the other end of the canal. This canal was originally built with slave labour; however the slaves learned the swamp so well from digging the canal that it becam…
