Marine Max of Venice Marina, N 27′ 06.733′/W 082′ 27.967′ After having a wonderful evening with our St. Pete family we retired late and slept in a little this morning until 7a.m. Fair weather was predicted on NOAA as we departed at 8:45 a.m. into Tampa Bay. We hadn’t gone for more than an hour […]
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Saturday, 3/26/11
Dania Beach, FL – 3/25/11
This morning we started the day with a nice breakfast prepared by the captain. I think the first mate just may be getting a little spoiled and is expecting this royal treatment more often than it is offered. After breakfast the first order of business …
Friday, 3/25/11
N 27′ 46. 350′/W 082′ 38. 000 –St. Petersburg, Florida. We departed Tampa at 10:00 a.m. with the help of another one of Ballou’s neighbors, Derek. He was nice enough to delay his fishing trip a few minutes to help us put the bikes up on top of LESSER LIGHT. In a moment, we were on […]
Palm Cove Marina, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Left St. Augustine this morning, travelled about 30 miles north to Jacksonville Beach on the Intercoastal waterway. Very pleasant trip, travelled by long areas of beautiful homes on the east of the waterway and swamp areas on the west. A little cooler …
Dania Beach, FL – 3/24/11
Wow … another boat show day! We left the marina at 11:30 this morning and traveled up I-95 approximately 40 miles to West Palm Beach for their annual boat show. As we approached the downtown marina area, we started seeing boats, boats and more boat…
Thursday, 3/24/11
Still at Bay Point Condos in Tampa, Florida. We’ve been very spoiled with excellent accommodations. Today, we had several more visitors and Rich, one of Ballou’s friends and long time boyhood friend of our friend, Bruce. Rich was very interesting to listen to as he took us for a tour of the immediate area which included the […]
St Augustine Municipal Marina, St Augustine, Florida
The bridge is working. Shortly after I finished writing the blog last night it went up and all of the stranded boats came through. So far today, it seems to have worked. Luckily when we leave we won’t need it lifted for us. Toured the Presbyterian Chur…
Dania Beach, FL – 3/23/11
Ricki and I were semi- conscious watching the Today Show on TV when we heard a knock on our door. I had told Skip to let me know when he needed to go for a pumpout and this was it. He also has a tank tender on the holding tank and it turned red and w…
Wednesday, 3/23/11
Tampa, Florida – First full day in Tampa after a good night’s sleep. It was a nice day, warm, nice breeze. Luke and Ballou watched and discussed world news together. LESSER LIGHT says, “I like it here”. We adjusted the lines and fenders as the tide changed and had blueberry pancakes for breakfast at Ballou’s […]
St. Augustine Municipal Marina, St. Augustine, Florida
Our tour guide showing a chair from the period when Flagler College was a hotel. The chair has wheels on the front to make it easier for the gentleman to push the lady closer to the table. Our guide is a student at the college, a private liberal a…
