…or the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which begins where the Lake Okeechobee Waterway ends. and continues around to Texas. We left our very nice anchorage at Glover’s Bight before sunrise and travelled across San Carlos Bay, Pine Island Sound, Charlo…
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Diving the OosterDiep!
Barracuda along the side of the wreckRon and I went out divingtoday with Dougie (Douglas) Carty, the owner and operator of “Special D” Diving & Charters, which is the dive operation here at Sandy Ground. A native Anguillan, Dougie ha…
Sunset Over Miami
Finally, after 10 windy but glorious days in South Beach, our weather window to cross over to the Bahamas is only hours away. Our 2011/2012 Bahamas adventure starts very early Thursday morning. This afternoon the w…
Lake Okeechobee Waterway
Lake water levelWe did promise to talk about this last post, so here goes (we think this is close enough to be right, but you can check for details if you want}. Back in the early days of Florida, the local folks requested the government to build a dam…
And On to Charleston
Nov 11. We pampered ourselves and slept late, knowing we had a shorter day today. We left Bull Creek in the Waccamaw River and motored through Winyah Bay, then through the various canals making up the ICW. Gorgeous scenery, cypress swamps, many creek…
Ten Reasons We Love Anguilla!
Members of the Anguilla Youth Sailing Club racing just before sunsetWe love Anguilla. Why? Here are our ten reasons!10) The island islow-key and relatively undeveloped.9) No cruise ships. And, no cruiseship-oriented stores full …
Landfall: Anguilla!
We cruised to Anguilla after we cleared out of Sint Maarten — we had good weather, and thought we’d explore a new island! We had a very easy passage from St. Maarten — Anguilla is only 6 miles away — but we had to go a bit farther than that, aroun…
Daytona Beach to Lake Okeechobee
Daytona Beach Dining and Day Two in DaytonaWe walked up (down?) Beach Street looking for a place to eat dinner. This shopping and dining area is much more prosperous looking than it was a couple years ago – fewer empty stores and many more people out a…
Adventures in Med-Mooring!
Ok, justso you know…we are neophytes in the apparently international standard of marina “mediterranean mooring”, where the boat is stern-to the dock, without finger piers or pilings to tie off the bow. Instead, you use your anchor to secure the boat …
Fernandina Beach to Daytona Beach
Fernandina Beach DiningIn most places, nice restaurants are closed on Monday nights – in Fernandina it’s apparently Tuesday nights when the nice places are closed. We went to our favorite Fernandina restaurant – Joe’s 2nd Street Bistro and it was c…
