My good friend, and seasoned sailor, David Tees joined me on September 6th in Palau. When David agreed to make the next passage, we both thought we were going to make a relatively leisurely cruise to Noumea, New Caledonia, with stops in&…
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Socks? Jeans? Closed-toe shoes? Electric Blanket? Goin South!!
Tide Hiker is now for sale by owner. For a full description and photo gallery, please go to http://tidehikerforsale.blogspot.com In this issue:BrrrrrrrrrSummer Cruising StatisticsVicki put the electric blanket on the bed the other night because i…
Captain’s log: 11-2-11
Wow! We get 24 TV channels on our coach antenna . Just a reminder we are parked in a U-haul storage yard. Could it be that this is right outside our front door? I don’t know what it is for but, it hums alot.( That can’t b…
#58 Imagination
The phone rang recently. It was our 5 year old grand daughter Anna who politely asked to speak to Mimi. Debbie took the phone and Anna blurted tearfully “Mimi, mommy says my imagination has gone wild. What should I doooo?” Debbie consoled “Anna, there is nothing wrong with your imagination. What she said is just a figure of speech. It’s OK to use your mind to imagine things. Anna was quickly calmed, but it got me thinking as I looked out the window. Never in my wildest dreams would I have…
#58 Imagination
The phone rang recently. It was our 5 year old grand daughter Anna who politely asked to speak to Mimi. Debbie took the phone and Anna blurted tearfully “Mimi, mommy says my imagination has gone wild. What should I doooo?” Debbie cons…
PEACE AND SERENITY ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
Recently, one of my friends who reads this dribble asked something along the lines of, “Where the hell are you going?” We, we are cruising on the Cumberland River on our way to Nashville, yes, Nashville, Tennessee. Why are we going the…
Captain’s log: Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween everyone! We will have about a 2 hour flight today. Traveling at approx. 18 inches off the ground. ETA about 1 PM. There. That didn’t take long. Too afraid to look at the boat so, …
Happy halloween
We left Melbourne yesterday morning. Had a couple heavy showers but no problem. Paul did not have to go out in them to lower the mast for a bridge –no low bridges yesterday.We anchored at Pine Island just in time to watch the NASCAR race.Rain started …
Captain’s log: 10/30/11
Wow! almost Halloween. Wonder if the trick or treaters will find us this year. I doubt it, I can hardley remember which town we are in. Somewhere outside of Tampa,Thonotosassa. Before that Homoasassa. Where do they get these names an…
Sardinia – East Coast
20th October 2011
Returning, after nearly 2 months, we were relieved and pleased to see Mad Sunday safe and sound, if a bit scruffy looking, covered as she was in red sand – there had obviously been some south-easterly winds! After a day spent …
