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June 26 – 27, 2012

Entrance to the Bad River with Lots of Low Lying Rocks – Some You See and Some You Don’tChannel Leading to Our AnchorageThis is Hells Gate – We Did Go Through It – Water Level Low So Not Much CurrentForest Fire in the Bad River Area – Looks Like There …

Anchored on the Duplin River, Sapelo Island, GA

We got pumped out and got underway around 8:45 yesterday.  All of our liveaboard friends were there to see us off and to see if we’d leave the dogs behind.  I was tempted, but Pamela gave me the look.  You know what I’m talking about, gu…

Leaving Cocoa

We enjoyed our month-long stay in Cocoa and the time really flew by.  We got our important repairs completed as well as a few other projects and chores.  We never got the chance to tour the Kennedy Space Center this visit – by the time we got…

Newton Lake

At anchor in Octopus Islands, Quadra Island, B.C. Happy 4th of July!!. And a beautiful day it was. We kayaked to the head of Waiatt Bay where there was a trail to Newton Lake. We have always wanted to take that hike but in the past haven’t been a…

M/V Fat Bottom Girl 2012-07-03 20:55:00

Clearing CustomsToday we departed Rat Cay at 9:45AM, moved just a short distance to Green Turtle Cay to clear Customs.  It was a quick check in so we did a little shopping specifically for a loaf of Bahamian White Bread and Bahamian Banana Bread (…

M/V Fat Bottom Girl 2012-07-03 19:55:00

Clearing CustomsToday we departed Rat Cay at 9:45AM, moved just a short distance to Green Turtle Cay to clear Customs.  It was a quick check in so we did a little shopping specifically for a loaf of Bahamian White Bread and Bahamian Banana Bread (…

Summer Vacation 2012

July 1 2012 WOW!!  I don’t even know where to start…truly.  While we were planning our summer cruise, one of our good friends had a catastrophic fuel tank failure.  So Tom moved having our tanks manually cleaned, not just a fuel scr…

Summer Vacation 2012

July 1 2012 WOW!!  I don’t even know where to start…truly.  While we were planning our summer cruise, one of our good friends had a catastrophic fuel tank failure.  So Tom moved having our tanks manually cleaned, not just a fuel scr…

Year 2 Day 98

Today is Tuesday, July 3rd and we're in Canada!  We woke up at 4:15 AM and left the dock at Oswego at about 5:30 AM following another boat out into Lake Ontario.Following “Safe Return” out into Lake OntarioSunriseIt was a very long day – about …

Tan Your Toes In The Abacos

For the last two and a half weeks we’ve been enjoying our favorite and familiar islands of the Abacos. We started coming here 30 years ago with my sailing friend, Greg Cook from Jacksonville, so we know this island chain well. After a few days of repro…