Yesterday we secured Dylan and Dee Dee’s dinghy onto the well deck. However, they decided they weren’t done yet and hopped in to wait for another ride.The plan is to throw the lines off this afternoon and anchor out for the weekend. Then we’ll use the …
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The Kids Have a New Ride!
A couple of weeks ago we acquired a new dinghy for Red Head. She’s been on the hard for a variety of reasons but today we had her launched and took Dylan and Dee Dee out for a spin.The dinghy is quite a bit smaller than what the crew was used to on aCa…
TS Hermine
Dee Dee has just about put her first real storm under her belt as Tropical Storm Hermine moves north. For Dylan it was no big whoop. He’s been through numerous, including Hurricane Sandy.The winds started in earnest about the time we went to bed Friday…
She Has a Name…
When we purchased Red Head as the kids new home, we decided to keep her name. It’s such a fitting name, after all.Before we picked her up she spent some time in an industrial yard being blasted with something they called “black Betty” or “black beauty”…
Kangaroo Update
It’s been about 3 weeks since we started Dee Dee on her new kangaroo based diet – you can buy it at Chewy.com. We used the Zignature Kangaroo Limited Ingredient Formula Dry Dog Food:https://www.chewy.com/zignature-kangaroo-limited/dp/118059It’s not che…
Morning Routine
One thing the kids on Red Head like is “the routine” – when they wake up (too early), when they have breakfast, when they have supper, and so on. They love a routine. It unsettles them when we are frequently moving. But as soon as we settle in for more…
Chewy.com is Here!
The box from Chewy.com arrived yesterday evening, unfortunately, too late for the kids’ supper. We gotta keep to a schedule…So this morning Dee Dee got her first helping of kangaroo. She liked it fine but then Labs really will eat pretty much anythin…
Kangaroo Anyone?
Since Dee Dee was a tiny pup we have had problems with ear infections. She visited half the vets along the Great Loop that first year. We’ve tried allergy medicine, ear washes, grain-free foods, fish only, even bison diets. Nothing worked over the long…
Let’s get ready to ROOMBA…
This past week Mom posted the following on Facebook:There are a lot of things I don’t know. But one thing I do know is that a floor painted chocolate brown is not a good choice with two yellow labs. Jeff says we should get a Roomba but can you run th…
There She Goes…
This morning aCappella pulled away from the Zimmerman Marine dock with Daddy at the helm. She is being hauled out for bottom paint and a couple of other projects to get her ready to sell. Sadly, the crew was not onboard. Dylan and Dee Dee were banned t…
