We were ready to bust from Ortega landing this morning with a plan to go to Jacksonville Landing and tie up for the night. From the time we had our first cup of coffee until just about departure time the wind came up fast and furious. After consultat…
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BLACK FRIDAY – not so black
Cathy and I had a blast on Black Friday. Al dropped us off around the corner from the marina at the Shopping Plaza and he went to West Marine and came back to the boat to do man jobs. Cathy and I browsed for hours and did our part for the economy. W…
American Thanksgiving in Brunswick
We have a rental car for a couple days so we were bold and invited ourselves to Brunswick Landing Marina and had a thanksgiving feast with the cruisers there yesterday. Our friends Bob and Jane (Last Dance) are staying at that marina until we travel …
Sunset
Sunset at MM765, just the end to another day in paradise on November 21st.. (View Post…)
Bridget Supervising
As we passed a large barge Bridget inspected. Our travels up to Jacksonville was in great weather. We anchored out at MM 765 in a quiet bay just off the ICW We were in for the night with 4 other boats. We had a quiet peaceful night, busted early and…
Cathy's Birthday
Friday night we Celebrated Cathy’s birthday on board Close Knit. Pete & Pokey came for a dinner of seafood alfredo and chocolate cake. (Continued…)
NAMED
This morning I put the lettering on my kayak. Al finished a stool he has been working on for the helm station. We had purchased a couple of stools that were not quite right. So he made up his own and he is happy with it. (View Post…)
Fall Crop
I planted a fall crop of lettuce today. I’m hopping the cool weather will sprout us a fine crop of fresh lettuce. I chose various varieties and mixed them all together and broadcast them in the planters which will hang on the aft deck. Here’s hoping….
Welcome Baby GREY
Is this not one of the cutest things on the planet? Itmakes my ovaries twitch, well sorta, but only for a second. I knit his Owlie sack and hat and I think he looks perfect in it. Grey is the new grandson of my next door neighbor in Kingston, Congr…
The HEAT is on……
This morning we awoke to chilliness so Al put some heat on in the aft cabin. Bridget’s teeth were chattering so Al put her in bed with us and it was hard to coax her out to go check her morning p-mail. (Continued…)
