Yesterday, nothing happened.I jokingly said to Pam that the above would be today’s blog, in its entirety. We spent yesterday driving back to Savannah from Florida. Not much to report there. Except for one thing. I don’t miss dri…
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Cross Florida Barge Canal Photos
Yes, I forgot to bring my camera to take pics of the unfinished Cross Florida Barge Canal on Tuesday, so Wednesday we decided to retrace our steps with a camera. The canal was over 25% completed when construction was halted in 1969, forty-th…
The Cross Florida Barge Canal
What’s that, you say? There is no Cross Florida Barge Canal? No, there is not. But there almost was, from the St. John’s River on the Atlantic side to the Withlacoochee River and the Gulf of Mexico.A canal across Florida was fir…
Cruising and Photography
As you regular readers know, I take a lot of photographs while cruising. I also took a lot of photographs while simply living aboard. I guess I just take a lot of photographs. I took the advice a photographer friend once gave me, that…
Writer’s Block
I write this blog every day. It seems that there is always something interesting or odd that goes on in our liveaboard world that I can share with you all. Yesterday wasn’t one of those days.Well, it probably was, but maybe I just wasn’t in…
The Pelican and the New Camera
Besides the new camera, I also bought myself a fishing pole and gear. I haven’t been fishing for thirty years, but I used to really enjoy it. I also enjoy photography, and one set of pics I wanted to get since we started this cruise wa…
The New Camera
First, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I actually write these blogs in the evening of the day that stuff happens. I save a draft of it, and then when I wake up at o’dark thirty I proof read it, and then publish it. Then wh…
This Tug Boat Captain is Amazing.
Isle of Hope Marina is on a very tight bend in the river. You can see it in the screen shot from Google Earth below. This turn is no problem for small boats, of course, but tugs and barges are another matter.I took the following v…
Isle of Hope to Savannah in a Powerboat
One nice part of cruising is the people you meet, especially if you stay in one place for a bit. We met Gene, who is living aboard his Chris Craft powerboat, and Bill and Patti, who are cruising on their Pearson 40 sailboat, shortly after arrivin…
Killing Time In Isle of Hope, GA
We’re still waiting for the electrical guy to show up to take a look at Drift Away’s windlass. We’d like to anchor out as we travel south in Georgia now that the weather is getting really nice here and having a working windlass would be gre…
