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#31 February 2011 Cruising Chronicles Marathon, Florida Keys

Bahia Honda
While the rest of the US was bundled up, shoveling snow, and braving the ice, we were basking in the balmy breezes and fabulous weather of the FL Keys. We’re in the middle of a spectacular 100 mile archipelago jutting into the tropic…

#30 Bender’s Cruising Chronicles Fort Myers – Captive – Sanibel – Marco – Marathon

 Man alive!!! End of January ALREADY and time to post a blog I’ve not even begun to write! Where’s the time going? If our days of gainful employment had flown this fast, working wouldn’t have been so bad!

Ragged Ass Salon
Bill, Laura…

December 2010 Stuart, FL, – Okeechobee Canal – Ft. Myers, FL #28


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November 2010 – Rockville, SC, – Fernandina Beach, FL, – Jacksonville, FL, – St. John’s River Cruise, FL, – Palm Coast – New Smyrna Beach – Merritt Island – Stuart

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Cambridge, MD – Oxford, MD – Reedville, VA – Portsmouth, VA – Morehead City, NC – Isle of Palms, SC

What a fantastic month this has been as we welcome the fall season, however the weather in Cambridge, MD during our stay for the Grand Banks Rendezvous was anything but beautiful! Wind! Rain! Cold! — like you wouldn’t believe. We extended our stay …

New York – Baltimore – Cambridge #26 September 2010

Norm, Jean, Bill, Laura, Lynn, and Reid
Baltimore Tiki Barge

We began this month, sans boat, on a NY farm that produces corn, tomatoes, melons, pears, apples, peaches and plums. I was in hog heaven!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill’s sister, Doris, was our very gra…

August 2010 Washington DC – Lottsburg VA – Baltimore, MD – New York #25

     Houseboat across from us in DC

Have you ever seen a corn field on board a boat???

On August 1, we very reluctantly cast off our dock lines and said goodbye to Washington, DC. Across from our slip we enjoyed such…

July 2010 Washington DC #24

The last 2 days of June and the month of July, we spent in Washington DC. We love this city!!!   The Independence Day Parade from the steps of the National Archives was fabulous (and I’m not a parade aficionado). Words fail me in describing t…

June 2010 Wild Dunes, SC – Bald Head Island – Morehead City, NC – Great Bridge, Norfolk, Yorktown, Jamestown,VA – Washington, DC #23

T’is June and the spirit of summer is upon us. Assume the attitude of a child again for this season to make you feel young again. We challenge you to run barefoot; learn to whistle; ride a wave; blow a dandelion; fly a kite; count the stars; pump on a…

May 2010 – Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Island – Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms, SC #22

Our first 2 weeks of May were spent in Shelter Cove Marina on Hilton Head Island. Shelter Cove Harbour was designed to resemble the sunny port side villages of the Mediterranean and even though it is located almost 2 hours off the Intracoastal Waterway…