The never ending saga of the transducer continues. Following the arrival Wednesday of the wrong transducer it happened two more times. No joke! The correct one was to be overnighted so it would arrive on Thursday. It did but again it was the WRONG one….
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Redneck Riviera Hostages
Wednesday 5/4/11 That’s right. We’re being held hostage here on the Redneck Riviera. I now believe it’s a conspiracy concocted by the marina and certain suppliers to keep us here as long as possible. Once again our part (transducer) was supposed to be …
What Next?
Tuesday 4/26/11 With the threat of rain in the air we departed Charleston and headed out across the harbor to find the ICW once again. Along the way we detoured just a bit to take a picture of Fort Sumter before heading into the narro…
Cathching Up
Friday 4/22/11 Well, the batteries finally arrived. Got installed, and charged and without any further strings holding us back we broke loose from the dock and continued north. Our destination for the day was Bass Creek to anchor over…
Company from the West
Friday 4/15/11 Boating at it’s finest. A beautiful day for our short ride to Isle of Hope Marina for our next stop to meet friends from home and pick up 2 new batteries for our inverter. That’s when the phone rang. It was the marina on the …
Who Drained the Pool?
Tuesday 4/12/11 With our mission complete at Jekyll Island we decided to continue our journey. Only problem was the forecasted thunderstorms that were to move through in the morning. After waiting for the rain it finally came but not with t…
St. Augustine and Beyond
Friday 4/8/11 We pulled anchor and rejoined the northward migration of boats heading out of Daytona. Somewhere near Palm Coast, Fl. Pam decided to get online and check our credit card statement. “When did you go to California” she ask…
Elephants in a Parade
Monday 4/4/11 Morning came and we dug the anchor out of the muck that composes the bottom of the Manatee Pocket. The anchor wash down got a workout before we ever moved! To complicate things they’re dredging in the pocket and bu…
Movin On Movin On
Well the time has come for us to move on. What day could be more appropriate to start/continue our journey of the Great Loop than April Fools day! So that’s just what we did. With the Franklin Lock on a limited opening schedule we departed Legacy Harbo…
New Company
Pam & I got back to Tourist just in time to get provisioned for our next guests arrival on Thursday. Thanks to my Mom & Dad for picking up the Kissell’s at RSW and giving them the tour on the way to Legacy.Kim & LuAnn have been trying to ge…
