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April 25, 2010

Whew!  That was a long week!    Somehow I neglected to update before we left for New York on March 25th and here it is, that same date in April.   My, my, how the time does fly when you’re having fun!  The AZ Mangelsdorf

March 15, 2010

No need to beware the Ides of March, at least from our perspective.  The day is gorgeous–warm, sunny and blue-skied!   Does it get better than this? And it’s been 2 weeks since we returned from IL and settled in to the pace of life a…

March 1, 2010

Once again, I’ve skipped a week..or so….but here we are in sunny FL—no, make that snowy Illinois.  Plans do change, but I digress…

Jen, Chris, Casey and Rebecca sadly drove off to Ft. Lauderdale on that Monday, and left our car in the …

February 15, 2010

Two weeks later…..As you can see, while we’re docked in Marthon, the Monday Messages are a bit spotty.After the Power Squadron meeting ended on Sunday morning, Suzanne Nentwich joined us and we went to watch the On the Water Training Certification …

February 1 (not)

Friday February 5???  Can’t be!  YIKES!   We did not drop off the edge of the world, I simply allowed Monday to roll on, blog-free!  Also Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday!Oops.Short version of the weeks–YOUNG AMERICA set out fr…

January 25, 2010

Greetings from Sanibel Island, FL!  Last Monday was as beautiful as Sunday was blustery!  No rain, very little wind, and a fine run for us across the FL panhandle to our jumping off spot for the Gulf Crossing.

Our arrival time at the East Pa…

January 18, 2010

Well, sure enough, it is Mid-January, and as promised (threatened?)  we’re Baaaaackkkkkkkkk!

We certainly hope you and your family and friends enjoyed a particularly wonderful Holiday Season!  We did!  It was great to be ‘home’ in…

November 30, 2009

The early Monday morning finds us cruising along the Mobile Bay, in water that–at 8-8-1/2 feet–is not as deep as many swimming pools!  It is a gorgeous sunny morning with fluffy clouds scattered randomly in a sky that contains more shades of blu…

November 23, 2009

We anchored in Sumter Landing last Sunday night, thinking we’d ease into Demopolis, AL on Monday.  The four boats in the anchorage all locked through the Heflin Lock together, and  by 1;30 we were actually leaving Demopolis, as there were…

November 16, 2009

We are South.  Mornings are chilly–typically in the 40’s, but the afternoons are gorgeous!  Sunny, very little breeze and temps in the low to mid 70’s.  No bugs and no humidity.  Does it get better than this???

We left Cuba La…