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Memphis Downtown

We traded this —

The Peabody Lobby in Memphis is always a sight to behold, but at Christmas it’s truly beautiful.
Still… we’d rather be back in sunny Jupiter watching Santa float by on his boat.
But, I’m sure we’ll make the most out of our stay and enjoy catching up with old friends.
A Bloody Mary from the lobby bar at the Peabody is a great start.

Cheers and Merry Christmas.

Istaboa

But I love all of these pictures. Most are mine, but some are just photos I like a lot. Lots of memories.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

All these places have their moments •

from Doonesbury’s page

A song by one of my contemporaries from Memphis. Some of you may remember, ‘The Brand New Tennessee Waltz’.  In the day, Jesse chose Canada over Vietnam.
Jesse Winchester passed away this year.

Baby, all that we have is now — that’s it.

Speaking of now… our intrepid friends aboard Tivoli are offshore and about to round the southern tip of Sanabel Island. It appears they’re heading up the Caloosahatchee River to Ft Myers.

Tivoli seems to enjoy a good night’s cruise.

Adios,

Istaboa

Yes, we have little to report other than reporting that we have little to report.

Though walking the down the beach this AM with the boyz, I did snap off a nice pic with my phone. Folks were surf fishing and landing quite a few Bluefish.
I always enjoyed surf fishing. Being this close to the beach, I may have to take it up again.

Spearfish is coming along very slowly. All the projects we thought we’d slam dunk are on hold due to the holidays and because we have no furniture we’re scurrying around trying to fill the empty voids, called rooms, in our new home. Luckily, it’s a small house and we’ve still got the staging furniture to live on in the meantime. 

We did take the Albury out today. It was a stunning day and we enjoyed motoring around our new hometown. We eased out by the inlet only to find huge breakers blocking the cut, then we eased back.

But, good news. We have very good/old friends from our Pickwick sailboat days who are crossing the Gulf of Mexico as we speak. Clayton, like me, enjoys his gadgets and he and I’ve been texting via his Iridium Go satellite phone as they’re plowing the lumpy waters of the Gulf.
They’ve just retired and are on their way over here to the east coast, then…. Who knows?
Clayton and Deanna are keeping a travel blog and it’s very interesting keeping up with them. http://www.mvtivoli.org/ 
If you want to keep up with Tivoli’s tracks https://share.delorme.com/Tivoli

So that’s it. Someday soon we’ll do something worth writing about, but till then — check out Tivoli ~ nice read.

Adios,

Istaboa

Go full screen — it’s beautiful.

Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

And it’s not over.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Memphis Downtown

But, after dealing with the South Florida sun all summer, we’re not about to leave just when the weather’s starting to turn beautiful again.This video makes me hungry and want to go back to Memphis for a few days. I can actually smell the place.Kelly E…

 Once again, Istaboa is our dream being realized. Some will remember…

And, yes I know, there are those who feel there’s no better life than full time living aboard our boats, but we’ve been doing the cruising thing for many years. We like to think of the boat life as a dream being realized, but sometimes, for us anyway, it’s fun to hop on the bus and say — there’s no place like home — and our dream remains floating somewhere awaiting our return.

Istaboa also has a new home in Jupiter where we bought her a slip. She’ll only be a couple of miles away and when we’re not cruising, I’ll enjoy her everyday as my office.
She’ll return to her previous role, no longer home, but our escape.

And a great escape she is.

Adios,

Istaboa