Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air......
It’s November 30th already, and time to bring the month to a close. Our second week in Vero was a busy one – Thanksgiving, assorted feasting, and a lot of provisioning. Vero Beach is also known as “Velcro Beach” because … Continued
Vero Beach is a milestone for cruisers and marks the end of the long slog south. Many, many cruisers meet here before staging for the Gulf Stream crossing, and for the delicious Cruisers Potluck Thanksgiving Dinner. We arrived 64 days … Continued
When we awoke in St. Augustine, a little later in the morning of the dreaded fog experience, the channel looked entirely different. I would have said “easy-peasy” if it had been daylight! We were anchored off of two famous St. … Continued
It was time to move on again before the grass grew under our feet, or in boating terms, before the algae and slime grew on our bottom (boat’s “bottom”, not our bottoms.) Although we had said our goodbyes to Lynn … Continued
One of my conditions for this second cruising trip was that we fly home at least once. I really missed my family the first time and that trip only lasted 6 months. We planned our visit to coincide with my … Continued
Savannah is a new port for us and one we were eager to visit this time. We passed by it in 2013 mostly because you need to travel 7 nautical miles off the ICW to actually reach Savannah, which translates into … Continued
I’m getting a little behind in my blog posts, so I will try to catch up bit by bit. We said goodbye to Charleston on Monday, October 26th. The night before we had a happy hour with Magnolia and Simple … Continued
It is hard to resist Charleston’s charm, so we didn’t even try. Be warned – This is a long blog post. I don’t want to forget any of this visit to one of my favorite cities of all time. In … Continued
We made the next two days another new experience for this voyage by traveling in the ICW instead of going outside to the ocean. We heard the Waccamaw River is beautiful so off we went. In the cold! For three … Continued
On Friday, October 16th, we left Southport and headed back into the ICW. In 2013, we traveled outside for this next stretch, exiting through Cape Fear Inlet and back in again at Little River, then out again and back in again … Continued