Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air......
We awoke to a rainy Monday morning. Water is precious here in the islands and we will pay around 20 – 50 cents per gallon to fill our tanks. We don’t have a water maker onboard because they are VERY … Continued
Hope Town is the “town” on Elbow Cay, an island in the Abacos, in the northern part of the Bahamas. Now that we are here, I have learned that Hope Town is two words, not one; although I see it … Continued
After leaving Great Sale Cay, we were on our way to Green Turtle Cay to clear Customs and officially enter the Bahamas. It was another 50+ miles and uneventful again. We arrived at Green Turtle around 2:30 pm and anchored … Continued
Sounds like the title to a movie or tv show, or novel, doesn’t it? We are no longer “Bahama Bound” – we did it, we made it, and we are in the Bahamas! Our crossing was uneventful, which means it was … Continued
WWW does not refer to the World Wide Web this time. It stands for “waiting for a weather window.” To reach paradise on the other side of the Gulf Stream, boaters must make the passage during a “good weather window.” … Continued
I haven’t posted any photos or news in the past week. There haven’t been many sunsets or dawns, dolphins or other nature to photograph; and I got lazy while also feeling very busy. Thank you to the friends who emailed … Continued
It’s hard to be away from family during a holiday. Those are the special times we share, giving thanks for just being together, because that is what really matters. Our family, with four children and their spouses, plus step-families and … Continued
We arrived in Vero Beach on Sunday afternoon (Sunday, November 17th) and joined Cutting Class on mooring ball #17. We hadn’t seen Marcia and Dan since they left Shennecossett Yacht Club a week before we did, waaaay back in September. Mooring … Continued
We left St. Augustine (STM 778) early on Friday morning, knowing that we would have 3 long traveling days ahead of us in order to reach Vero Beach (STM 952) – 174 statute miles on the ICW or 151 nautical miles. … Continued
WARNING – long post!! We had a great time in St. Augustine for 4 days. St. Augustine is a curious mix of history and culture with honky-tonk tourism. St. Augustine is the “oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement and port in … Continued