It started with a fantastic view from our room in Lake Chelan. It included wildlife as we went driving on some backroads (pheasant, deer, quail, etc).It had some top open warm weather.And it ended with us coming home and filling the new hot tub. It’s h…
March 2010 – Spring Break Lake Charles Trip
Clear Lake, TX to Lake Charles, LAMarch 13th departure date / return by March 21stJosh, Barb & Daniel Wallach – M/V Last TradeJohn & Wendy Ellor – M/V KnotugalBarry & Barb Dupuy – S/V Morning StarErnie & Camille Rogers – S/V Mor…
03-13-10 Animal Encounters and Best/Worst Days
We hoped we would see lots of wildlife along the way, and indeed we did. We are both animal lovers, and one of the highlights of the trip was visiting several wonderful aquariums including the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Shedd Aquarium in Chica…
03-12-10 Wrap-up: Favorite Towns & Marinas
There are certain towns and marinas that absolutely everyone that does the loop has to see or visit. We’ve listed those here mostly as a reminder of some of the famous things we saw. Following that, we’ve listed smaller towns that we really thought…
March 2010-Les Saintes, Antigua, St. Martin
We left Martinique for Les Saintes on March 3rd.. There was not much wind but we had a 2-4 foot north swell against us. We had wanted to stop in St. Pierre (Martinique) to revisit the Depaz Rum Distillery but the conditions in the anchorage…
Abandoned Boats Along the ICW
All along the waterway we see abandoned boats of all shapes and sizes. We wonder what caused these boats to be abandoned and why no one has done anything to remove their remains. Obviously, hurricanes and severe storms cause many to break their moori…
03-11-10 Topsail Beach – Still resting up for the finale!
Betsy speaks: Well, it’s nearing bedtime and Rick says we need to blog, and suggests we pick our five favorite parts of the loop as our blog material for tonight. I say I can’t come up with my favorites without going back to day one blog and remi…
AA and WW Here We Come……Tomorrow
Yesterday was a day of recovery – after eating, drinking and laughing our way through Key West for the past four days we really needed a semi-down day (OK we still managed to hit HogFish for happy hour and the weekly sunset party on Coconuts but we cou…
03-10-10 Topsail Beach – Coast Guard Stop
[Rick] Since we are at Topsail beach rejuvenating ourselves until we “officially” cross our wake in Sneads Ferry on Sunday, I thought I would take the next couple of nights to write about some of the questions, favorites, funny things that happened…
Marathon, FL: 12/12/09 – 03/10/10
Winter is winding down and before long it will be time to start back north. It has been action-packed down here and, at the risk of sounding pitiful compared to those up north, it has been the coldest and windiest winter in years. The waiting list to pick up a mooring in Boot Key Harbor [Read More…]
