Heading out to Chocktawhatchee BayCrane Barge on the Intracoastal Waterway, Chocktawhatchee BayICW shoreline parkHuge Military Radar tower near Manatee Point, Santa Rosa IslandLittle Sabine Bay Pensacola Beach We Left Baytowne Marina at 9:15 the weathe…
April 14, 2010 Panama back to La Paz
This posting reflects a change in the cruising pattern for Arcadia I. For the first time since we’ve owned her, we’re heading consistently North! After we bought Arcadia I last June, we cruised around SE Alaska for the summer. …
April 15, 2010 – Running North Past Loreto
We anchored in front of Loreto. Conditions were perfect, even Earl had no qualms about leaving his boat at anchor. We left our dingy in the small boat harbor, which is really for small boats, like pangas and boats under 28 feet. Another boater helpe…
April 2010 – TMCA Ins & Outs Cruise on More Good Timin’
Ernie & Camille Rogers on More Good Timin’ asked us to join them on the “Ins & Outs” Cruise. This was a great opportunity for us because we really do miss sailing. The cruise itinerary was for our 7 boat flotilla to head out on Friday to Laguna…
It Just Doesn’t Get Fresher Than This!
We walked to Fishbusterz’s (an amazing fish market right on the docks of the fishing boat harbor on Stock Island) today with the sole intent of securing some fresh tuna for dinner. We had our eyes set on a huge hunk…
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2nd attempt to cross the Pacific
The generator is now fixed. It is an unfortunate and complicated sequence of events that led to our problem. It is also miund-numbingly dull, and so even if I fully understood it, I would not relate it here.We are off again first t…
Baytowne
Tree house along the nature trail at the marina.Baytowne lagoon, lots of restaurants and shops but nothing important, like a West Marine. A fairway on one of the resort’s four golf courses.Sunset over the Baytowne Marina.Beatles tribute band, The Retur…
March 15, 2010 Barilles to Panama
After almost 10 months, this cruising thing is beginning to be what I always thought it could be. Phyl and I are aboard Arcadia I, at anchor in a beautiful protected cove off a tropical island in the las Perlas islands off Panama. We’ve been simply e…
February 8, 2010 Huatulco to Barilles
In my last update, Arcadia I was in Marina Chahue at Huatulco, Mexico. Danny Long had already headed home to Texas and my brother, Paul, and I were preparing to fly back to California for the Christmas Holiday. Paul and I left as planned on the 21st of…
Hogtown Bayou to Sandestin’s Baytowne Marina
Leaving Hogtown BayouEntring Baytowne Marina in Sandestin We had a very short trip to Baytowne Marina in Sandestin, it is about ten miles so we didn’t leave Hogtown Bayou until after 10AM. The weather was nice as his has been every day lately, about no…
