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…]
03-09-10 Topsail Beach II
[Rick] Our first full day in Topsail Beach was relaxed and easy. We performed a few maintenance items on the rental house. We spent some time catching up with Betsy’s brother, Steve. Around 1300, Power Squadron friends Toad and Dauna Gable arrived to…
Spring Break time in Panama City
Well, you can tell it’s Spring Break time in Panama City because instead of having 80 year olds driving 20 mph we have 20 year olds driving 80 mph. This was in today’s local paper and I thought it appropriate.Sorry for being so long in posting.&n…
Home Depot Gets Kudos For Paying Attention
Work continues into the night. Brock is skimming and sanding the final coats of glass. He’s driven to get this project done, which is a really great thing. And I must give credit to Home Depot for paying attention to that crazy thing called the blogosp…
Doug & Kathy’s Boatlog 2010-03-08 19:25:00
We had nice visitors over the weekend. My sister, Beth and her husband, Paul, and my brother Jim and his wife Laurie all came to visit us on the boat.They arrived on Friday and we went to the Selby Botanical Gardens nearby. The gardens have a beautif…
03-08-10 Topsail Beach – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!
Betsy Speaks: Our goal for today was to pull into our home at Topsail Beach at approximately 2:00, and we had mentioned that on the blog a few days ago. That post prompted an e-mail from someone who has been following our blog right from the very begin…
