A WEEK IN REVIEW – in other words we’ve been too busy to blog. So just to catch you up on a few things – here goes. One of the projects that Deb wanted done this year, was new covers for the saloon and pilot house cushions. Well as of…
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Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2012-02-06 19:03:00
AND NOW MAYBE WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT – PERHAPS SOMETHING ON THE LIST? The batteries arrived on Friday, note – 12 old batteries needed to be removed from the engine room (63 pounds each) then 12 new batteries (63 pounds each) n…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2012-02-02 12:16:00
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL – well, at least the battery box is now in the engine room where it belongs, day 23 (but who’s counting) update. Our friend Doug, back in Minnesota, is dying to hear the latest on the battery box saga. Would like to…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2012-01-22 13:08:00
We are finally settling in at Legacy Harbour Marina in Ft. Myers. The whole B-dock gang were there to greet us and we arrived just in time for docktails, yippee – it feels like coming home to us. Between the Tuesday night dinners, Thursday …
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2012-01-10 12:33:00
1,719 MILES IN 2 1/2 DAYS – once we made the decision to go there was no stopping us. We called River Forest Yacht Center and told them to get her ready to go in! After a holiday season of unusually mild temps (and practically no …
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-12-31 20:39:00
“PROCRASTINATION IS THE THIEF OF TIME” – British Poet – Edward Young. Procrastination – The act of putting off or delaying.Twelve years ago on this eve we decided to not procrastinate (prior to our retirement) and bought our be…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-12-24 20:40:00
Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!I am not liking this posing thing.
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-12-10 08:34:00
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK ALOT LIKE CHRISTMAS – We decided (well Deb decided) it would be fun to spend the holidays at home in the north country, instead of on the boat in the southern climes. It has been close to ten years since we have had t…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-12-04 17:39:00
OK LET’S GET ER DONE – SEPT. 21 – 23RD – FLORENCE. It was our last stop on the trip, and now that we have figured out most of the transportation systems, we decided to drop our car off at the airport and enjoy Florence via bus, train, walkin…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-11-19 10:15:00
VENICE – SEPT. 19TH & 20TH – Well here we are again with a car in a city that does not allow cars. So once more, we parked our car ($25.00 a day) and took the vaporetto (ferry boat) to Piazza San Marco schleping our bags behind…
