Well, not really cruising. You don’t cruise at 30 knots.The last time we were on the St. John’s, we traveled from Jacksonville to Green Cove Springs to have Drift Away hauled out. It was the end of our voyage, and a most certainly bitter-sw…
Archive | Drift Away RSS feed for this section
Five Years Ago…
I just stumbled onto this video I made… Drift Away, five years ago.It seems it was only four years ago… how time flies.
Cedar Key, Florida
Pam came to me the other day and said she wanted to go to a fine arts craft fair. Guys, you know what I’m talking about here. In a situation like this, it is perfectly allowable to whine, to cry like a little girl, or to feign a heart attac…
Do We Miss Drift Away? Yep. But ahhhh, the Memories!
Yes. Pam and I both miss Drift Away and our adventures, and misadventures, cruising down the eastern seaboard. We spent about three years on Drift Away, half of that spent getting the boat ready, and the other half cruising and exploring.Regrets?…
Living Among Sasquatch: a Primer is Published
Living Among Sasquatch: a Primer is published. Not on purpose, but those of you who know me, know me.In Bleecker in the summer, we live among Sasquatch. Yep. They’re all around, and no one is more amazed and baffled as I a…
The St. John’s River, in Photos
I used to love my “day in photos” blog posts. Nothing tells a story quite like photos. Yesterday, the folks who Pam works for, who have become friends, invited us to go for a ride on the St. John’s River on their pontoon “boat”. We ha…
Drift Away
It’s the end of October, and Pam and I (and our three dogs and cat, and Jeremiah the horse) are preparing to head south in our RV for Florida and warmer temps. As often happens, I think back on our time on the boat. With all the fun times w…
Drift Away Has Been Sold
They say that the happiest two days in a boat owner’s life is the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. I’m here to tell you that isn’t true.When we first bought Drift Away, it was with trepidation and a sense of dread. We kne…
Blog Stats
Pam and I have been off of Drift Away for over a year. As such, I have pretty much stopped updating this blog, but I do check in from time to time, mainly to check the other blogs that I follow and are listed here.The first thing that I not…
Missed Photo Opportunity
We’ll be heading back to New York very shortly, so we decided to go to Drift Away in Green Cove Springs to fetch stuff. I was amazed at how much we had on there. We took off a wicker sofa, loveseat, rocker, chair, end table, and coffee tabl…
