Wrightsville Beach Anchorage to Beach House Marina, Surf City, NC: We got going early enough to make the 08:00 opening of the Wrightsville Beach Bridge; then we had to make the 08:30 opening of the Figure Eight Bridge about 5 miles up river …
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Wednesday and Thursday; April 13 and 14, 2011
Wednesday (Coquina Yacht Club to South Harbour Village Marina, NC): Left about 08:30 and stopped 1 mile down the waterway at Crickett Cove Marina at Mile 345.0. They have the cheapest fuel in this area; Gas $3.70 and Diesel $3.65. We …
Monday and Tuesday; April 11 and 12, 2011
Monday (Bull Creek anchorage to Coquina Yacht Club, SC): It was a foggy morning but it lifted by 08:00 so we pulled anchor and were on our way. We saw several more eagles nest with babies; this must be a popular spot for eagles; just beauti…
Saturday and Sunday, April 9 and 10, 2011
Saturday: The morning started out very warm and sunny. By noon it was 80 degrees and very hot with out much wind. Then, about 13:00, the wind picked up to 15 to 20 knots and the temp dropped about 20 degrees. The forec…
April 7 and 8, 2011; Thursday and Friday
We got an earlier start than planned. It was a beautiful morning and it reminded me of the old saying. “Red sky at night, Sailors delight”. It sure applied this morning. Last night we had a gorgeous sunset and this morning t…
Previously posted pictures from February 16 through 20, 2011
First barge since the Tenn-TomAnother beautiful sunsetKids tipped over because of wind; waiting here for a rideBusy marina for the Festival of Light2-19-2011 firewords1958 Chris Craft Capri2-20-2011 Car Show; sorry Ronn,no mustangs but lots of othersKe…

April 1 through 5 -Friday through Tuesday
April 1-Friday-Isle of Hope Marina to Savannah Bend Marina, GA: We just had a short ways to go today. Said good-bye to John and Sue and got to Savannah by 11:00. Got fuel at Savannah Bend Marina as they had a real good price; $3.89/ga…

Tuesday, Wednesday,and Thursday March 29, 30 & 31, 2011
Tuesday – Jekyll Island to Anchorage-New Teakettle Creek: We were traveling with Debrief and left at 10:30 in order to reach Mile 655 on the Mud River (which is supposed to be the worst shoaling on the ICW) at mid to high…

March 23 thru 28, 2011
Wednesday-Titusville to Daytona Beach: Had to wait for the fog to lift before leaving this AM. Not much happening today. Had one narrow opening for a bridge and a lot of no wake areas. In the New Smyrna area there was real …

Sunday and Monday; March 20 and 21, 2011
Bill is really tired of winter and snow!Keith’s sister sent us a picture of Bill’s (her husband) drive to work last week (above). Boy are we glad we are in the south where there is no snow.We left Telemar Bay Marina on Sunday morning (yesterd…