Friday April 8th- Rose early in the morning to time our departure with slack tide around 8am. It’s always an interesting event untying from the Riverwalk wall. Sometimes the current plays with the boats like toys in a bathtub. The MTOA ( Marine T…
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Heading North for Fort Lauderdale
Sunday March 27th – 8:00am at Plantation Marina, Islamorada, we untied the lines at slack high tide. In order to get out of the marina Dick turns the boat 180* degrees, there’s not much room for drifting because the shallow area is very…
Florida Keys / Islamorada
March 23rd – We enjoyed a relaxed morning breakfast before heading for our next destination. It’s not surprising sometimes when raising the anchor to find that we’ve picked something up from the bottom. This morning we nabbed an old fis…
Heading For the Keys
Heading South on the IntracoastalMarch 21st!! – Finally!! 0800 hrs and the Captain had our lines let loose and down the New River we ventured. Where too? After careful consideration about the Okeechobee and our time constraints ( yes we have a …
How to Keep Busy While Your TV is Being Held Hostage
March 1- March 20, 2011What’s one of the most important rules with this lifestyle. ALWAYS BE FLEXIBLE AND ABSOLUTELY KEEP NO SCHEDULE!!! After organizing the boat and tweaking a few more projects, we were ready to leave, or so …
Where have we been?
Where have we been? Well since our last post in December we’ve had a very busy couple of months. We made it as far south as the New River in Fort Lauderdale, where we welcomed in the New Year with Ted and Nancy ,who are aboard their vessel A…
Snow Storm of 2010
12/26 2010 – We dropped the lines from Aloha Friday and said our Good-byes. We had a wonderful time being with Ted and Nancy. It’s wonderful having friends on the waterway to share some time together and create special memories. Our plans tod…
Christmas in Vero Beach
12/25/2010 – Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Vero Beach. Woke up to wonderfully warm temperatures finally! Mother Nature was going to give us a great day to celebrate! Early afternoon we took the dinghy to shore, brought our beverage and dish…
The Captain Writes
Here’s the Captain again. Like I said previously, I would try my hand at this thing once in a while. LOLOL Since the next trip to New Smyrna Beach was only 15 miles we slept in and didn’t leave until about 9:30. We usually have breakfast while we …
Welcome to Warm Sunny Florida???
Thursday December 16th- We crossed the Georgia/Florida border… Normally we’ve anticipated shedding of jackets, sweaters, mitts, and donning of tees and shorts. Alas, this was not to be, in fact as we were heading into our slip the winds ha…
