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We have slowly and surely adapted to the slower pace here at our Melbourne Beach home. While most of our cruising friends have already passed through, Bill and Robin on Blue Magic have decided to spend the winter in Stuart, FL. We drove down to visit w…

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays:We are slowly recovering from a pre-Christmas Blizzard here in frozen Rhode Island. The Rose is snug in her slip at Wharf Marina thanks to Drew our trusted mechanic. Connie and I checked her immediately after the st…

Mike, Ed and Steve Bailey were in Orlando and visited.Steve enjoys the surf!Robin Evans and her husband Bill are our friends and guides to Charleston Gene and Judy present the Fickle Finger of Fate Fender Award.This award I could have do…

December 4, 2009After about a 6 week stay we’ve flown to RI where we’ll remain for the Christmas Holidays through January 1st.As we expected and despite being grounded for the winter, Telemar Bay Marina in Indian Harbor Beach, FL was a regular sto…

In case some of you have the impression that we are taking a step backward by leaving The Rose and spending the winter on land…..think again. The location and view from our home isn’t hard to handle at all. This is looking north from our balcony……..

     This was a “shortcut” between the BR Pkway and Weaverville.Paul and Sue Graham from “Odyssey”, GH37 in Brunswick, GA                 &nbs…

Our daughter Pam celebrated her birthday with pulled pork and ribs!Grandson Victor spent time onboard without any siblings, a big step.Sofia volunteered to be the 1st to sleep on The Rose this season.Grandma with Evelyn. Check out the crown and tu-tu…..

Dr. Jayaraman with yours truly pre-procedure. Side view, notice the dimensions on the side of the frame (XL). This unit locks into a receiver that eliminates all movement when the gamma knife is in operation.I realize that Connie has already sent out …

Dick (next to me) and Jere, (above) are HS Classmates who visited us with their wives on The Rose when we docked in Bristol. It has been 48 years since we graduated but you can tell from the facial expressions that nothing has changed! It is 1961 all …