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What Happened to January?

OK. So I’ve been a bit lax in keeping the blog up to date. Blame Pam. She’s had me working like a dog. Almost to the point of exhaustion! (Just kidding Honey!)Let me try and get back up to speed with some of the things that have taken place since the f…

What Happened to January?

OK. So I’ve been a bit lax in keeping the blog up to date. Blame Pam. She’s had me working like a dog. Almost to the point of exhaustion! (Just kidding Honey!)Let me try and get back up to speed with some of the things that have taken place since the f…

2012 Highlights (Leg 4 On to Florida)

We spent a couple of nights at Atlantic Yacht Basin in Chesapeake, Va. to replenish our supplies before continuing South. Nights found us anchoring along the ICW as well as a few marina nights. Hurricane Sandy slipped by us as we sat at Port …

2012 Highlights (Leg 4 On to Florida)

We spent a couple of nights at Atlantic Yacht Basin in Chesapeake, Va. to replenish our supplies before continuing South. Nights found us anchoring along the ICW as well as a few marina nights. Hurricane Sandy slipped by us as we sat at Port …

2012 Highlights, Leg 3 Chesapeake Bay

Following a month at home we returned to Tourist and continued our travels into the Chesapeake. We traveled as far north as Georgetown on the Sassafras River before turning around to visit Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington, D.C. on the return. …

2012 Highlights, Leg 3 Chesapeake Bay

Following a month at home we returned to Tourist and continued our travels into the Chesapeake. We traveled as far north as Georgetown on the Sassafras River before turning around to visit Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington, D.C. on the return. …

Recap of 2012 Travels

2012 was another good travel year aboard Tourist. We took it easy the first couple of months with just some short trips around the waters of Southwest Florda. Late March found us casting off and heading East to the clear waters of the Bahamas…

Recap of 2012 Travels

2012 was another good travel year aboard Tourist. We took it easy the first couple of months with just some short trips around the waters of Southwest Florda. Late March found us casting off and heading East to the clear waters of the Bahamas…

Back to the Boat

1/7/13 Monday     We made it back to Tourist on December 30th. The weather was cool (for Florida) but much warmer than Illinois. Within a couple of days it was pushing 80 and sunny. Hard to believe only a few days earlier I was shoveling snow…

Back to the Boat

1/7/13 Monday     We made it back to Tourist on December 30th. The weather was cool (for Florida) but much warmer than Illinois. Within a couple of days it was pushing 80 and sunny. Hard to believe only a few days earlier I was shoveling snow…