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The City of St Augustine is the oldest continuouslyinhabited European settlement in the United States; older than the settlementsin either Jamestown or Plymouth Rock and is known as the “Ancient City” or “OldTown”.  Historic St. Augustine …

After arriving in Florida sooner than expected and with noplans to go to the Bahamas this winter, we decided to head to Jacksonville fora while.  We last cruised this area andthe St. John’s River several years ago and thought it would be a great…

Here it is almost Halloween and almost a month since we lastadded a posting to our blog.  To behonest, we haven’t moved much further south despite our best attempts.  After leaving the Pamlico River and headinginto Pamlico Sound we continue…

We decided to forego visiting the town of Belhaven, NC, onthis trip south electing to revisit “Little” Washington up the PamlicoRiver.  We cruised there several yearsago and thoroughly enjoyed this side trip. An added benefit is that the …

Since our ultimate destination is Florida for the winter, wedidn’t want to work our way too far north up the Bay, to only turn around aback track south.  It’s time to head beginour trip south.  After a few days of R&R in San Domingo C…

With a haul out scheduled for mid-September at Solomons, MDwe departed North Carolina working our way toward the Chesapeake Bay.  The weather remained hot and muggy the entiretrip.  Even the Chesapeake Bay area wasmuggy.  Having arrived …

While Linda was in New Jersey working on an audit, Hurricane Irene was advancing toward Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.  It looked as if she might make landfall somewhere along the Florida east coast or even veer northeast and back out to sea.  B…

The Parkway, a two-lane winding road, offered vistas around every corner. Overlooks with pull-outs for cars are frequent – many had picnic tables where one could take a break for lunch or a snack. All had impressive views of the mountains and valleys…

In an attempt to get away from the extreme heat and humidity that has been plaguing much the nation, we decided to rent a car and go for a road trip.  But where could we go to get away from these high temps?  Well of course – duh – the mo…

We determined that anchoring out in the “heat wave” that has settled along the East Coast is not conducive to doing much of anything – we don’t have the energy to go exploring by foot or dinghy, there’s very little breeze to move the hot air …