Archive | Q’s End RSS feed for this section

The Bahamas

Old Bahama Bay Marina, West End, Grand Bahama Island

(Tuesday March 1 – Dist: 65.3 mi; Avg Speed: 18.4 mph; TTT: 3:45 hr)

Do I have to really say anything??

The trip across was not really the best but the end result was really worth it. We hemm…

Bound for the Bahamas

Old Bahama Bay Marina, Grand Bahama Island

(Tuesday March 1 – Dist: 65.3 mi; Avg Speed: 18.4 mph; TTT: 3:45 hr)

Do I have to really say anything??

The trip across was not really the best but the end result was really worth it. We hemmed and haw…

Fort Lauderdale to Riviera Beach City Marina

(Friday Feb 25 – Dist: 51.7 mi; Avg Speed: 6.8 mph; TTT: 8:15 hrs)

Key Biscayne to Fort Lauderdale

(Friday Feb. 18 – Dist: 33.9 mi; Avg Speed:7.7 mph; TTT: 4:30 hrs)

This was the neatest part thus far of all of our travels on the ICW.

Key Largo to Key Biscayne

(Thursday Feb. 17 – Dist: 44.6 mi; Avg Speed: 13.7 mph; TTT: 4:00 hrs.)

Biscayne Bay is a rather large body of water so we were able to go up on plane and make some good time.  In one part of the Bay well out from shore there are a number of…

The Healing Begins

It has been a long, hard struggle but I think that I am finally starting to shake the last of that terrible disease that has affected my blog and the updates about our trip.  I have learned that I had “Keys” disease.  It is a terrible afflict…

Sombrero Dockside in the Florida Keys

(Dec. 17 2010 to at least February 17, 2011)

I have decided to summarize our month here in Marathon since I am so far behind and since this is not the day to day ‘twitter’ of Tom and Linda’s activities. 

It was easy to fall into a Florida Keys …

Naples to Marathon

(Friday Dec. 17 – Dist: 126.6 mi; Avg Speed: 18.2 mph; TTT: 6:30 hrs)

THE KEYS 
Linda and I made it to the Florida Keys in our own boat; who would have thought. 

This leg of the trip was a lengthy one across Florida Bay which is in the s…

Sarasota to Naples

(Wed Dec 15 – Dist: 55.6 mi; Avg Speed: 7.6 mph; TTT: 7:20 hrs)

After 5 days in Sarasota we decided to make a bee line for the Keys.  There were numerous other places which we would have liked to visit, such as, St. Petersburg, Braedeton, and Ft….

Clearwater to Sarasota

(Friday, Dec. 10 – Dist: 57.6 mi; Avg Speed: 9.8 mph; TTT: 6:00 hrs)

After a relaxing and fun week in Clearwater, we fueled up and headed further south. This top up of 260 gallons was the biggest in quite awhile. That was the cost of crossing the G…