November 23 - December 2, 2013 We spent nine days in Vero Beach. We had not intended spending this much time in one place on the way south, but the weather was not in our favor. We did lots of socializing, shopping, and shopping some more. We also toured the area a little bit. It was a convenient place to be stuck but we were glad to move on. We had planned on leaving on December 1, but at 3 am, it started raining and rained all day preventing us from ...

I thought I would write this blog daily and keep up, but I don't due to usually being so tired after being on the water most of the day. So I post when we stop for more than a day. We are currently moored in Vero Beach, FL with cruiser friends from Fairfield Harbour. We are actually rafted up with Last Flight Out (Paul & Linda). Scandia (Bev & Arne) is rafted with some old friends. Silver Lining (Karl & Elaine) will raft up with us when they ar...

We have finally made it to the Keys! While in Clearwater, FL, we got our hydraulic autopilot installed, Mark did most of the work himself, but we needed help from someone who could run and get parts, etc. since we did not have a vehicle. Mark had to really keep on the guy to get him to show up and work as he was Mr. Mom and had to take care of his kids and their issues. Anyway, on March 26, the installation was completed and we were geared up to leave the ...

Well, it has been a while since I have updated our blog. Sorry about that. Thought I would be doing a better job but since we have not traveled as much as we intended, I have not written. We arrived in Panama City, FL on Wednesday , January 23, 2013. We negotiated to stay a little longer than a month as we needed to get back to Texas and then to North Carolina. For those of you that do not know, we have purchased some waterfront property in New Bern, Nort...

We woke at 4:30am to try to get away at 5:00am. We were 15 minutes late. We had a long day ahead of us. We needed to get to Panama City. Getting through the last of the ICW was rough in the dark but we made it with no problem and on out into the gulf. Was a beautiful day with 1 foot waves if that. The water was deep blue and beautiful. Saw an occasional dolphin and some seagulls, but that was it. Saw a fishing charter boat, but other than that it was ju...