We made it to FLORIDA

It's the last day of November and we're tied up to a mooring ball here in St. Augustine.  We stayed
on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) the whole way and have been really enjoying seeing a part of
the country you don't see if I95. 

Here's a picture of David on the beach on Jekyll Island, GA.  There wasn't a soul on the beach looking up and down the entire length...nothing like  OBX!!.




The next big stop was visiting with our son, James, and his wife Jennifer.  We stayed at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station for Thanksgiving.  Our week with the kids was wonderful and being able to catch up and do laundry.   We drove to St. Augustine in about 45 minutes ... of course,  when we left Jacksonville yesterday it took us a day and a half to get back to St. Augustine..... here's a picture of the harbor.....

So friends...we've travelled over 766 miles since we left in October.  We've been in thunderstorms,  seen more marsh grass than you can imagine.  Haven't seen any alligators except in the Alligator Farm here in St. Augustine  ... like these ...

We haven't seen any manatee's yet but tons of bottlenosed dolphins.   We're headed to Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow morning.    Until later.... much love to everyone.   Dave and Peg

Bay Trip 9/15 to 10/4/2010

Hi everyone: I'm not sure when everyone will get this since I have to get our address book complete so bear with us.  

We started our trip leaving York River Yacht Haven on 9/15 and returned home on 10/4.  We learned a lot about the boat and each other and saw some great little towns on the Chesapeake Bay and anchored in some peaceful rivers as well.  Here's a list of towns and rivers we got to: Deltaville and Indian Creek in VA.  Crisfield, Oxford, Cambridge, Rock Hall, Solomons, the West River, the Rhodes River, the Magothy River and the Honga River.  We logged 363 miles this trip.  Unfortunately we didn't make it all the way up to Balitimore, maybe next time.

We were able to meet up with some of our cruising friends in Rock Hall and got to go grocery shopping - something we don't take for granted anymore.  We have to plan our trips carefully especially when we have to carry everything back ourselves...no putting everything in the van!!   We sat in the Solomons (a nice little town south of Annapolis) and waited on a mooring ball for 3 days while Mother Nature dumped 13" of rain on us. 

Cambridge, Maryland is a great little spot and we found a free bulkhead to tie up at right down in the harbor! Anytime you can tie up for free you grab the chance.  Of course there wasn't any electricity or water but we have all that on the boat so it was great.



The highlight of the trip was "surfing" home on Monday, 10/4!!  We waited for 2 days with a good friend close to Kilmarnock and decided we needed to get home to start making preparations for the trip south.  Dave thought it I was funny sitting all snug in the corner of the cockpit staying warm!!  The wind was coming from behind betwen 20-25 knots with some gusts of 30 knots.  The fun started when a big wave came up from behind and I could feel the boat speed up.  I asked Dave our speed and his eyes popped out and said 14 knots...on the downside of a wave... whoopy!!!!  But the boat did great and so did we!  We're looking forward to the next leg of our adventure. 

We head south through the Intracoastal Waterway around Oct. 15th.   Until then take care... more later......Peg and Dave