April Fool

Vessel Name: April fool
Vessel Make/Model: Pearson 38
Hailing Port: Annapolis MD
04 April 2014 | Little Alligator River NC
23 March 2014 | Thunderbolt GA
21 March 2014 | Georgia
21 March 2014 | St. Augustine Florida
15 November 2013
13 November 2013 | Delegal Creek
10 November 2013
07 November 2013 | Charleston
04 November 2013 | Graham Creek SC
01 November 2013 | Southport NC
26 October 2013 | Dowry Creek Marina off the Pungo River NC ICW M131.8
22 October 2013 | Portsmouth
Recent Blog Posts
04 April 2014 | Little Alligator River NC

Almost home

At the rate we are moving we should be home next Wed. or Thurs. The last three days have been wonderful--sunny, 80 degrees and calm. The wind is picking up tonight though, SW 11 with 20-23 gusts but we are in a well protected anchorage on the Little Alligator River. Tomorrow we will be crossing the Albermarle [...]

23 March 2014 | Thunderbolt GA

On to Savannah

We left Cumberland Island after waiting for the fog to lift, headed for St.Simon's Island. We stopped there on our way south; it is beautiful with many large live oaks. And we liked the Coastal Kitchen near our marina--great food, especially the shrimp and grits. And the marina delivers great muffins [...]

21 March 2014 | Georgia

Cumberland Island National Seaashore

We spent our first night on a mooring in Fernandina Beach FL after a cool cloudy trip from St Augustine. It was a long day but we wanted to make it to Cumberland Island National Seashore early the next day. We made good progress with only one bridge opening and a favorable current most of the time. We got to the Cumberland Island anchorage at 10:30 a.m. on Wed. and soon took the dinghy to a park dock. We spent several hours on Cumberland Island, walking trails to the ocean and to ruins of a mansion built in the late 1800's by a Carnegie. Most of the island is now part of the park. We saw wild horses and turkeys and many shore birds. The only way to get there is by boat; a ferry runs from St. Mary's GA. It was cloudy and cool but no wind so it was not a bad day for exploring. Definitely worth a return trip--there was much more to see.

21 March 2014 | St. Augustine Florida

Traveling North

Tues., 3/18/14: We are leaving today to make our return trek to Annapolis. We have had a wonderful time but are ready to get on our way again. We did go south as far as Vero Beach in early February, looking for some warm weather. And it was much warmer than St. Augustine. We made stops in Daytona Beach, [...]

18 November 2013

Fernandina Beach-St. Augustine

When we got up this a.m., we had a nice surprise, muffins and a newspaper

15 November 2013

St. Simon's Island

When we left the marina (located on Skidaway Island) the wind was not as strong but there was a 3 knot current to deal with. We made it out of the slip all right, thanks to a permanent slip holder who guided us out. Not so with our friends--they hit another sailboat, but fortunately the damage wasn't [...]

Traveling North

21 March 2014 | St. Augustine Florida
Tues., 3/18/14: We are leaving today to make our return trek to Annapolis. We have had a wonderful time but are ready to get on our way again. We did go south as far as Vero Beach in early February, looking for some warm weather. And it was much warmer than St. Augustine. We made stops in Daytona Beach, Titusville and Melbourne where we spent the night with daughter-in-law Terri's parents, Pris and Al. It was a treat to sleep in a real bed, and to watch the Super Bowl with them. We then went on to Vero Beach, famously known to boaters as "Velcro Beach" as cruisers tend to hang around longer than they planned to. We liked it so much we stayed for 9 days. We also rented a car and drove to Naples to spend a few days with our friends Harriet and Jim. It was wonderful there too, sunny and 80 degrees, and we had a great time.
We are planning several stops on way back, Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia, Savannah and Charleston.
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