Ruby Slipper

Imagination can take you anywhere -- even over the rainbow.

07 January 2013 | Fort Myers Beach, Fla.
22 November 2012 | Beaufort, SC
13 November 2012 | Oriental, NC
07 November 2012 | Hampton, Va
01 November 2012 | Annapolis
18 October 2012 | Annapolis
23 August 2012 | Annapolis
28 September 2011
06 July 2011 | Annapolis
09 May 2011
25 April 2011 | Norfolk Naval Sailing Center
24 April 2011 | Norfolk, VA
24 April 2011 | Coinjock, NC
19 April 2011 | Ocracoke, NC
13 April 2011 | Wrightsville Beach, NC
12 April 2011 | Patrick AFB, Rockhouse Creek, St. Augustines, Fernandina Beach, Wally's Leg (GA), Beaufort (SC), Tom Point (SC), Isle of Palm (SC), Prince Creek (SC), Southport, NC
28 March 2011 | Manatee Cove Marina @ Patrick AFB, FL
25 March 2011 | Vero Beach, FL
21 March 2011 | Miami Beach
21 March 2011 | Miami Beach's Venetian Causeway to Miami Beach Marina to Pompano

Florida: I'll Never be your Beast of Burden

16 December 2010
mid-70s, partly cloudy
Here we sit on a mooring ball at Fort Myers Beach. Weather is finally warming up. But this area doesn't speak to us. Tacky tinsle town, honky tonk wanna-be fancy-schmancy jet set place...Remember the lyric, "Sign, sign everywhere a sign"? Well, welcome to Florida....EVEYTHING is forbidden...no dogs on beaches, no roller blading, no shirts/no shoes/no service, 48-hour anchoring limits, criminal offense if you anchor more than 72 hours, no wakes, no, no, no...Frankly, we miss the Bahamas Attitude. Tired of this Pseudo Jimmy Buffett attitude, thank you very much...Everyone ACTS cool & laid back, but it is the opposite! We're eager to get this "leash" off our necks & move on. But we vowed to "see" the gulf coast. So, Saturday we may move on & north to some noted anchorages. Christmas? Well, we "plan" to have some yummy delights to devour & quaff copious quantities of something alcoholic, but we don't know where we'll be. As long as we're together. That's what matters. Perhaps we'll connect with some friends up north along the gulf coast. That would be wonderful. That would be memorable. But our family will be forever on our minds.
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Vessel Name: Ruby Slipper
Vessel Make/Model: American Tug 34
Hailing Port: Annapolis, Maryland
Crew: Linda & Bill with crew dogs: Murphy & Trapper
About:
We are a boating family that has sailed to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Maine and up & down the U.S. coast. [...]
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Who: Linda & Bill with crew dogs: Murphy & Trapper
Port: Annapolis, Maryland
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