29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
29 October 2016 | Georgia, USA
08 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
07 October 2016 | Hotel on West Side of Hwy I-95, Brunswick, GA, USA
07 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
06 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
05 October 2016 | Brunswick, Georgia, USA
04 October 2016 | Photo off Outer Banks near Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
27 September 2016 | Piankatank River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
22 September 2016 | Current Position - Sassafras River, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
16 September 2016 | Orient, Long Island, New York, USA
11 September 2016 | Ebenecook Harbor near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
07 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
05 September 2016 | Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA
04 September 2016 | North Haven, Vinalhaven, Maine, USA
28 August 2016 | Castine, Maine, USA
27 August 2016 | Belfast, Maine, USA
12 August 2016 | Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA
06 August 2016 | Canada/USA Border Crossing
04 August 2016 | La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Bears and Wolves
13 October 2012 | North Carolina, USA
Vicki - Windy 20 kn N
Remember how I explained in a previous blog that the USA Met start naming their hurricanes each season with the letter A? To date in 2012 we’re now up to the letter R as we are currently watching tropical storms Patty and now Rafael in the Atlantic. Rafael is expected to turn into a hurricane in the next day or so and move north towards Bermuda. Because of this, we decided to spend time in North Carolina instead of heading straight to the Bahamas so we visited the Director at the Customs Department to ensure we followed their reporting requirements. The week has been very productive with Jake and Renae working diligently on boat maintenance and provisioning while Maynard and I decided to drive to Cape Hatteras, a 400 mile round trip drive. On the way, we spotted a sign saying “Watch Out For Bears” followed soon after by another sign reading “Red Wolves Crossing Next 15 Miles” so I was making a lame joke about how it would be terrific to get a picture of a red wolf boxing up a bear and Maynard’s foot must have hit the accelerator laughing as he looked in the rear vision mirror to see a blue flashing light of a police car on our bumper. He looked down to see he was doing 80 mph in the 55 mph zone. Officer X (not his real name) asked to see his licence. Maynard apologized for speeding and told him we’d been talking about the bears and wolves. When he saw Maynard’s licence he said, “Did you guys come all the way from Australia just to see North Carolina’s Outer Banks?” We were feeling really bad by this time and said, “Well, yes”. He said, “Well I’m gonna give you guys a break today. Just slow down, ok?” What a great country. God bless America! Sadly, I don’t think this would ever happen in Oz but it sure left a big impression on us. We’ll probably stay a while longer as TS Rafael will be directly east of our position by Tuesday night however, we don’t think it will be any threat to us here.