Tuesday January’s 16th, twenty eighteen I’m not sure how long it’s been since I checked in. We left Sunrise Bay on the ICW in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday the 13th. All of the cruise ships were at their berths and…
Month: January 2018
Friday January’s 12th, twenty eighteen Yesterday we worked our way down the ICW from West Palm Beach to Lake Boca Raton. I’m not sure how many bridges but a lot. Go fast to meet bridge time then go slow to…
Wednesday January’s 10th, twenty eighteen We anchored just north of the Flagler Memorial Bridge in West Palm Beach. More room here than I remember from last year. I’m not sure why? Chris Parker is talking about a potential crossing opportunity…
Tuesday January’s 9th, twenty eighteen We are presently traveling south in the ICW or Intracoastal Waterway. The ICW is a dredged (for the most part) channel behind the barrier islands on the East coast of Florida. The ICW extends North…
Monday January’s 8th, twenty eighteen Luckily the wind continues to keep us off the weather station. We are likely to move south today, to the Lake Worth/West Palm area. Hopefully we can move through that area prior to TP45SG arriving…
Sunday January’s 7th, twenty eighteen I was easily awake this morning at 05:00. I went to bed last night at 19:00. Docks, the arriving and departing from seem to be the most stressful times in retirement. Early yesterday morning the…
Saturday January’s 6th, twenty eighteen Start: 27 17.124’N 80 13.090’W End: 27 6.879’N 80 8.544’W approximately 12nm This is the third or fourth morning of huddling around the heater and warming our hands around our coffee cups. The heater will…
Friday January 5th, twenty eighteen Picture this, I’m wearing gloves, long pants, slippers, socks and a long sleeve shirt. We are huddled around the small electric heater trying to keep warm. We are in central Florida, Jeezuz! We are hoping…
Thursday January’s 4th, twenty eighteen The talking heads on TV were full of drama last night as they tried to prepare Floridians for the cold. Breathless exclamations about “wind chills of -1c or 30f. “Protect the three P’s” they said;…
Wednesday January’s 3rd, twenty eighteen Yesterday was provisioning day one. Two things get me going (there are more) people in those motorized conveyances in Walmart and Special Needs parking. I understand the need but I get pissed when they are…
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