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We enjoy sharing our lifestyle with our family, friends, and others. So COME ON OUT and "let's get on with it". You only have an opportunity to live once. For those of you who do not choose to get away, feel free to travel vicariously via this blog.

This is primarily a blog of photographs, of our travels. Our blogging time is limited by our activities, so we figure a photograph is worth a thousand words. You may click on the photos to enlarge them.

There is only one Post per page. You can access earlier posts by clicking on the link below and to the right, or by going to the "archive" which is found below the current post.

The "Relevant Links" will take you to sites showing our current location, the weather conditions that we are experiencing, some of our favorite ports of call, and information related to our boat. When using the SPOT link, to see where we are, click on "satellite" tab to get a photo of the area (takes a while to load).

If you must have more then you may also follow the links to our "Earlier Blogs".

Enjoy

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Plans & Preparations

June 6th, 2012

Welcome. 

Below you should find a photo of a chart that covers what we hope will be our cruising area this season.


It has been ten full days of preparation (since we last worked) by both Sharon & I in order to get ready for this trip.  You probably wonder what could possibly take so long --- well, here are some examples of things that needed to be done:  Researching and finally buying needed supplies for the boat;  Preparing and maintaining gear for the trip;  Obtaining all the cruising guides and charts needed for the trip;   Provisioning for 4 - 5 months on the water;  Preparing our home for our absence and hurricane season;  Getting the yard into manageable shape;  Anticipating and paying all bills in advance;  Arranging for the care of our place while we are away;  Getting our vehicles in shape for the trip to Maine; and the list goes on and on . . . .  But it was decided that we must leave today --- so to bed at 11:00pm and up at 2:00am --- we finally get on the road 1:00pm.  One way or the other we were going to make it happen and indeed we did.  Made it to Virginia before stopping. 

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