August 4th, 2015 With the heavy weather clearing out, it was time for us to do the same. Pulling out of C-Quarter marina early that morning, we headed back down the Carrabelle River and out into St. George Sound. It’s about 5 miles to Dog Island. Not much is let out about this island. The […]
August 2nd, 2015 My father and I sailed up the St. George Sound and arrived in Carrabelle around 14:00. Docking at the legendary C-Quarter Marina. Upon our arrival we noticed there happened to be a huge King Mackeral fishing tournament going on, with a raffel and luncheon. Avoiding the initial crowd, we took a stroll […]
July 22, 2015 Derek slept aboard last night. I left the Volvo at his house. We were up with the sun and out on the Choctahatchee Bay by 7:45. Crossing the bay into the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coming out into West Bay, into St. Andrew’s Bay, to Panama City. A 50 mile day, 10 hours […]
Some of us may live on a sailboat in hopes of actually getting stranded somewhere secluded. I look at Hogtown Bayou as my own “Walden’s Pond”. This majestic bayou is actually quite a large body of water. Tucked in the pine trees behind a bustling Hwy 98 and tourist filled 30A. Hogtown provides a vast […]
The morning of July 6th, La Sancha was packed up and ready for departure. Saying good-bye to Claire, I took off south with the kitties. Driving 1,000 miles in 14 hours, we made it back to the boat in Perdido Key, Florida. I woke up delirious, covered in baking soda. (We left the boat with […]
Last week of June, 2015 Off to Ocracoke Island – the local’s vacation. Claire’s family has a tradition. When the northern Outer Banks gets so hot and crowded with tourists to the point you want to pop, take a drive down the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and hop the ferry to Ocracoke Island. A […]
The month of June. There is nothing like one’s home-town. Ours is quite special. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, it is way out there. Through cotton, tobacco, and corn fields we drove. Across multiple bridges and waterways; out to a thin strip of sand, swamp, and forest that juts into the Atlantic. Where the Labrador Current and the […]
June 1, 2015 Well, our goal was to make it to the state of Florida by June. With our rain jackets on we sailed right across that state line. On the way we passed LuLu’s and saw a bald eagle. We pulled into what is now named, A & M Perdido Resort, formally known as […]
