We left Venice Wednesday morning. Randall and Jake spent the morning replacing the alternator while we were anchored in the ICW north of Venice. The alternator didn’t go out but the tachometer kept spiking up so Randall decided to go ahead and put the new one on. As we approached the incoming waves at the […]
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Manatee River and Sarasota
It has been two days of half-day motoring to our day’s destination, leaving lots of time for exploring. Sunday, we left St. Petersburg and got anchored midday up the Manatee River. We took the dinghy ashore to Snead Island. There was a state park there giving some of the history of the early Indians inhabitants […]
Heading Out
While I was away, Randall, Jake and Lily took in The Wiz, an outdoor play on Demen’s Island. It was a jazzy version of Wizard of Oz. They liked all but the Lion. Apparently, the Lion was miscast. Lily spent Friday night with her friend Lauren K. They went to visit Lauren’s horses and spent […]
Beautiful Green Boat Bikes
Yesterday, we were hanging and waiting the shipment of our two new boat bikes. It gave Randall a chance to take the outboard apart and try to fix the reluctant pull cord. It took much longer than expected because the coil spring came flying out once the thing was apart. But two hours later, it […]
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Rainy day. I am at Hampton Inn about to use their conference room for my webinar. Randall, Jake and Lily on the boat waiting out the rain and doing school work. Here are pics from the past week.
Still Lovin’ The Burg
I spent most of the week trying to resolve my upcoming business dilemma of needing a landline and hardwired internet connection for an upcoming conference call. Hampton Inn is just blocks away and is letting me use a meeting room on a short-term basis. This week, I have the conference call on Tuesday and then […]
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Getting Out, About and Even Some Orchestra
Getting around this weekend while simultaneously avoiding the St. Petersburg Grand Prix was the strategy but the race’s buzz reached us even while we were blocks away. We had planned to anchor out at the Manatee River but rain and thunderstorms were forecasted so we stayed tucked in our Bayboro anchorage. Also, Jake planned to […]
Back to St. Pete’s!!!
I have been putting off posting until I can load pictures. Decided to just post words. It may be awhile until I get on a WIFI connection to handle pics. We left Port of St Toe Monday morning. Yes, we renamed the place. Lily misread their sign due to the funky lettering and thought we […]
New Orleans To Port St Joe’s
Around noon on St. Patrick’s Day, Jake put out there the idea that we should get off the boat once more while in the Party Capitol of the World. It had been a cold, rainy morning so he did not get a “Yes Indeed!” from anyone but Lily. Still, the aged and infirm parents were […]