El Castillo de San Felipe was built on the shores of Lago De Izabel. We dingied a little farther up the river today, past the landmark bridge, to reach the east end of the lake and tour the old Spanish fort. The fort was built in 1595 to reinforce Spanish control of the waterway. We […]
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San Pedro to Placencia
We got to know the small settlement of San Pedro pretty well. Cellular World sits about midway down middle street and we went there about ten times. One of the items on the to-do list was secure phone internet service for Belize so we could check email and weather while making our way south. Little […]
Cozumel to Belize
We sailed over some lumpy seas last Thursday to reach Cozumel. The guidebooks explained that you could anchor right by San Miguel’s downtown area and land your dinghy on the sandy beach that stretches along the anchorage. We got anchored close up to shore right in front of the Capitania de Puerto building. However, the […]
El Cid Resort
We spent the morning doing schoolwork and boat chores. Jake handled Lily’s spelling practice the past couple of days and that is going well. They start a game of backgammon during which Lily has to spell her words in order to roll the dice. She actually did pretty good on her test today so maybe […]
Sombrero Reef
We spent several winter months at Marathon in 2010 but never made it to Sombrero Reef. We finally made it there today. It was beautiful. The water was just slightly rippling. The sun was out most of the day. Their were tons of fish which we, unfortunately, cannot identify (yet). The purple fan coral was […]
Key West To Marathon
Key West is the southern-most spot in the United States where you can buy a cheap t-shirt, an overpriced beer and contemplate human absurdity. We can stand about 5 hours of such contemplation because we will only buy a couple of overpriced beers. Had the beer been cheaper, the contemplation would have ran deeper. They […]
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 […]
Jake’s 21st in New Orleans
We made it through the treacherous waterways of New Orleans yesterday. We started two days ago from Houma where we tied up at the City Marina. The Houma City Marina has few amenities. However, its proximity to the park made it a perfect place for Lily. She took up with about five or six wild […]
Pics
More to come. These are taking some time to upload and we are headed down to the French Quarter. Hopefully, can get some pics up tomorrow.
Tampa Bay To Kemah
October 28, 2013 in All Posts, Sandy – places we’ve gone
We made the Tampa Bay to Kemah trip in about three weeks. Here is the quick run down: Tampa to Pensacola – Made terrible time getting out of Tampa Bay with the tide and wind working against us. First night out, our heading was almost entirely in to the wind and the autopilot seemed unable […]