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Miles: 57.79Time: 9 hoursAvg Speed: 6.4Max Speed: 10 We left Key Biscayne around 6:45AM to winds out of the North/North-East – Really not the preferred direction. They shifted mid-morning to more out of the East. We had sails up all day, tacking to and fro with the motor running as well. We traveled slow because we were really going right into the wind. Stew set a course South of Bimini due to the Gulf Stream that was dragging us North. Because our wind was also…Continue Reading “Made it to BIMINI!!!”

Miles: 43Time: 6 hrs 15 minAvg Speed: 6.9Max Speed: 9.0 We finally took off from Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, Feb 24th. The Sailing Jasons were great hosts, providing us a slip & use of their car! We couldn’t have done it without them!! Our motoring to Key Biscayne was uneventful. The wind was not at an angle that made it worth raising the sails. We saw some wildlife, a sailing fleet, some large barges, and many large mega yachts. We arrived at Key Biscayne to…Continue Reading “Get Ready, Get Set, Go… to the Bahamas!”

I am so tired of Bahamas Prep, I just want to get going! I feel like I only think about prepping and organizing all our prepped items. It is exhausting. We did so much research etc last year and now I am working to get my head back around all that stuff again. I am reading and re-reading my notes and the Waterway Guide to the Bahamas. I also do a lot of reading of the Facebook posts in the various Bahamas Facebook groups. These…Continue Reading “Bahamas Prep, can we go already?”

I’m really not sure where January went! We returned to the boat on January 1st and now it’s January 31st! Once back on the boat we had to deal with all the Bahamas provisions from our failed 2023 Bahamas adventure. There were cans and mason jars everywhere!! We also discovered that the floor of the dry store had dropped out and needed to be fixed. First order of business was to get that dry store fixed so we had some place to put all the…Continue Reading “A Busy January!!”

On the Road again… Dec 3rd at 9:50 am we pulled out of the cabin and started south for the winter! We were packed to the top and excited to see Mom and visit the boat. We had a video production project that needed to be completed by the end of December so we wouldn’t be moving the boat from Titusville just yet. But we did plan to go over at some point to Titusville and at least get it unpacked and set up for…Continue Reading “Heading South”

Back when Stew and I lived in Erie our tradition was to celebrate Thanksgiving at the cabin with the kids. We usually did our Christmas there as well, then the kids could celebrate in other ways with other people for Christmas. This year Alyssa and Cole both wanted to do Thanksgiving at the cabin (and so did we). No one could arrived before Thursday so we moved the main meal to Friday so no one had to rush to arrive. Once Cole arrived we decided…Continue Reading “Thanksgiving at Pine Creek”

The rest of October and November seemed to just fly by. October 17th, the day after arriving home from our road trip, the high-speed internet was installed. That changed everything because we now had real-time access to the internet. I started most days with a 10-mile bike ride on the bike path, which I loved! The fall colors and falling leaves created a beautiful backdrop to my ride. I also started doing some wall pilates that I enjoyed (most days). We had a few jobs…Continue Reading “Rest of Fall at Pine Creek”

I wanted to drive to Benezette, PA for my birthday this year. Benezette is known for its elk population and as I noted in earlier blogs I did not get to see elk in Yellowstone, Tetons, or Rocky Mountain National Park!! The elk just seem to elude me. I have previously taken the trip to Benezette with my parents over 10 years ago. We saw NO ELK on that drive! A few deer, but no elk. Even though Benezette bosts of thousands of elk, we…Continue Reading “Birthday at Benezette”

We left Erie on Monday morning and headed to Pine Creek. I was anxious to see the fall colors, even if a little late. They did not disappoint. We were finally home from our trip and what a great trip it was!! TRIP STATS Number of Miles: 8248 MilesNumber of Nights: 49 nights (7 weeks)Number of Nights camping in the car: 34 nights Number of National Parks: 8(Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Bryce, Zion, Arches, Canyonlands, Rocky Mountain) Number of National Memorials/Monuments: 3(Devils Tower, Grand Staircase-Escalante,…Continue Reading “Finally Home (Pine Creek) – trip stats & cost”

October 12, Thursday – We left our “Love’s Truck Stop” and headed east on I70. We stopped off in Kansas City, Kansas which is where Stew grew up. We tracked down his old address and neighborhood and spent time driving around checking out all the changes. Stew lived there from birth to until he was about 8 years old (1969-1977). We spent the day driving and stopped in Boonville, MO at a rest stop for the night. Rest areas are far nicer to sleep in,…Continue Reading “Heading to Erie!”