Month: May 2012

May 12, 2012 — Key West, FL Back at a dock in civilization. Showers! Connectivity! People. Bustle. I miss the cleanliness and clarity of being at anchor, but we had to head back to ship Joe off to his life. The trip back was pretty uneventful. Continue reading ...!

May 11, 2012 –The Dry Tortugas, FL After a pleasant evening and night at Boca Grande, and fortified with one of Denise’s hearty breakfasts, we were off to Fort Jackson, and the Dry Tortugas. Fort Jackson is pretty large and and used to ho Continue reading ...!

May 09, 2012 — Fort Jackson, The Dry Tortugas Boca Grande is what I had envisioned when I dreamed about cruising: very few people, open spaces, slightly wild, almost completely off grid. Very cool. Our first stop out of Key West on May 08, was Continue reading ...!

May 05, 2012 — Key West, FL Getting from Cabbage Key to Key West was interesting. Cita, who suffered a bad case of mal de mer between Venice and Cabbage Key had somewhat recovered. She was thrilled to be back on the ICW in flat water for a bit. Continue reading ...!

May 03, 2012 — Cabbage Key, FL Key West, here we come! We were finally getting out into open water. Doing another ditch run to get us out of Sarasota was ok, however, I was dreaming of fair winds and open water. Getting out of the short narrow Continue reading ...!