Annie Joy
We said goodbye to Annie on Tuesday. It was her time. Her kidneys had failed her and she was in near constant pain. Pain that we were treating with Tramadol and Gabapentin. Annie never complained and was never without a …
Where is Everyone?
Position: 47°51’16.5″N 119°07’45.9″W With 325 million-odd people (or 325 million odd people) in the United States, we’ve been wondering in the past couple of weeks where everyone is. Making our way across the country and stopping in some of the …
Dispatches from the Basement
Position: WEST Coast Hazy Having committed to a nomadic lifestyle, we have been land-based for the past three weeks running errands and living off the largesse of friends and family alike. After arriving at Solomons, Maryland, we placed Aleta in …
Muscle Beach
Position: ROCKY HORROR Carol looks for directions – and gets more than she bargained for…
All at Sea, Part 2
“…and what solitude is more complete, or more poetical, then that of a ship floating in isolation on the sea during the obscurity of the night, in the silence of immensity, and under the eye of heaven?” – Alexandre Dumas, …
All at Sea, Part 1
Position: 26°32’48.1″N 77°04’05.3″W With our newfound confidence in estimating the unpredictability of the weather and subtropical depression Alberto wreaking havoc in Florida, we decided that we better pad our schedule back to the United States by a few days. Tom, aka …
The Abacos or Bust
Position: 25°24’08.5″N 76°47’28.4″W Having successfully navigated our way through the narrows of Current Cut, we anchored off the island for a couple of days while we waited for the weather to settle. We dinghyed ashore and explored the little community …
Planet of the Apes Redux
Position: Out there – way, way, out there… Here’s what really happened on the hellscape that is the Planet of the Apes. Once you’ve been there, there’s no going home…