Anna Marie and I had a wonderful time exploring the Chesapeake, but it was getting cold and time to start moving south. We sailed down to Hampton, VA where we booked a Marina for a couple weeks. It had been some time since we had been in a marina and the ‘todo’ list needed tending to. Even though Hampton, VA… Read more →
Sailing along, we tend to have some invited guests and sometimes uninvited guests. There has been George the gecko, that lived in the mast. Then, a squid, who got blown into the cockpit, inked, and made a mess (which brings to mind some posthumous name ideas), countless flying fish which have landed on deck (we’d save them when we could),… Read more →
I was probably in 4th or 5th grade the last time I had to write one of these essays and I have no recollection as to what I wrote about. Sitting down today to recap what we have done this summer reminded me of the ritual, as well as Cheech and Chong’s “Sister Mary Elephant” (some of you are going… Read more →