Archive for October, 2008

Solomon’s MD – Southbound!!

Finally! The winds stopped howling, we threw off the dock lines this morning and departed Stansbury at 09:00. Susan, our marina owner was on the gas pier to give us a sendoff and wish us fair winds! She’s a sweetheart! 229122872295We so enjoyed our time at Stansbury, never a tense moment (well, except for the […]

Travel day – at LAST!

Today’s sunny skies were accompanied by diminishing winds, and as this is being written, winds are finally calm. The river is like a reflecting pond off our bow. We did not venture out today as we had planned, but decided to wait out the winds yet another day. We had extremely low tides today, where […]

Windy day

Tuesday on the bay. Flags were flying straight out all day. The wind absolutely howled all day long, and at this writing at 7PM it’s still howling away, and now the temperature is dropping as the sun set. We’re one day closer to shoving off, today was spent getting some more gear stowed, finding homes […]

Southbound!

Final preparations for the migration south!