An annual event, Coconut Grove’s King Mango Strut lived up to its reputation in 2014. Participants were eclectic in themes and dress. One of the “butter flies” was on stilts covered by the legs of the walker’s outfit. Large fabric wings completed the look. Live bands played from trucks as well as trailers pulled by pickup trucks. Tobacco Road was …
Christmas Visitors- Dec 27th 2014
When our youngest daughter and her family came to visit Yacht A Fun for Christmas we made a point to show them some highlights of the area. Vizcaya was certainly on our list. The house and gardens are a Floridian Biltmore House- a property our family is familiar with as Biltmore is close to our home town of Hickory NC. …
The Grove- Dec 21st 2014
It’s Sunday. Our Gemini catamaran is moored at ball #77 at Dinner Key mooring field in Coconut Grove, Florida. Our daily travel is over. Diann and I actually slept until after 8AM. In spite of our plan to do nothing all day- we both got busy after breakfast. Diann cleaned and vacuumed the interior. Thank goodness for the 1000 watt …
Palm Beach /Lake Worth – Dec 18th 2014
Today, our Gemini catamaran, “Yacht A Fun”, cruised the ICW from Jensen Beach to the anchorage in front of the Old Key Lime Tiki Bar at the Latana Bascule Bridge. Thirteen bridges ! The most exciting event of the travel was seeing the Palm Beach houses and boats. Wrap your boat for repairs… I was not prepared for the amount …
Destination, FREDGIE’S Dec 17th 2014
Do you happen to have a place that’s special to you? Not necessarily special to your spouse, but special to you? I have such a place. It’s called Fredgie’s, and is in Jensen Beach, Florida. My mom’s favorite cousin, Sybil, lived in Jensen Beach. We visited Sybil about 3 years ago and while there were introduced to a food cart …
Velcro Beach, day two- Dec 16th 2014
Last night, the bridge was beautiful as the backdrop for our mooring. And, yes, we stayed the second day here at Vero Beach. First off, the engine oil needed changing. That got done-but the Fram oil filter was too long to fit between the coolant hose and the block. I cleaned up the Westerbeke filter and put it back on …
Travelers make friends- Dec 15th 2014
When we anchored our Gemini catamaran last night, another couple of boats pulled in and dropped hooks, too. Today when Yacht A Fun arrived at Vero Beach City Marina, we were followed in by a couple from Maine. We had passed them, on the ICW, each day for the last three days. They being slower would head out early each …
Daytona Beach- Dec 12th 2014
Leaving St. Augustine was easy. Abby B had left before us. Later in the day we stopped for fuel and guess who was at the same marina! Rumor has it that one of the two dogs was sick and needed off the boat. Tonight we’ve stopped in Daytona Beach and are enjoying the Halifax River Yacht Club facility. Many of …
Half day grocery run- Dec 11th 2014
Today, Thursday, was taken up, in great measure, with taking a bus to a Super Walmart, shopping for: all kinds of food; an led light bulb; oil filters; engine oil; storage items; and a supply of paper goods. And yes, garbage has to get off the boat.. Sunshine Bus Line is a story in and of itself. Rather than spout negativity, …
St. Augustine, at last- Dec 10th 2014
There was not the shoaling problem at the inlet, at St. Augustine, that we had feared. It was straight forward to round the Red Nun #60 and head toward the fort. Our arrival timing could not have been better. The Bridge of Lions opens at the hour and half hour. By upping our speed a bit, we were able to …