When you have property located in three North Carolina counties, you have to confirm with each that you still own stuff that is there. And if you fail to let them know, by January 31st, that you still have stuff- they add 10% to the year’s tax bill for not letting them know by January 31st. My guess is that …
A Quick Return Home January 2014
Our airplane adventure back to North Carolina was all that we had expected. We took the Dinner Key water taxi to shore so our dinghy could remain secured to our Gemini catamaran, Yacht A Fun. The loop bus picked us up at the former Pan Am terminal, now home to Miami City Hall. The cost was 25 cents each. The …
Zoey Gets Trimmed- Jan 14th 2014
Zoey needed to be groomed after having been on board our Gemeni Catamaran- Yacht A Fun for some six months. 3 Distractions, off the boat, add balance to the experience !
Bus Trip and Pizza- Jan 3rd 2015
I found that working in the morning and doing errands in the afternoon is not the way to arrive back to the boat before dark. So, on Saturday we ventured off the boat early. We also raised the dinghy up onto the davit system due to expected high winds and choppy Bay water. Now, keep in mind that, we had …
Wet Core / Walmart Trip- Jan 2nd 2015
The day on board our Gemini catamaran needed to be a bit work focused, for the start. There’s always something that needs cleaning, or fixing if you own a boat. Having noted a small amount of water, in the bottom of the sail locker, after a small rain, I decided to remove the hinges and re-bed that hardware. What I …
Work & Activity- Dec 29th 2014
Monday the 29th Diann and I had morning work to do here in Coconut Grove.. For what ever reason my laptop isn’t able to log in to the Yacht A Fun website while using our Verizon “hot spot” account. The phone shows five bars of signal but the website just won’t load. So, at 8:30 AM we put a very …
Mildew- Dec 28th 2014
Yes, I knew that even a Gemini catamaran could have mildew. But I honestly thought it would be minimized by living on board while cruising. Hatches are openned for air flow. Clothes are both in lockers with sliding doors, and on hangers in closets without doors. The smell of mildew had gotten a bit strong in our master berth. So, …
Miami Public Transit- Dec 27 2014
A week into our Coconut Grove experience, Diann and I decided to learn the metro system. It’s quasi intuitive- but user friendly once you know the mantra. The 249 Loop is only 25 cents. It goes from Douglas rail station to Coconut Grove rail station. We got on going to Douglas and expected to be able to do the whole …
King Mango Strut- Dec 28th 2014
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 …