…that wasn’t too hard. I pulled out of Lake Como at 3pm with the truck crammed to the brim and drove all night, arriving here at 4am. The first thing I did was dump a load of laundry in Sailcraft’s coin machine. It has been good to see some friends…
I made it to Palatka and spent the first day and a half working on Spark’s motor but I got her going and now will tackle the storage building. I have very few opportunities to get online but may make a run to Oriental soon.
I cleaned a boat today with the voice of Rush L. blasting from across the canal. I fully understand why some people need him and it is fine that he has a following but why the heck do you need to sing it from the rooftops? Tattoo him on your…
I heard popping sounds last night that I thought was a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. It was my first night renting a room in the backyard of a friend of a friend’s house in Key Largo. It turns out the sounds and smells were coming from the restaurant and bar…
There was a car accident down here. A woman was trying to get herself all shaved up for her new bikini and was shaving while driving. She was in the drivers seat and her ex-husband was reaching across from the passenger seat attempting to steer the car. They were on…
I have had two jobs this week that are going to help me get back to north Florida soon so I can make an attempt at moving the boat to the Keys. The first one was washing a boat and that should repeat on Friday. The second was computer work…
This is a good group of people. Captain Jen has been teaching sailing down here for 12 years on her Morgan 41. The marina has two active tiki huts with one called the Zen Tiki and the other wanting to be called the Con Tiki because of the convicts that…
I am in the Keys for a little while. It has taken a couple of hours to upload a couple of photos so this post will be short. We have been here since Thursday and this shot was from one of the schooners in Key West. Yesterday three of us…
I saw this on the Tiny House Blog. The EDAR, a cross between a shopping cart and a pop-up camper, is a step up. EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) provides shelter to the homeless in an innovative cost and usage effective way. The EDAR unit is a purpose-specific, special four-wheeled…
“If you’re tempted to keep something because it was expensive, remember the difference between value and cost. Value is what something is worth. You spent a lot of money on it. To throw it away would mean admitting that the money was wasted. Now you need to think about the…
The Greatest Risk © 1988 by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Everyone has at one time or another shrunk from a growth opportunity because with it comes the Unknown. The Unknown! What’s out there, anyway? Disappointment? Derision? Danger? Defeat? Death? Those are all bad, certainly, but none of them…
The guy that started Outward Bound had his own thoughts on when things went bad. His seven forces of decline that effect the modern world were the decay of: fitness care skill initiative self-discipline imagination compassion He felt like we were shielded from the true forces of life and the…
For over twenty years Pensacola has had free concerts in one of the downtown parks. People bring tables for food, wine and beer and a relaxing evening is had by all. It seems like something is happening all year long. A couple of nights ago they closed one of the…
It took me 10-1/2 hours to do the 7 hour drive because I took the scenic route. The part I wanted to photograph was fogged in but I will take some shots on the first return trip to check on the boat. The southeastern panhandle is pretty but the locals…
The first sound I heard this morning was rain beating on the parking lot. The weather station projected all day and got it right this time. I wanted to stay on US17 but Savannah routes you to I95 and that is where the trouble began. Going fast was going to…
Charleston has a great radio station. I could only last until midnight so I am in a Days Inn somewhere north of Savannah. The weather may be culling my stuff which could be a good thing. All is well.
It looks like I need to re-purchase all my stuff in a freeze dried form because it is not going to fit on the truck. Plus, I still have to empty the boat when I get back to Palatka and where is all that going to go I wonder. Maybe…
I just arrived in Raleigh. I couldn’t afford a sleeper car so I assumed I wasn’t allowed to sleep and that worked out well. As soon as the clock struck 6 I was sucking down coffee. Plenty of people were sick. I can do the math. Sleep deprived me surrounded…
Today started out at Memaws Restaurant putting on an eating exhibition for the local folks. Eggs,bacon,grits,toast and a couple of pancakes. Lloyd bought me a couple of 10′ lengths of 1″ pvc pipe. The gift that keeps on giving. We tied one end of one section to the bow cleat…