Our Story In a Nutshell

In 2003 , we began our labor of love and started to restore our CSY 44 sailboat,which we named Freedom. After 5 1/2 years of pure sweat, (Florida in July in a t-vac suit and full mask)some tears, endless reading and lots of leaps of faith, restoration was completed in January 2009. The rest of the story is unraveling as we learn to become the sailors we have always read about. Their inspiration has always lead us to new places...the real reson we started this adventure to begin with. We left from St. Petersburg, Florida in January 2009, sailed to Longboat key, then Useppa, St. James City, Cape Coral, Marathon, Rodriguez Key, Miami, then onto the Bahamas. In the Bahamas we sailed to Norman's Key, Shroud, Hawksbill, Warderick Wells, Black Point, Staniel Key, Spanish wells, Eleuthera, Little Harbor, Marsh harbor and then over to Beaufort North Carolina...up the ICW to Norfolk and finally we ended up in the Chesapeake Bay.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Pop The Trunk


No, this is not a detective series being acted out...I am cetoling(varnishing)the wood trim on our boat. "Pop the Trunk" is a song by the Aggralites, a reggae band that will definitely make you smile even if you are varnishing....As I stain trim, John is installing a DYI (do it yourself) watermaker...it is a reverse osmosis deal that will filter out the salt from ocean water so it is potable for us to drink...Pretty cool! The fun of boat ownership! The cool thing about being in the Chesapeake is seeing a lot of friends that have traveled up to this area or that live here. We met a couple in Bimini(Bahamas) and we were able to contact them, we found out that they are right here in this area for the summer. One last thought for the day...remember when your parents said that as you get older time will go by even quicker...THEY WERE RIGHT! Keep moving and love life!
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Take Time To Smell The Roses




More land cruising..We are in Washington Dc and there sure is a lot to see. The Botanical Gardens were just reopened after a huge remodeling. The outside Gardens are amazing. See pics of the roses....They also have a small pond with cattails, a garden with orchids, and beautiful lilies....Then upon seeing that the Renwick Gallery (across from the White House)was free admission...of course we had to see what was being shown. The attached photo is of a gamefish made out of toys...see pics...art is sure "all-inclusive"....No matter how many times I have seen the White House, it always affects me, in a good way....see pics....
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Tough Commute....




We traveled to the Bandalier National Monument...about 15 miles outside Los Alamos. The park has Indian cliff dwelling that you are able to climb tall wooden ladders to see. The dwellings are purposefully, about 50-100 feet off the ground. The Indians made these cliffs their homes because they were near rivers( drinking water and fish), wonderful, fertile soil and lots of wildlife to eat. The only issue I had was that they would have to cimb, sometimes 2-3 ladders (to get to the penthouse)to get to their ciff apartment. I am sure they had lots of groceries and drinking water, which would make the evening commute a big pain in the butt. The area that surrounded these dwelling were beautiful...near windy rivers and wildflowers. John and I climbed the ladders to get an idea of how this all worked. Their small cliff aprtments were rather sparse and quite low...they must of been rather short. SEE PICS....we also made it to Albuquerque and visited the PLaza...a gorgeous, authentic Mexican/Indian plaza. Lots of great food..hot chile of course. See pics of John's new hat...possibly a 20 gallon...what do you think?
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