We stopped in Savannah for dentist appointments, business things, and to let hurricane Sandy pass us by. That's September Song, docked next to a huge yacht. We looked it up on line. You can charter her for a week for 300,000.00 plus food, fuel, dockage, and tips. We are about one fourth her size. HMMM!
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This lady has been playing at one of our favorite bar/restaurants for God only know how long. She is in her 80's. What a neat lady!

The Savannah waterfront.

Our next stop was Brunswick, GA. for fuel and an overnight stay. Several of our cruising friends were also there waiting to head South. William and Judy, Bob and Katie, Richard and Jill, and Joe and Julia, who were traveling with us. It was great to get together with all of them. We will see them all again in the Marathon playpen.

St. Mary's is home to some of the US sub fleet. That patrol boat is there to make sure we don't get to close.

Cassie, talking to the dolphins.

A dolphin, looking up at Cassie and talking back.

Well, it's almost Thanksgiving, and the Christmas decorations are already up. Down South, they don't hang them from the street lights. They hang them from the palm trees. No white Christmas here!

I love this no parking sign!

The four of us stopped in Cocoa for a short visit with Doug and Tammy. This was just before the election when the president was crisscrossing the nation. He did a fly over for us in Cocoa.

Bar hopping with Doug and Tammy. It was a short visit, but we will see them in the Keys several times. OH did I mention, we are taking September Song down to Key West for Doug's 60th Birthday which is December 31st. We usually do our Key Weird Christmas with them every year, but this year it's going to be New Years. YIPPEE! Can't wait.

Our next stop was Stuart. Can't go to Stuart without going for sushi with sushi Steve and Di.

Another beautiful boat!

The sushi walrus.

Always great to see our favorite bartender, Shawnee, just a short walk (stumble) up the dock to Sailors Return.

The bars on the swim platform are called staples. I ordered them several weeks before we got to Stuart where they were made. If you remember, I had an accident in the Islands and broke three ribs getting out of the tender and on to the swim platform in rough weather. Not any more! I guess September Song is now "handicap accessible".

While in Stuart, Stephanie's brother, Eric, and his life partner of 29 years, Rob, came for a visit for three days. She hasn't seen them for twenty some years, and I had never met them. They lived in Alaska, and moved to Florida this past year. What a weather shock! What a great couple of guys!

 

With Eric, Rob, and some of their friends.

Thanksgiving day, we went to Julia's sister Rosie's house again this year. Thanks Rosie!

 

 

Another beautiful day on the ICW. It was a nice day also!

We always go out into the Atlantic on our leg to Miami to miss the 14 bridges we would need to have opened from Lake worth to Ft. Lauderdale. This bird was tired, so it hitched a ride on our pilot house roof. I didn't mind until it left its calling card before it left.

What a beautiful day on the Atlantic!

 

Coming into Miami Inlet.

The dogs ate my homework!

OK, the dogs didn't eat my homework. It didn't work in school, and it doesn't work for my blog.
We were so busy moving South and playing at every stop, that I got far behind on my blog, I got frustrated and didn't know how I was ever going to get caught up.
Well, after numerous phone calls and e-mails wanting to know if we are OK, and why am I not blogging, I thought it was time to get started again. Blogging is one of the things I really enjoy and have so much fun with, that I will start again, and try not to get so far behind that I get frustrated again.
When I last blogged, we were in South Carolina headed for Charleston to meet up with Joe and Julia on Sea Pearl. After spending a few days in Charleston, we put the pointy ends South and played our way to Stuart where we spent Thanksgiving, and we're now back in the Keys.
We have to take a couple day road trip, but when we get back, I will be posting a new blog.
Stay tuned, we have lots of fun ahead.

September Song (I'm a bad boy) out
Bob



Yes, we are back in the Keys. Our first night here we had to have our fix of Stone crab claws at the Keys Fisheries with some of our cruising friends already here.

Where are we?

We are in Morehead City, North Carolina for the North Carolina Seafood Festival for a couple of days, and will put the pointy end South again on Monday. More about that in my next blog.
It's been two weeks and 400 nautical miles since my last blog. Cold weather is on our stern, and we have been lucky up to this point, but that is going to change tomorrow. It's not going to be as cold as it is going to be North of us, but the butter is going to start getting hard, and we need to continue our migration South. Because of our moving most days, we haven't had a lot of time to explore, but we have met several new cruising friends, and the weather up to this point has been great to be in travel mode. Our next big stop will be in Charleston, where Joe and Julia (Sea Pearl) will catch up, and we will play there for several days.
When we last left you, we were anchored on the Wye River, catching huge Chesapeake blue crabs, enjoying one of our favorite anchorages, and playing with the girls at the beach.
Our last afternoon on the Wye River, we took the girls to the beach for an afternoon swim. Godiva was playing about twenty feet off the beach, and all of a sudden, she rolled, and sank. We rushed out to her, dragged her back to the beach, a gave her chest compressions. The water came out of her nose and mouth, and she started breathing. What a scare. She still wasn't doing well the next morning, so we headed into Solomon's, and took her to a vet that our good friends suggested. Long story short, after four days, several trips to the vet, and some good meds, she is back to her old self. She still struggles with steps, because of her torn ACL, but with a little help from Mom and Dad, she does fine. She's so cute! She waits at the bottom of the steps and gives us a couple of barks for help. She's thirteen, and in human years, she's ninety-one.

September Song (time to keep moving South) out
Bob


Godiva's favorite place while under way.

Thank God she is doing better!

She loves to watch as we cruise, and just take it all in.

When we are on the move, we leave early, and get treated to a lot of beautiful sunrises.

Another beautiful diamonds on the water day.

This is the last of the Chesapeake lighthouses we will see this year, as we leave the Chesapeake.

Never too old to play like a kid!

One of our first sections of the ICW is Norfolk, and the Navy Shipyards. It's always a thrill to see all the Navy ships.

This looks like something out of Star Wars.

Housing for the ship workers, being moved to a new location.

Going through the locks at Great Bridge.

Stephanie, handling the lines in the lock.

The ICW gets a little crowded this time of year. These boats are ahead of us waiting for the Great Bridge Bridge.

Anchoring out, we get some of the most beautiful sunsets. This one was especially beautiful.