Lawson’s new name is Mr. Moneybags because he has creamed Tristan and I at monopoly twice. The second game he said we could pick his piece so we chose the bag of money that adequately represented his stack of money…
Waiting to cross
Weather window a no-go this week with a blow coming in on Thursday so it looks like we’ll be in Miami area for the rest of this week. Got a marina slip lined up for Tues. through Thurs. night. After…
On the hook
We’ve got the full moon on one side and the dazzling Miami cityscape on the other. Unfortunately we’ve got country western rap one one side and Hispanic easy listening on the other. We are one of 50 boats anchoring here…

Room with a city view
We have anchored up in Biscayne bay with a view of Miami.
Motoring down the intracoastal
Winds blowing too hard today for the Atlantic so were just motoring down the intracoastal waterway to an anchorage in Biscayne Bay. From leaving the river and into the intercostal waterway we’ll have to go through 14 drawbridges – we’ve…
Just sitting here watching the boats go by
And are there some boats! I can see why they call Ft. Lauderdale the Venice of the U.S. There are boats boats boats everywhere and traveling everywhere. This morning we saw a huge yacht being pulled and pushed by tugboats…
Another night in Ft. Lauderdale
Decided to stay another night here to deal with the dinghy issue. Mission accomplished. Lawson took a cab to West Marine and got a new one and sold the big one on Craig’s List. Unfortunately the outboard is having…
Hangin at the laundry mat
Cool retro design. The real McCoy.
The elephant (dinghy) in the room
Can’t sleep thinking about the damn dinghy. The damn big-ass dinghy. After the departure debacle yesterday Lawson figured the dinghy was too big to store on top of the boat as we should for crossing. Turns out the dinghy dragging…
Whew!
Sitting in downtown Ft. lauderdale at a bar by the river after SUCCESSFULLY leaving the dock. That’s in caps because it was almost unsuccessful. On the way out we almost smashed into the boat in front of us (within inches)…