Cooking… Cooking a fall harvest (sea and land) 28 Oct 201118 Feb 2013 Grilled Garlic Shrimp on Pasta with Plums Oriental, NC had some really good produce and fresh seafood. Breakfast Egg Omelet Mixing egg with fresh vegetables is an easy way to…
Leisure… Cape Lookout, NC – the end of the earth 27 Oct 201118 Feb 2013 Cape Lookout is at the end of North Carolina’s outer banks. Once home to a remote whaling town called Diamond City, it has been a national seashore for decades. The…
Sailing… The Land of Wrecks, Dolphins and Ponies 24 Oct 201118 Feb 2013 We have found every 10-year-old girl’s fantasy island in Beaufort, NC. It is inhabited by wild ponies and surrounded by dolphins. We are anchored in between this island called Bird…
Velocir Squall in Ocracoke causes dragging (not us) 19 Oct 201118 Feb 2013 Video of the big squall today. After watching them do a bad job anchoring last night, we were ready for the sailboat in front of us!
Leisure… Beachy Days in Ocracoke 18 Oct 201118 Feb 2013 There is a live webcam for Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. We are the white sailboat next to the water tower. http://www.ocracokeharborinn.com/webcam.html Ocracoke is a cute beachy town on the Outer…
Sailing… Crossing the Sounds 17 Oct 201118 Feb 2013 To reach Ocracoke, NC we crossed the Albemarle Sound (big waves), Croatan Sound (calm) and Pamlico Sound (both). It took three days, and we’re happy to relax here now. We…
Sailing… Rainy Days & the Dismal Swamp Canal 11 Oct 201111 Feb 2013 After spending the morning in Hampton, VA (free bikes to ride!) we made our way through Norfolk, past the war ships and bridges, into the Dismal Swamp. We anchored in…
Leisure… Old Point Comfort, VA 9 Oct 201111 Feb 2013 Determined to get off to an early start, we were sailing out from our anchorage by 0730. A miraculous feat I know! It was well worth it. The wind was…
Cooking… Comfort Foods 9 Oct 201111 Feb 2013 Preparing food on the boat has been fun a relaxing. We’ve adjusted our schedule to more of any early morning departure, mid-afternoon anchorage so that we have plenty of time…
Sailing… Cruising the Chesapeake 7 Oct 201111 Feb 2013 We left Monday afternoon, sailed out to Whitehall Bay (just North of Annapolis) and anchored for the night. It was calm and we finished putting everything away, continuing to find…
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