Month: November 2022
Posted on November 30, 2022
by Linda
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By Jason Burek Seattle was forecast to receive our first snow fall of the season and since the collies are too young to have seen snow, I was excited to see how they responded. When I woke up in the morning, I pulled the curtains… Continue Reading “Krakens (Collies) First Snow”
Posted on November 30, 2022
by regis
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As we started one of our earliest and easiest departures, we were feeling good about the day. It was a clear day, the sun was going to shine, and we could wear shorts from the start. The trip down the waterway was great, barely… Continue Reading “Stuck, Take Two”
Category: boat work, boatlife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: boat life, boat repair, BoatUS towing, broken wheel on trawler, Brown Pelican, Marina Jack, navigation charting issues, rudder problems on a trawler, run aground, Sarasota, Sarasota waterfront, shoaling, Tiki Bar boat, trawler life
Posted on November 29, 2022
by Linda
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We woke up before light while anchored near St. Petersburg Beach and got an early start to the day. By the time the first rays of light were on the horizon, we were lifting the anchor. As soon as it was up, Regis took… Continue Reading “St. Petersburg Beach to Sarasota”
Category: boatlife, puppylife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: bascule bridge, boat life, brown pelicans, derelict boat, dolphins jumping out of the water, double-crested cormorants, drawbridge, intracoastal waterway in Florida, juvenile rough collies, lifting bridge, Sarasota sunset from Marina Jack, sunken boat, Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Tampa Bay bridge, towing boat, trawler life, unmanned boat, white pelicans
Posted on November 28, 2022
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In our last post, we arrived in Tarpon Springs. I wanted good food and there were two options for marinas with restaurants. One was full and the other one would let us tie to the end of the dock and still get electricity. We… Continue Reading “Stuck”
Posted on November 27, 2022
by Linda
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In our last post, we said we were headed to Carrabelle. As we neared Carrabelle, many dolphins came to the boat, swam at the bow, then left. We felt like we were getting a dolphin escort into Carrabelle. The last dolphin left us off… Continue Reading “Joy. Terror. Boredom.”
Posted on November 24, 2022
by Linda
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Wednesday, we walked to a restaurant for dinner and got fresh seafood. Delicious. We set the alarm Thursday for before sunrise hoping to leave as soon as the first rays of light hit the horizon. Instead, we were socked in with fog. Regis was… Continue Reading “Fog”
Category: boat work, boatlife, puppylife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: boat life, Brown Pelican, derelict boat, fog, intracoastal waterway, juvenile rough collies, trawler life
Posted on November 23, 2022
by Linda
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With a day off at the marina and West Marine an Uber ride away, we spent the day fixing and cleaning. Regis fixes. I clean. We walked around in the morning trying to find the Barred Owls today with no success. We have a… Continue Reading “Fix and Clean”
Posted on November 23, 2022
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We have had several interesting wildlife experiences since the last post. After publishing our last post while at anchor on the east side of Choctawhatchee Bay, the sun started to set and thousands of tree swallows showed up. I have a video below. The… Continue Reading “Wildlife”
Category: boatlife, puppylife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: bald eagle preening, barge on the intracoastal waterway, bird poop on buoy, boat life, flock of double-crested cormorants taking off from the waterway, flock of tree swallows, forster's tern on buoy, intracoastal waterway in Florida, juvenile rough collies, narrow channel intracoastal waterway, sunset over Choctawhatchee Bay, sunset over the intracoastal waterway, trawler life
Posted on November 21, 2022
by Linda
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After anchoring yesterday, Regis noticed the heaters were not working well and suggested I pull out the comforter I recently purchased that he did not think we needed. Late in the evening, he realized the water hoses were clogged for each heater. He fixed… Continue Reading “Choctawhatchee Bay”
Posted on November 20, 2022
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We began our journey from Pensacola to St. Augustine around 8:15 this morning and dolphins joined us at the bow within 45 minutes. I was ecstatic. I told Regis that even though I was here to help him out, I was really here for… Continue Reading “Dolphins at the Bow”
Category: boatlife, puppylife, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: boatlife, dolphins, dolphins swimming at the bow, intracoastal waterway in Florida, landrtravels, Pensacola Bay, rough collies, trawlerlife
Linda and Regis travel... 