Oct 28 Day 11 380 miles down, 270 miles to go. We have joined up with another sail boat which is traveling about the same speed as we are. Sharpies Dream is a 32 ft Bayfield cutter and is from the North Channel on Lake Ontario. Pat and Dianne left on there trip around Sept 1. They sold their home and are headed for the Bahamas. They will make further plans when they get that far. We covered 65 miles today, all under motor power. That’s the most distance we have traveled in one day. The little 10 HP Westerbeke diesel engine just keeps on chugging. We have been burning about 2 gallons of fuel per day. Some of the power boats that have been passing us burn that much in 15 minutes. We rafted with ... read more

Oct 21 Day 4 on the water We woke up to another cool crisp day. We planned on leaving early, but were enticed to stay for complementary fresh warm cinnamon rolls. Glad we did, for they were delicious. We fueled up with 3 gals diesel and pumped out the holding tank and headed out on the river. We managed to sail for about 1 hour, but with light winds from the south we motored most of the day. We crossed under Interstate 40 around noon. We are basically out of Kentucky Lake now. It looks like a wide river at this point. The river depth is 40-60 feet deep. Later in the day we motored through a gorge with high rock cliffs. Arrived at our first anchorage, Lick Creek, at 5:30 pm., about 200 yards of ... read more

Oct 15 Day 6 Today we were able to get a ride on a spectator boat to watch the racing up close. The racers had a good wind and that made for a rough ride in the power boat we were in. I can hardly wait to get back on a sail boat. There was lots of excitement on the starting line; as you can see from the photos. When you have 30 boats starting it can get a little nuts. After the 3 races were done, our favorite boat, Peter Pan, was in 6th place overall. A nice day of racing. After the race we were invited to a dinner party hosted by one of the Club members on their patio. There were over 100 people at the party. Some more great generous Southern Hospitality. ... read more

Oct 10, 2009 Day 1 - Just want to let everyone know we are actually on our way. Left Baraboo the first time at 6:30 AM this morning. When Wayne realized he forgot some of his cloths on a hanger we turned around and went back. We should have checked that list one more time before we left. We departed for the second time at 6:50 AM. It’s time we get South. The temperature was 29 degrees F when we left. We had a smooth uneventful trip and arrived in Paducah, Kentucky at 6:00PM. The temperature is 62 but is suppose to get down to 45 tonight. We found a very nice motel for $49 for the night. And that includes breakfast. We had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. We made reservations to launch Amber Lee ... read more

Day 9 Tobago Cays, St Vincent March 13 (Continued) Wayne made it back to the boat and changed out of his camouflaged shorts before he was arrested as an insurgent gorilla. Karen will not need to mortgage the farm to bail her husband out of jail. We successfully checked back into Grenada so we are legally in that country once again. We had dinner of barracuda and curry chicken at a beach restaurant. We then walked up the beach to listen to the best steel drum band in the Caribbean. Five ladies and two fellows made the most amazing music. Several of the local boys joined in with their bongo drums. Brad, you would have loved this place! They kept up the beat until late in the night. We could hear the band from the boat. ... read more