Despite yet another long drive from Las Cruces to Las Vegas, and although we finally arrived at our final destination, there was no time to relax. I only had two days for unloading the truck and exploring Vegas with my parents before I would be flying back to Key West. Day 5 – Unloading The Truck The next morning we… Read more →
Arriving in Las Cruces, New Mexico Another full day of driving which began in Austin, Texas in the morning finally got us out of that giant of a state and into New Mexico. We found another place on AirBnb, this time in Las Cruces and it definitely had that Mexican flavor to it. We really didn’t get to enjoy it… Read more →
Day 3 – Austin, Texas Finally Arrived in Austin, Texas We arrived in Austin, Texas around 2:30 in the morning on June 9th after leaving Pensacola Beach, Florida around 1:00 pm on the 8th. The drive was long and quite uneventful as you can see from the end of my last post. And when we got in we had trouble… Read more →
Day 2 – Pensacola Beach Morning from Pensacola Beach My mom had just flown from Edmonton, Alberta and I knew that she was hoping to see the beach and ocean, so I planned for our first stop to be Pensacola Beach. After a long day starting at 6 am in Key West, loading the truck in Stuart, and then driving… Read more →
Day 1 – Loading the Truck and Driving to Pensacola Beach Contacting Lesley After hearing from my buddy Carl that Lesley, a mutual friend of ours, needed some help I sent her a text on May 2nd asking her whats up. She let me know that her circumstances had changed and she needed 10 days of my time to help… Read more →
Leaving Cuba — headed to Providencia On Friday, May 27 we left Cuba behind as we motor sailed south towards a waypoint just west of the Cayman Islands, on route to Providencia, Colombia. The seas were nice and calm, but we didn’t have the right wind angle once again. By day two we had already adjusted the sails to a… Read more →
Leaving Isla Juventud towards Cayo Largo The first day we didn’t go very far from Nueva Gerona (literally just outside the Rio las Casas and around the corner). We anchored in front of el Presidio Modelo, went for a swim, then rinsed off, and went to sleep soon after in preparation for sailing to Cayo Largo. The next day we… Read more →
Captain and I weighed anchor in Venice, Florida in the mid afternoon of Thursday, May 12. Our next stop was set to be Cabo San Antonio in Cuba. The crossing of the Gulf Stream from Venice, passed the Dry Tortugas (painfully close to Romi in Key West) was actually pretty uneventful. The only thing to note was how extremely calm the… Read more →
Monday, May 9 we lifted anchor from St. Pete and made our way (motoring due to low headwinds) down the Florida west coast to Venice. I stayed up at the helm while the Captain was able to get a bunch of things done around the boat. Then just 4.77 nm out from the Venice Inlet our engine light went on. It… Read more →
By early afternoon of May 6, 2016, the Captain had finished up a few last minute errands in Pensacola and we pushed off from the dock for a 280 mile crossing through the Gulf of Mexico to St. Petersburg, Florida. Weather was finally good again, blue skies and calm seas. Winds were a bit on the light side, but we weren’t… Read more →