travel
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Day trip through the keys? Jet Skiing and Key Lime Pie!
Once the decision was made that we were going to hang out in Key West instead to wait out Hurricane Beryl, I called Sandy to let her know. After a week off, I couldn’t extend my trip, so while the crew of Manta Jo would hang out at Key West and Everglades National Park to Continue reading
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Knowing there’s always more to learn!
When I was writing last week’s post about the trip that ended (for me) in Key West, I had a few people ask me, “What made that trip worthwhile?” I tried to answer that question . .while I was writing about the importance of keeping up with the weather. It became too much and too Continue reading
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Refit to Ready!
Last week, we had the electricians on board for one last time, maybe not quite the last time, but really close. Our electrical panel is now all lit up at night, and we have a functional navigation station as well! In fact we even started up the engines for the first time in seven months! That went Continue reading
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Navigating the Galley
First off, thank you to everyone who shared last week’s post. That was amazing. On that day, there were over 200 visitors to the site, the next two days were over forty each day, that’s amazing traffic, so if you keep sharing, I’d greatly appreciate it. On to the topic of this week’s post. Cooking on board. No one Continue reading
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Silver Springs State Park — Ocala Florida
Before Walt Disney World was an attraction in Florida, the place to go to was Silver Springs State Park. Near Ocala and at the head of the Silver River, it’s a really a cool place to visit. We had some friends recommend it, so we took a day off of boat projects and drove down there. The Continue reading
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Merritt Island
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge We did take a day and a night over Christmas to get away from the boat. Getting away from all of the work was good for all of us. We watched the Space X Falcon Heavy launch. On the way back, we found a great gem called Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. It Continue reading
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Change your Question
When I was in the seventh, eighth grade, I bought a Canon T50. I had a 35mm to 55 mm lens and a 75mm to 200mm zoom lens as well. It came as a package is my recollection. I had that camera until probably the early 2000s when it finally died. As we have Continue reading
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New Traditions
Welcome to 2023, as if I am some sort of official recognizer of all entering the New Year. The end of last year brought some pretty significant changes, as I’ve written about, and as this year starts up, we are already looking forward to some more steps forward. Obviously, the big event was buying One Continue reading
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Where will you go?
Where will we go? As we dare to dream and give voice to our visions, we get two big questions: Where are you going to go? How are you paying for this? I clearly remember the excitement and awe I felt when I graduated from high school. I was inspired to live big… “Congratulations! Continue reading
The Great Wander 