#20 Almost done?

One of our dockmates is Tom, who sells moonshine in mason jars and lives on a houseboat a couple of boats down from us. Every time I see him he asks how the work on the boat is going and I tell him “Almost done!” Well, finally, that actually…

#19 Sixty miles!

When’s the last time you drove 60 miles? Wasn’t too bad, was it? As it turns out that’s how far it is from West Palm Beach Inlet to the west tip of Grand Bahama, one of the larger islands at the north end of the Bahamas. With any luck…

#18 What do you do when the holidays are over, the sun is low, there’s ice on the river… but you still have boat fever?

In December we took a quick trip down to Florida to get some sun and warmth. Venice Island has become a favorite so we booked a place and off we went, with my bike in the back so I could ride the Legacy trail and the trail around the island…

#17 Cows!

The boat refit is coming along great, we’re making progress like NASA did when putting a man on the moon: unlimited hours of work and an (almost) unlimited budget. I go to sleep at night thinking about how to troubleshoot and fix the balky…

#16 AGLCA rendezvous 2024

Which took place at Joe Wheeler State Park in Alabama. It’s a huge state park, with camping, cabins, a big marina, a lodge, all the “stuff” a state park has. It’s a typical state park operation in that everything is a little run down,…

#15 Refit!

(Reese took the photo of the Northern Lights, visible here in Knoxville recently.) When you redo a house it’s a remodel. When you redo a car it’s a restoration. When you redo an apartment it’s a renovation. When you redo an old piece…

#14 A trip out West.

A trip out West. Just a heads up, this is another non-sailing post. (I just don't like posting on FB or any of the others. I'm a writer and I like my words to be in existence somewhere, not scrolled into oblivion right before a "sponsored"…

#13 What has happened to me?

I used to be a fairly typical professional, mother of two who spent her time working, cleaning, cooking, cleaning, caring for the house, cleaning, dropping off/picking up kids, cleaning, arranging social activities, cleaning, and vacationing…

#12 What do you do with a big boat?

Take it on a trip! Last year a friend of ours, David, took us to the Monroe County Hot Air Balloon Festival at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum near Vonore, TN. Sequoyah was the creator of the Cherokee written syllabary, allowing the Cherokee…

#11 Are we having fun yet?

(That is Cheryl, helping me work on the hatch.) MoonShine has been home exactly one month, and I think we’ve been down to the boat to work on it almost every single day since, except for a handful of days here and there. She hasn’t even…