Saturday, July 12, 2008
July-August 2008 Cruise to Lake Champlain
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Annapolis
Photo: Flagler College
We spent 2 day in Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island. Fernandina is considered the birthplace of the shrimping industry. There are shrimp boats everywhere trawling the waters from dawn to dusk, dragging their nets along the bottom for their daily catch. Pam can’t get to the market fast enough to buy our many pounds of this culinary delight. Like Bubba says, you can barbecue it, boil it, bake it, sauté it ….. we love them.
We rode our bikes to Fort Clinch which is at the northern tip of Amelia Island This Fort is one of the most complete brick forts in the country and was originally built on this point during the War of 1812 to prevent any more British invasions. We took a self guided tour of the fort’s restored buildings, including furnished barracks, jail cells, and the fort hospital. The park like setting includes biking, nature trails, fishing piers and a museum of the fort. We had a wonderful 12 mile bike ride and a picnic in the park.
Photo: Rob, Sue, Pam & John at Ft Clinch
We were able to spend two days in
Photo: Harbor in Beaufort, SC (at a very low tide)
Photo: South Carolina's "Champion Oak"...over 570 years old!
Photo: Papillion being borded and inspected by the Coast Guard. Passed with flying colors.
Oriental, NC – Dinner at Snappers with LadyHawke, Happy Feet and Papillion
Photo: Sue and Pam doing laundry in Belhaven, NC
Elizabeth City - Anchored overnight to get an early start through the Dismal Swamp. It was a cloudy morning and we had rain most of the afternoon. The Swamp was truly dismal. Pulled into Portsmouth about 3 pm.
Photo: Locking Through the canal
Portsmouth, VA- Compass Rose and Papillion pulled into the south basin in
dinner at the Commodore with Rob and Sue. The Commodore Theater is a luxuriously restored 1945 Art Deco style motion picture theatre presenting first run films with a very good restaurant within this one-screen movie palace . Great place and a must-do every year.
We departed
Deltaville, VA– Rafted with Papillion Photo: Early morning departure from Deltaville
Solomon’s – Feels good to be in familiar surroundings, farewell dinner aboard Papillion
Photo: Sultana welcomes us to Annapolis\
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Three Days in Ft. Lauderdale
Compass Rose spent three days in Lake Sylvia, Ft. Lauderdale waiting for the weather to improve for a Bahamas crossing. We had a wonderful time waiting with the thirty or so other boats. We were there with Papillon and Avalon.
You can dingy around Ft Lauderdale from the Lake. We were guided though the many canals by Mike and Pegge McLaughlin who had local knowledge after living there for many years.
We were in the midst of spring break so the beaches were very crowded. It was great to feel the sand between our toes. This was as close to the Bahamas as we were going to get.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Winter in Jensen Beach, FL
After spending four glorious months in
Our stay in
Hood”. This was truly a community with a personality that we call the Krogen Family. We were all there to support each other in what ever way we could. Great times were had and new friendships were made.
Pam’s sister Jan made a visit for 10 days in February. We had good weather the whole time she was here. We had great days at the beach and 5 o’clock happy hours in The Hood every night. Bob and BJ were able to spend some time with us in March as did Chuck and Lisa Gorum. We also had visits from Bill and Geraldine Falk and Richard and Michelle Sanger. Jensen is a good place to have company with so much to do in the area.
Pam and Casey took Jazzercise classes every morning and got to know some of the other ladies in the class.
John did some major repairs on the boat. He worked tirelessly for three weeks on the fuel tanks.
We are sorry to have the winter-stay in Jensen end but we are anxious to start our trip back to
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Jensen Beach, FL / Four Fish Marina
Compass Rose arrived at her winter home at Four Fish Marina on Nov 29th. We rode 'up top' on the flybridge for the first time and forgot to apply an sunscreen. We were both scorched after the four hour trip from Vero Beach!! The things we have to endure...
Photo: View of the Indian River (ICW) from the boat.
Photo: The Line Up
Four Fish Marina is just off the western side of the ICW in Jensen Beach. It is about 5 miles from Stuart, FL, 41 miles north of W. Palm Beach and 990 miles south of Annapolis! There are 7 other Krogen's here which should make for a lively time.
Coincidently, Krogen is holding an Open House here this weekend so there are another 5 Krogen's here. Looks like another Rendezvous!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Vero Beach, FL
Photo: Ooops! Someone ran over the Green 77 marker.
Left Cocoa, FL Monday morning and cruised down to Vero Beach. Tied up to a mooring ball in the city marina next to Rob and Sue Mancini (Papillon). They left the next day and Charlie and Marcia Corbett (Friend Ship) tied up to us. They left the next morning and Ted and Pat Edmunds (Seaclusion) took their place. We're beginning to feel like a floating dock!
Photo: Compass Rose, Papillon, & Pelican (not a Krogen).
Joe and Trina Armand (Snow Goose) called to say they were in Jacksonville, FL driving back down to the Keys and would meet us for lunch in Vero. It's amazing the amount of miles you can cover in a car versus a boat. So, we had a great lunch at the Riverside Restaurant
(Rob, Sue, Joe, Trina).
Sometime during the night, one of our automatic inflating PFD's decided to...automatically inflate! Apparently, the water-actuated inflater must have gotten wet.
Photo: John with the inflated PFD. They don't call them a 'Mae West' anymore but you can sure see why they did!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Cocoa, FL and Thanksgiving
Photo: Ron Jon Surf Shop
We left the boat in Cocoa, FL. This is the 'home' of the world(?) famous Ron Jon Surf Shop which takes the sales of all things surfing and beach to the extreme.
We then rented a car and drove across the state to Naples for Thanksgiving. While there we visited with John's Aunt Jean and had Thanksgiving dinner with his Mom.
Photo: Pam, Jean, John, and Nancy