It is a running joke aboard our boat to pronounce our boat’s name, Illusion, as Illooooosion and to occasionally sing Gob’s magician song (from the old TV show Arrested Development) as we approach our boat in the dingy. So you can only imagine our excitement upon finding this little gem just down the street from [...]
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Back at Coconut Grove, another cruiser advised us not to skip Bimini (we were considering traveling straight across to Nassau at the time). Don’t miss Bimini, she said, the vibe is quite different from the rest of the Bahamas. It’s true. Alice Town feels like a border town, but the people are friendly and Charlie’s [...] Illusion pulled into St. Augustine on a beautiful, warm and sunny day. It was so warm in fact (65 degrees) that Brian and I quickly shed a few layers of clothing – I think the average number of articles of clothing I’ve worn this trip has been somewhere in the ballpark of 10! including socks [...] After a peaceful day of winding through swamp lands and along the Pasquotank River, we pulled up to the public docks at Elizabeth City, NC. The small southern town is known to cruisers as the “Harbor of Hospitality” and for handing out wine and roses to boaters stopping over for the night. To our dismay, [...] With the departure date lurking somewhere in the near future, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic about the beautiful place that I’ve called home off and on for the past seven years. Charleston is both unique and picturesque, with cobblestone streets winding between colonial mansions, Charleston singles, church towers, cemeteries, waterfront parks, and oak trees [...] If you’ve been reading this blog, then you know that this is the last post I am going to make about my trip to the West Coast. Later this week, I should be back to my studio updates, lifestyle, and weekly inspiration posts (I hope). As you can see from the many photographs below, Brian [...] I apologize for the posting delay; I spent several days sorting and editing photos and then several more days trying unsuccessfully to upload them. This weekend we also went on a short overnight boat excursion with some friends on another sailboat from the marina. It made for a beautiful night on the Stono River and [...] |
   
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