Pictures from our 2024 Adventures

We ended 2023  the year with a visit from Amanda, Paul and Ziggy and great friends Susan and Arch Elving. We were so lucky to spend time with those we love.

The Bahamas: we stopped at Sandy Point, Foxtown, Mores Island, Spanish Cay, Green Turtle Cay, and Grand Cay

Yummy dinner from Grand Cay Homecoming

Famous Eatery in Foxtown - best fried conch in the Bahamas

Caught a launch

Memory tree

Green Turtle

Donny's Docks

Why we go

Pulling a boat is hard on tires

Dolphins welcomed us to Crab Cay

Teddy enjoys the boat

Mores Island

Chesapeake Eastern Shore Cruise: Smith Island, Crisfield, Salisbury, Vienna, Seaford, Oxford, Cambridge, St Michaels

Little town with a free dock and great pies

Salisbury has a big Perdue chicken presence

Crab is what we came for

Glass on the river

Steve won the costume contest at the Ranger Tug Rendezvous

Boat won best decorations!

Famous and we had to try it

The reason to visit Cambridge? A crab processing plant!

Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge

Seeking more CRAB

Cambridge FREE DOCK

Great Eats in EASTON - short uber from Cambridge

Famous Smith Island cake, built to sustain the watermen

yep more CRAB

hauling out in the Solomons

Our last evening on the Chesapeake

On to the Galapagos, Quito and Birding

Well-earned sit-down birding after early mornings and long hikes to see the birds.

The pigmy owl siting

Yummy Slug?

artisan at work

Chocolate Experience

Captain Steve checking out the Grace's helm

close up with the wildlife - Galapagos specialty

Late summer in Oregon and California, hiding from Florida heat

NewPort Beach Pier - a rest stop on our walk

Visiting Aunt Louise in So Cal

Deck fun at Amanda & Paul's new house

Our favorite view from the Preserve in Pismo Beach

The Chef's Kitchen

Visiting Wineries - a popular pastime in CA

Walking the beaches in Oregon

Enjoyed visiting with Suzy Plank 

When Howard Jones visited we found some rusty gold to explore

Made many stops here!

A few extras:

Just a sample of Steve's hobby at work.

The tree that almost got us