March 2, 2020
We left our shores at 9ish and headed around the corner from the marina to the dinghy dock to refill. We weren’t even out of our channel yet and our dolphins came to escort us out. Dave the fuel guy met us there with his tanker truck and it worked out well to fill up...
March 2, 2020
Oh boy, it has been FAR too long since Happy Wife left our shores, six months in fact! We have been away on vacation twice during this time and then with the holidays and such, time has just marched on.
We decided to get off the dock and at least get so St Pete...
July 30, 2019
Our family business is in the process of setting up a couple of Airbnb's in Gulfport and St Petersburg; which is one town over and of course Philaine (who is visiting from South Africa) was roped into working with us while she is staying with us. It was easier for us...
June 13, 2019
When your best friend visits from South Africa, our first priority is to float away with her! We hadn't seen our dear Philaine in almost two years since her husbands, and our best friend Stephen's passing. She landed on on June 12th and we left the marina at lunch ti...
June 7, 2019
We will take this week to retrace our path back home to Tampa. Leaving Key West was bitter sweet...yes we LOVE being there, but being forced to stay in one place for ten days when we had others to go to, left us wishing we had more time out on the hook. We left Satu...
May 20, 2019
We left the shores of Marathon at 8 am on the dot. Traveled back under the 7 mile bridge and continued through crystal clear blue green waters to our anchorage for the day and night at
Johnston Key, instead of going straight to Key West. Shaun fished, I painted, did s...
May 18, 2019
Happy Wife would be making her debut in the Keys today! We were thrilled to come with our home this time around. We have visited almost every year since living in the States, but this would be a first for us. We left at 8 am sharp and excitedly took photos as we enter...
May 14, 2019
We woke to a windy but sunny morning. We were a bit hesitant with the direction of the wind and choppy water so Shaun called Towboat USA to check the conditions. We were contemplating running the inside rather than go out into the open ocean. He advised us to go the...
May 10, 2019
We made our way to Marco Island today having started the day checking our generator which had, gone out again in the night!. Shaun cleaned it out and checked the impeller but it still doesn't sound quite right. We pulled up anchor and left our Darling Ding anchorage a...
May 8, 2019
We reached our anchorage at Tween Waters around 11.15 and settled in for the next few days thankful for the stunning weather and calm seas that we have been gifted with.
After a little research we decided to have lunch at The Green Flash which has a drive up dock. They...