Gone to the beach.

Yes, my lovely wife has left me here in Memphis and has gone to the beach at Port St Joe, Florida. So, for a few days, she saunters down the beautiful white sandy shores of the Redneck Riviera; I deal with the Memphis pollen storm that is attacking my allergies with a force I haven't experienced in years.
It's so thick it's almost like a green snow shower. Our white car is now a light shade of green.
Actually, I'm glad she could get away, though Radar and I miss her very much.
So....  speaking of beaches... check out these Sea Shells... Click on the link below the  pic for a slide show.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/07/beautiful-shells-from-aro_n_527603.html#s79165

Whales blowing bubble rings.

That's interesting...


Whales Blowing Bubble Rings
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Famous boat captains compared

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Nice look...

Pics from the past

So.... we can't go anywhere right now; we'll just indulge in recollections of the past via old pics from our travels.
We've  been very fortunate to have seen some really neat stuff... and got pictures of a lot of it.
Not all of these are our pics, but these are some of our favorites.

Lookin @ U

So with time on our hands

Time to clean out the garage.

An interesting political philosophy

And one I have agreed with for most of my life—except for the last few years—Maybe I was right, all those years ago.
Really doesn't matter much what I think...Other than...  let's go to the islands and be happy; not worry. We're luckier than most.

Day after day...

It seems that the ongoing saga of caring for loved ones has been getting us down lately. We really miss our time aboard Istaboa and the characters we meet while traveling.
Just last week our German friend, Thorsten, called to inquire as to our whereabouts. It seems he and Deter are heading for the Dominican Republic and wanted us to buddy boat along on their trip. Would have been a great experience; but...

Made me go back and check out an old slide show from our trip back in 2007. I enjoyed it so much that I have posted it below. Hope you all enjoy. It was a great cruise.

Cut from our old blog http://istaboa2007.blogspot.com/

Left Tennessee, took the waterway down to the Gulf of Mexico, crossed the Gulf, went down to the Keys, up to Ft. Lauderdale, across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas, across Little Bahama Bank to the Abacos, hung out there and had a great time, then turned around and reversed the whole trip. That's it... The whole rambling trip in one rambling sentence.