Our friends along the Northern Gulf Coast have reported they are being told to move their boats up the Tenn-Tom Waterway or have them hauled out. If that's so, there is going to be a mass exodus that will overwhelm all the marinas as far up as the Tennessee River. And, who knows for how long?
After further investigation, the report we heard was in fact, not fact. The official statement is, if needed, the inlets will be blocked off to all traffic. This will probably work for the smaller inlets.... but Mobile Bay is not an inlet.
How's that Drill—Baby—Drill thing working out for ya?
We are really hoping this is being over-sensationalized in typical American media fashion.
But unfortunately it's looking bad.
Our friends along the Northern Gulf Coast have reported they are being told to move their boats up the Tenn-Tom Waterway or have them hauled out. If that's so, there is going to be a mass exodus that will overwhelm all the marinas as far up as the Tennessee River. And, who knows for how long?
Now there is the threat that the spill will find it's way into the Gulf Stream which will take it around the tip of Florida and along the east coast. If that's true, the affects could be felt along the whole Eastern Seaboard, even on the other side of the pond.
With the reported amount of oil that is being spewed, our bets are on American ingenuity backed by the powers of capitalism (BP Money) to stop this flow of oil (BP Money) soon. Just not soon enough.
Sadly, those responsibilities we spoke of earlier have come to a head. Mother back in hospital and business decisions to be made and acted on. But we have enjoyed our relaxing/brief stay on Istaboa. Hopefully we can get things back in order and fly back to take Istaboa over to the islands for a while. It's sad to see her tied up at the dock for so long.
Tom lives aboard his Nordhavn 46 with his Admiral Kim and daughter Emily. They sold their CT home and began their 5-year cruising adventure in July 2008.
We've been keeping up with this crew for a while now. What an adventure they must be having. What an education for Emily as they take their Nordhavn around the world... Alone.
Life has been almost blissful since returning to Stuart and Istaboa. We forgot how nice it is to live this way, sleeping a bit late in the mornings, and no schedule to keep. The only decision we have had to make so far is what's for dinner.
But we feel the responsibilities building up back home. for now... we are just going to ignore them for a while.
Capt. Will brought over some competition quality BBQ ribs yesterday that were outstanding. So we had lunch, then made Mimosas, jumped into the Albury, and ran around the St Lucie river area. Had a great day.
For a few days anyway.
We think we have my mother stabilized, so we jumped on the plane and made it into Ft Lauderdale.
We're feelin the stress easing by the minute.
Istaboa looks good. Capt. Will has been looking after her and taking very good care. He met us at the airport and gave us a ride to Stuart. We were pleasantly surprised when we saw the Christmas presents onboard waiting for us. (We were supposed to be back right after Christmas)
Took Radar over to the Pelican for dinner first thing. It seems to have changed a bit. Victoria has decided to sell her part of the restaurant. Not the same crew anymore but we will give them a chance anyway.
We've slowly been running into our old friends, so it's been nice. While drinking coffee this morning, I saw our friends on the Krogen Broulee pass under the bridge. They are heading west on the river to take Broulee out of the water for Hurricane Season. We talked on the radio, both saying sorry to have missed each other.
So that's it... Not anything exciting, just nice and calm. ahhhh......
But here's something interesting for you boater folks. The Floating Neutrinos. Rather than tell you the story I will link here. The Floating Neutrinos
And a video (warning, it's 45 minutes long, so pick your time... it's worth it.)
