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A buddy from Newport, RI sent me a link to this photograph and a newsletter.

Watching the America's Cup Race. Mrs. Kennedy, President Kennedy, others. Off Newport, RI, aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., 09/15/1962  

 

  RIyachting.com

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Sunset over the Sassafras

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Early morn sun lit the fall color along the Tennessee River. circa 2006

While we kept Istaboa on the Tennessee, we always enjoyed the fall and winter on the river. If we were lucky enough to be cruising at the right time, the colors were spectacular, but only for about 3 or 4 days then they would start to fade and as quickly they had appeared... they were gone.

The winter would turn everything gray, like cruising in monotone. The naked trees exposed the many eagles who could no longer be hidden by the forest that lined the shores. We were always amazed at how many there were. Watching them fish was like performance art.

I think winter was our favorite time to cruise there, we pretty much had the river to ourselves. The whole world outside of our warm and cozy pilothouse was like a huge black and white panorama that slid by silently, always refreshing itself, never the same.

Even better when it snowed.

I look forward to the day we cruise the river again.

Thanks for checkin' on us.

Happy Friday.

Cheers,

Istaboa

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Anchored off Highborne Cay, Exumas

Doonesbury's Back

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Thunderheads building over Thunderbolt, GA

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From a long time ago...

Fort Lauderdale - circa 2006

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As we were leaving Loggerhead Marina in Vero Beach, unbeknownst to us, Crew Duchess snapped off a few pics. We were pleasantly surprised to find them in our email inbox.
Thanks, Steve and Sandy.
Hope we meet again.

Going

 Going

Gone

Vero and Grand Harbor are on our short list of places to return to. They're not far so it may be sooner than later.

Adios,

Istaboa

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We're back!

After all that, we're right back where we started from... last July.

It's nice to have really fast internet.

It's nice to have a car.

It's nice to know the neighborhood.

So here we'll stay for a while.

The big Nordhavn to the left just sold... MacGuffin... the folks that bought her seemed friendly and had their captain showing them around the boat today... fortunate folks, she's a beautiful boat.