Tag: Travel

Observation

Something I have noticed on this trip…
When we arrive at a port we have no car so we use the bus or a taxi. I am amazed at how people on the street are treated. Even yelled at out windows for moving too slow in a crosswalk. My first thought is how does the person in the car know they don’t have a disability?

My second thought as I watched a young couple with two kids and a stroller, obliviously a loving family get on the bus, wow!
My third thought is …What will the young do if we keep going this way? Something must be done this Economy isn’t just it, I think many just don’t care, did our parents raise so many to think “awe this wont effect me” too many me’s is what I think.
The kids are having to pool together just to be able to live alone from their parents. This seem to be the norm for the ones that want to show their independence.

Just some things I noticed, I walked that mile in there shoes… I didn’t like it.

Wolfbernz

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Sailing

Circumnavigating the keys and into the Gulf of Mexico

Post author By Wolfbernz
Post date January 29, 2013
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We sailed down to the Florida Keys, what a good time. The water was supper nice., One could see the big fish in the water it was so clear! Key West is one big party tow for sure.
We checked out the whole place, watched the sailboat races for a while.
Of course we had to go to Jimmy Buffett’s Margheritaville and have one 🙂
We returned to the boat and hung out for the next five days or so going to the beach and checking out he sites. It was time to provision again. I said we could do with out some things until we get back to the mainland, a box of Ritz crackers for five bucks. I’ll pass.
We began to talk about what to do next… I wasn’t tired an Trina was so she hit the sack, I stayed up and charted the difference between going back the same way ( boring) or Circumnavigating the Keys and crossing the gulf to Fort Myers to the St. Lucie River and across the Okeechobee lake back to the East coast.
My first thought was this would be new and Adventurous! It has been the crossing was a bit rough, scary and fun all at the same time. Any time you make a crossing overnight an have to stay up for what seem a lifetime is dangerous but is a rush all at the same time, Especially when you have never been there.
My second thought when we arrived at our first anchorage entrance in the early morning hours was… Holy crap it’s dark and we are going up a river in the Everglades, what the hell was I thinking! The current was so strong it pulled the boat up into the river at six to seven knots at idle speed. Trina to.d me to back it down, I replied I can’t the current has grabbed the boat.
Using what we have learned while cruising and how to read the water, the charts as a guide we charged up the river full speed ahead found the spot we wanted and dropped anchor.
We were so tiered, we slept in the next day and just appreciated where we were and all the Magnificent wildlife around us. Trina said I should go swimming, I told her… You know they have Crocodiles in this water? I know she replied with a chuckle then she said just kidding I need my captain…
Everything has gone well and we have made it to Fort Myers, now we will make the journey across to the East Coast. It was a long run but worth the ride, check out this shot of the moon while crossing the Gulf of Mexico.

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

Tags Cruising, Sailboat, Sailing, Travel

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Hotel California

Where we are staying they played the song Hotel California live.
They have live music this often. My first thought when I heard this was about when we were in Todo Santos at the mission and the Hotel California in Mexico. It wasn’t until our visit there tha I realized they play this song in almost every language even the chipmunks sang the song while we were there… Unbelievable!

My second thought is how popular this song really is. The Eagles are very good, I don’t seem to get tired of them as time goes by they have too many good classics.

I was going to upload a video I took with the iPad but it will not upload – go figure, well, we have had some computer issues as I have heard and read about on Trina’s Blog – lol , ok not funny. Gosh I hope she reads this later.

I tried to move the video to the new computer and compress it and now WordPress will not upload it.

I give up you’ll just have to take my word for it it was good

Here’s a nice pic of the beach though………

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

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Work Work Work

So is it bad that all I can think about is getting enough money together to hit the road again!?

Don’t get me wrong I have had so much fun tearing down the tractor motor…. Mowing the fields getting ready to plant them… LOL you believe me right?

I worked this last week on a customers house, their roof was in need of repair something awful, it was a good change of pace from what I have been doing I uploaded a couple photos.

I didn’t take a completed photo with the moldings under the roof but you can see what we had to go through to get this right… Clean, scrape, clean etc…

What a mess but it is much better now 🙂 and I can squirrel a few of the dollars away for the next adventure. I have never wanted to just be on the move before but after this last trip I can’t shake the feeling.

My first thought this Tuesday is that the sailboat is fun to take out of the slip but not really because we are not really going anywhere… We have to come right back! I enjoy cruising the bay but it just makes me that much eager to go on another adventure.

The second thought of the day is Today is my grandson’s third birthday, we have been staying at my sons the last few days helping out. It has been fun and I can’t wait to hang out with Jacob tonight and see the rest of the family. So I wonder, is it really necessary to buy giant presents for one that is only three? I don’t think so because their attention span is so short they won’t even remember what happened in a week. I think at this age it is more about small things – cake and fun with family this is much more important and is long remembered and shapes the young ones to be family oriented.

Have a great Tuesday
Wolfbernz

Tags Tractor, Travel, Work

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Tuesday’s Two Thoughts

So here I am on the farm and it is starting to get colder now on the East coast so Fall and Winter are on their way. I am itching to get out of here and go to some far away place… But where to go this year is the question!? I don’t want to be stuck here in the snow but I don’t want to half way around the world like last year. So I am up early today and I have to hurry we have all the tree cutting equipment out (lift, chain saws etc…) and are taking out some tress today.. Wooo Hooo! I think I will supervise…LOL

My first thought is, our friend Stuart on the vessel Farr Gone that we sailed along side last season had reached his destination just recently. He blogged the whole way there, well most of the way, but I really like this last post to the Prime Minister when he arrive in Australia in August. Yes he is an Aussie and a really cool guy with a great family, had we stayed along side we would have just arrived there last week! Can you fathom ( I had to put that in there) that long on a sailboat?

Second thought this Tuesday… I think I should go west this year off to California, visit some family and see my sister, she is doing better but God only knows how her condition will turn out. We can only hope and pray.
It is nice out there if it get’s too hot just go north to cold or go south for warmth – it is a good state for weather.

I had a lot of fun last time I was there. But the other part of me says take the job offer in Bogota, Columbia, to finish out a condo building… To me this would be what I call adventure, work and vacation all in one! It is half way around the world though and I am not sure I am ready for the third world thing yet. It seems as though we just hot home, time flies by so fast.

I am off to my day job…LOL I will test the lift, you know, “Going up!” and have some fun and then supervise 🙂

Have a great Tuesday!
Wolfbernz

Here is a short clip of a little water town called Yelapa. We anchored there a couple days. It was so nice there.

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