by Dana | Oct 31, 2020 | cross-country drive PNW to Florida, green cove springs marina, Jacksonville's NAS Mulberry Cove Marina, Ortega Landing Marina
Navy Bee gunner at NAS JAX.Jacksonville Florida still feels like home to us—a place where we made fast friends at friendly Ortega Landing Marina, where Wayne worked a couple contract jobs and I did my first two stints at West Marine. We caught up with... by Dana | Nov 23, 2017 | Ortega Landing Marina, Thanksgiving cruising, Thanksgiving in Australia, Thanksgiving in New Zealand
Thanksgiving… Thankfulness at its best requires fond reflection. Given my hiatus from blogging and cruising of late, the time seems right for a nostalgic blast from the past, as well as an breif update. Indeed, we have much to be grateful for —... by GWTAdmin | Dec 12, 2014 | cruising preparation, cruising transitions, downsizing, Jacksonville FL, Jacksonville's NAS Mulberry Cove Marina, Ortega Landing Marina, pearson 365 sailboat, West Marine
Pandemonium. Part of the process ofstuffing a household’s worth of goodsfor 2 years into a 150 square footliving space.What does it take to transition back to cruising after five months of land-lubbing (aka “dirt dwelling”)? More than you’d expect, we... by GWTAdmin | Jul 13, 2014 | bahamas, cruiser destinations, nassau, Ortega Landing Marina, palm cay marina
The marina view from the back — plenty of room!Even tourist-loving Bahamanians admit Nassau,on the small island of New Providence, is rough. We’ve stopped at Nassau twice, out of necessity – to break up long passages and for some much needed boat... by GWTAdmin | Jun 19, 2014 | boat maintenance, cruising life, cruising transitions, dirt dwellers, Jacksonville FL, JAX Naval base Mulberry Cove Marina, live-aboards, Ortega Landing Marina, West Marine
Moving vehicle? Yup. Straight from the Heart’s gracious loan of their minienabled the move of a good portion of our Spartan possessions.Dirt Dweller. Land Pig. These colorful decriptions cruisers and live-aboards* might use to derisively describe what... by GWTAdmin | Dec 24, 2013 | blissful bottoms, boat maintenance and repair, cruising, hull cleaning, Jacksonville FL, live-aboards, Ortega Landing Marina
Ollie of Blissful Bottoms unloads his dive tank from the dock cart. “Boys didn’t look like that when I was growing up!” Diane sighed, gazing in unabashedly at the bronze, built and shirtless “Blissful Bottoms” “boys,” Ortega Landing Marina regulars. No, this...