Trip to Europe (and back) begins

[kappykaplan]

I wouldn't be surprised if the hit you did get came from a passing merchant ship.

It was reported by satellite.

 

[dLj]

It was reported by satellite.

Does that support my thought?

dj

 

[jssailem]

This is a look at our location and weather.

 

[jssailem]

Brown Pelicans enjoying the bay.
Watch out @Kermit

 

[kappykaplan]

Does that support my thought?

It does!

 

[Kermit]

Land ho! View attachment 218708

I'm just now reading this thread. I know my reply is MONTHS out of date but I just had to let you know that I smiled a great big smile when I saw the picture!

 

[Kermit]

Arrived!
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Oh crap! Where's my passport?
I gave you one job. ONE JOB!!!

 

[Will Gilmore]

Oh crap! Where's my passport?
I gave you one job. ONE JOB!!!

That is a job he was unaccustomed to.

-Will

 

[dLj]

That is a job he was unaccustomed to.

-Will

Must be really cold up north....

dj

 

[Michael Davis]

Must be really cold up north....

Up here in the Great White North it was + 12C ( 55 F) today, snow is gone and spring is in the air. Bev asks you to give a shout out and a wave as you pass St. Kitts on your way North. She spent a couple of years there with C.U.S.O ( Canadian Peace Corps) many years ago and has many fond memories.

 

[dLj]

Up here in the Great White North it was + 12C ( 55 F) today, snow is gone and spring is in the air. Bev asks you to give a shout out and a wave as you pass St. Kitts on your way North. She spent a couple of years there with C.U.S.O ( Canadian Peace Corps) many years ago and has many fond memories.

I'm sure hoping when I head into the Chesapeake winter will be gone and a warm spring is coming in. I'm not prepared for cold at this point...

St. Kitts will get a shout out and wave. I may stop there. It's pretty much on my way. Got suggestions of places to stop?

dj

 

[Michael Davis]

Got suggestions of places to stop?

It was nearly 50 years ago. It may have changed even on island time!

 

[Will Gilmore]

It was nearly 50 years ago. It may have changed even on island time!

50 years of island time? That's like 10 years to the rest of us. They probably have color TV and telephones without party lines by now.

-Will

 

[Michael Davis]

They probably have color TV and telephones without party lines by now.

The last time Iwas down there the telephone exchange shut down at midnight. No phone service til morning. I’m sure cell phones have changed that much anyway.

 

[jssailem]

telephones without party lines by now.

What no party lines? How will the folks on the island not know what is happening. There goes the neighborhood.

 

[jssailem]

Nestled on a mooring, about 100 yards from shore we spent a quiet evening.
Awoke to new neighbors.

 

[kappykaplan]

Are they chasing you around the Caribbean?

 

[Will Gilmore]

Are they chasing you around the Caribbean?

What's their AIS track say? Very suspicious.

If they were a competitor in a fishing fleet, you would want to head out in a false direction, turn your AIS off, then head to the honey hole without it.

Back in the day, a good list of LORAN fishing spots could be worth money. They were guarded like the Crown Jewels.

-Will

 

[Hayden Watson]

So you thought I was slacking? Or just a pretty face?

Not at all. I just could not figure out how you made all of those posts made without being noticed, WHILE getting everything done that needed doing. It takes me 10-minutes to make a simple one sentence post on my phone. [which is why I hate texting.] If I am texting, I am also loudly cursing so everyone within earshot knows that I am making the attempt.

Without my computer and keyboard, you hear almost nothing from me.

 

[Hayden Watson]

What no party lines? How will the folks on the island not know what is happening. There goes the neighborhood.

Oh, how I remember those days. When I was in high school, we had a 10- party line and my girlfriend was on a 15-party line. Make conversing a challenge!