Late yesterday afternoon we finally got into the water, Jim turned the key and Special Blend’s engine started right up. Yeah for us! We puttered across the canal and are now tied to the dock working on “stuff”. A few things have to be done before we can think about heading out, still not sure […]
Rick is here safe and sound. Got the stabilizer back today, hope to get it in soon and get in the water, living on the hard sucks. Martha
We are in the town of Toowoomba, it sits on the top of a moutain in what is called “the dividing range”. Also called the bush country. We will drive around again tomorrow and pick Rick up Wed morning(5th) Rasa Manis let us use their little generater to charge the batteries, this morning we had
we didn’t go to Priscilla today, too tired. Having dinner with Rasa Manis tonight, then to bed early. Still no lights or water, not having fun yet…….soon! Martha
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Lot of dust on everything, guess leaving the bathroom window cracked not a good idea, but at least it wasn’t stinky and stuffy. Batteries were really drained so no lights tonight, no water either!!! We are so tired still haven’t unpacked everything tomorrow an other day.
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December 7 2009 Merry Christmas to all of you that have followed us this year and also to those of you just joining us. We are missing Special Blend, but are enjoying our Family and friends here in Florida. Martha —————————————————————————————————————- October 29, 2009 Admiral’s View # 4 I love this area. The Brisbane River
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November 3, 2009 Special Blend is now on the hardstand at Scarborough Marina in Australia. Jim and I will be on a plane tomorrow morning, making a stop in Hawaii to lay his Mother to rest in the National Cemetery in Honolulu with his Dad. On Nov 8th we will head to central Florida. We plan
October 31, 2009 I’m not sure that we’ll ever get this done before it’s time to leave. The entire boat has been wiped down in and out. We found out we can only have 1 checked bag each on our Sydney to Hawaii leg. It will cost $250. for each extra bag. We are not
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October 29, 2009 24 Hrs to Brisbane Well, we are almost back to where we started the season. The passage started really rough , but overall has been very pleasant. No fish because I didn’t put a line out…it’s kinda like my mind has flipped over to all the stuff to do when I get
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September 30, 2009 It sure is an eye opener to have an early morning wakeup call that a tsunami is heading your way. Got our attention, thank goodness it all ended well. This place is beautiful an atoll, several islands linked by bridges, and MILES of white sand beach. Reminds us of the Tumotos a
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