Walking the docks, at our marina in North Palm Beach.

Big boat. Little girl.

A couple of larger boats in our marina.
Old Port Cove Marina, North Palm Beach, Florida

One of two "dinghys" on a megaboat.

Sweetie Skypes Sisters on Sailboat

Sunrise, Sunset

12-18-13  Sunrise in mooring field in Sunset Bay, Stuart, FL.  Note the name on the catamaran next to us …

We're off to miss the blizzard (the wonderful blizzard of ours)

12-16-13  Home – Roseville, Minnesota – where we are not at now.

Preparing to leave

12-14-13 Getting sv-Ihana ready for departure from Indiantown on Monday AM. Provisioned. Laundried. Filled up with food, diesel, water, gasoline. Pumped out. Most stuff in storage locker (if not in boat). Arranging van/camper storage and locker for the winter. Still have to check out, load up the dinghy and kayak, top off the tanks, and remove the Chanukah lights from the boat. No good weather window for a Gulf Stream crossing to The Bahamas until late next week at the earliest, so not in so much of a rush. Headed down to Stuart (mooring ball?), then down the ditch to North Palm Beach (anchorage) to wait for the weather (and enjoy the last city food and shopping).

Green Light for solar

12-11-13 The solar panels are working! The green light on the charge controller tells us that the panels are putting out power - that means that the sun is up, without me having to look out a window. And the green light is off at night, probably because the earth is blocking the sunlight... Ain't technology wonderful.

As a bonus, the system is probably recharging our batteries also.

Here comes the sun!

12-7-13 Here comes the sun! Ihana has achieved enlightenment. (Well, I do still have to fishtape the wiring to the controller and batteries.)

and, yes, the boom clears the panels. (thanks for asking ...)