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Zac Sunderland sails home. The youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Books for sale. Can ship for a few extra bucks.
Van Gogh by Frank Milner (Hardback) $3
Munch by David Loshak (Hardback) $3
MySQL and JSP Web Applications – Data Driven Programming Using Tomcat and MySQL by James Turner (Paperback) $3
There’s Treasure Everywhere – A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson (Paperback) $5
Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet (Hardback) $20
Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Cookbook by Robert C. Atkins (Paperback) $2
Miniature Reef Aquarium In Your Home by Dr. C.W. Emmens (Hardback) $3
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (Paperback) $1
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice (Paperback) $1
A Wedding In December by Anita Shreve (Hardback) $3
Jewel by Bret Lott (Paperback) $2
The Soul’s Palette by Cathy A. Malchiodi (Paperback) $2
Exit To Eden by Anne Rice (Paperback) $1
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich (Hardback) $3
Dog Problems by Carol Lea Benjamin (Paperback) $2
Ya-Yas In Bloom by Rebecca Wells (Hardback) $3
Lasher by Anne Rice (Hardback) $3
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Paperback) $2
The Afterlife Connection by Dr. Jane Greer (Paperback) $2
Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey (Hardback) $3
Rising To The Occasion by Edith Hazard and Wallace Pinfold (Hardback) $3
Linux In A Nutshell by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Stephen Figgins and Jessica Hekman (Paperback) $3
Home Comforts – The Art and Science Of Keeping House by Cheryl Medelson (Hardback) $3
Agnes and The Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Hardback) $2
The Ultimate Interior Designer by Ruth Pretty (Paperback) $2
The Dogs Who Found Me by Ken Foster (Paperback) $3
The Grits Guide To Life – Girls Raised In The South by Deborah Ford (Hardback) $3
Fodor’s London’s 25 Best (Paperback with map) $3
Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice (Paperback) $2
Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells (Paperback) $2
Healing With Color by Lilian Verner-Bonds (Hardback) $2
Taltos by Anne Rice (Hardback) $3
Natural Selection by Dave Freedman (Paperback) $1
Don’t Look Down by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Paperback) $1
Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz (Paperback) $1
Storyville by Lois Battle (Hardback) $3
We know good beer and how expensive and nonexistent it will be in the islands.
When Steven and I returned home to Louisiana we had a deep appreciation for good beer. 5 years of living in Orlando had opened our eyes to a world beyond Budweiser and Miller Lite. Mojo, Stone IPA, Dogfish, Hercules, Bigfoot. All great beers. All easily accessible in Florida. Our beloved New Orleans would offer us many a good time. One thing it could not offer us was the kind of beer we were so fond of. Before we knew it Steven was brewing his own beer. Our Uptown balcony was packed most nights. So, what does one do in a city that boasts a 24 hour party until you pass out atmosphere? Brew your own or settle. Settle we did. When we could we crossed over for $1,000+ beer runs in Florida. When the supply ran out we tainted our tongues with Sierra Nevada and such. After time you get used to it. Fast forward to NOW! Though our budget does not allow we are enjoying some nice things. Yummy beer included. It’s hard not too when Total Wine carries a good selection at affordable prices. But the honeymoon will soon be over. We will soon be in the Florida Keys and then the Bahamas and maybe even Mexico. Oh shit! What will we do? We will settle. Practice starts today. Sierra Nevada is a step down. A little less expensive than say Stone IPA. The goal is to find a nice cold Modello, Kalik or Red Stripe a delicious treat. It’s gonna take time! Thank God for the gin.
Summer destination: Dry Tortugas National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park is only 70 miles West of Key West. We are planning to make this trip at some point during the summer since we will be in the Keys anyway. Its supposed to be fantastic snorkeling and exploring. It should be a pretty easy crossing from Key West and will be good practice for future trips, like to Mexico!
Goodbye little dinghy.
We woke up from a nap yesterday afternoon to head to the island for a birthday celebration that was postponed the day before due to awesome fishing and found our dinghy missing. I heard someone cranking on an outboard that sounded just like ours but I was half asleep and not very concerned about someone taking our dinghy while we were aboard. In broad daylight. Next to a crowded island. So I didn’t check. We’re pretty sure it was stolen. Conveniently, the one pair of decent binoculars we have were in the dinghy so we couldn’t do much scoping out of things. Also aboard: new dive knife, 20 feet of hefty chain, two locks which aren’t currently locking things, fuel tank, life jackets and throwable, oars, and, the worst part of all, a 2hp Johnson my grandfather gave me when I was 16.
Not having the dinghy pretty much cuts us off from any available supplies in the area so it looks like we’ll be heading back to the car to start looking for a new one.
The Sanibel pd were no help. They stonewalled us with some “intent to prosecute” document that must be completed to report the dinghy as stolen. They don’t provide dockage at headquarters so our dinghy is “missing” until we can get there. They did tell us that they had a “ton of reports” of missing dinghies in the area yesterday. Plus one for stolen. The sargeant didn’t know the popular anchorage we’re in but he did want to know the type of knot we used to tie the dinghy up.
Morale is low.
