Author Archives: The Hermes

We belong to the AGLCA, American Great Loop Cruisers Association.  Although we have just completed part of the loop they have some interesting information that they share. Each day we get at least one E-mail where people ask questions, get … Continue reading →

Whoops!  I have been shirking my duty.  We made it to Aqua!  Yayyyyy! It is a little chilly here today, around a high of 61° but we’ll take it 🙂 We left Kingfisher Bay Marina on Monday 5th, Smokie was … Continue reading →

Today is May 1st (WOW, it’s May already.  18 more days and we’ll be living aboard for a year!), Thursday, and we are still here.  Looks like we’ll be here till Sunday. Looking at the long range weather, it should … Continue reading →

Today is Monday and, thankfully, the storms have not been that bad yet but supposedly, the worst is yet to come.  We’ll keep praying that they are more north of us and we don’t get anything too bad where we … Continue reading →

As we continue our travels up river we notice how far the water has dropped You can see how the bottom of the trees doesn’t have any color.  This is where the water level was a few weeks ago.  We … Continue reading →

We left Orange Beach on the 22nd as planned.  We checked the weather, the flood levels and the waves on Mobile Bay.  All looked good. Bye Kay and Jim, thanks for the farewell dinner and we’ll see you on your travels … Continue reading →

This blog will probably contain a bunch of Victor this and Victor that, so those of you who might not be interested, I thought I’d give you a spoiler alert :), says the proud Mema.  Besides, you’ve seen enough of our … Continue reading →

Turns out the other pets around here are dressing up…..Smokie thought he better step up his game

It is raining cats and dogs here, I mean we are having a squall (that there is sailor talk for raining cats and dogs) so I thought I’d update the blog.  We have still been exploring Orange Beach and the … Continue reading →

We went to a parade on Fat Tuesday.  Apparently they close the schools and some businesses for Monday and Tuesday to celebrate Mardi Gras.  We had such fun at the parade.  We were located at the start of this particular … Continue reading →