Final Lap of the Boat Journey

Quiescent is still available...even after my social marketing sales attempt . Blogging about her and our trips on the ICW though have brought me back to some great memories.  Particularly traveling south in 2006 when Pat and Joe McMennamen on TideRunner, their 39ft Mainship and Stu and Elaine on their Grand Banks traveled each day with us.  Sharing happy hour on the decks of our boats and sharing a meal at cool little restaurants along the way and sharing tips for traveling was always a delight.

Pat and Joe just happened to be traveling south this week, only by truck, to Florida and stayed overnight with us at our new digs.  That's the beauty of the cruising community.  The friendships can last a lifetime.  The experiences are usually unique and the fun is just FUN!  Like reminiscing about Joe and I yaking about Dowry Creek's Beer Can Chicken party on channel 68 on the VHF radio while heading toward the marina.  We laughed as hard now as we did then and we had everyone listening laughing back then.  Picture a chicken with a beer up...well you go from there.  Talk about community though, we were reminded about Pat having a serious medical scare that trip and I called ahead to acquaintances in Oriental, NC for loan of a car to get her to a medical facility.  Our friends, who we had only met once before on our trip in 2005 while chilling out at the tiki bar at Oriental marina, didn't hesitate and when we all docked, there was a Sebring convertible sitting at the curb waiting for us.  And there was the interesting approach in the Portsmouth/Norfolk channel to our marina in the dark with one thousand lights all around making it difficult to navigate the markers and tugs hugging a little too close to our starboard side.  Not to mention the presence of gun boats off to the side of the channel due to the Naval facility right there.  AAhhhh...memories abound.  Stu and Elaine are no longer cruising, we are settled in here at our little glass shop, but Joe and Pat are living the life still only delayed this season but planning next fall's trip south.

Even our shelties, Max and Dudley loved to cruise and were perfect liveaboards.

So this is my last blog about Quiescent...whether she sells this year or next, Mike and I have great memories and great friends from our time aboard!




Stu and Elaine.

 

 

Moving South 2006 on Quiescent...who happens to be for sale!

When we left New Jersey in November of 2006 we said goodbye to the fabulous shoreline of Atlantic City's casinos and Wildwood's fun boardwalk.  There is nothing compared to the "jersey shore" when you grew up a "jersey girl".  Just ask Bruce Springstein.





Making our way up the Delaware Bay the not to be missed landmark is Salem's Nuclear plant.  When the smoke is straight up the wind is mild for smooth cruising.







Sailing into the sunset (but without sails) each evening with others traversing south is a calming and somewhat communal feeling.

Settling in each night at port with friends led to some great meals and better conversations.

The C & D canal, as serene and peaceful as this gives time for true reflection.  Not just the picture time.








Traveling in "packs" is commonplace on the ICW Spring and Fall as the snowbirds return to warm waters.  Quiescent took the lead here while crossing the Albermarle Sound.  Calm waters were with us that day.

Dowry Creek Marina's BEER CAN CHICKEN party is the BEST ever!

So letting the first mate take a turn at the helm means the captain can take a break and enjoy the ride.

So pass the word, this life could be for someone you know...and Quiescent is anxious to get back out on the ICW to cruise around and make some people happy!

Selling More Than Art Glass...Selling Fiber Glass!

Our wonderful previous home has been up for sale. For quite awhile. So I'm trying to use my internet blogging, socializing, tweeting and anything else I can think of to tell the world wide web about this great live-aboard. In my next few posts I'll showcase our photos from two of our trips along the Intracoastal Waterway (forever after referred to as the ICW) in 2005 and 2006.

So if you know of someone with a dream to cruise, or someone wanting a great getaway boat for a condo on the water, pass along our blog or send them our way by email jmloch@crescentmoonnc.com . We'll be forever grateful and we'll award you with the other glass, a selection of our art glass if your connection buys her!

Meet the lovely "Quiescent" Jefferson 42' Sundeck trawler with twin Cummins with only 1680 hours on her. Ain't she sweet?

What's Ahead

So I've been up since 5am. Thinking. What's up ahead. 2010, the next decade. If this reads choppy it's because I haven't had my coffee yet to form a sentence. Personally speaking, within the decade last, I've went from massage therapist to small business consultant to unemployed to part owner of a retail gift gallery, downsized two homes to live on a boat and back to a house and filling it up again. I've buried my mother, had a major accident and recovery and learned I've got osteoporosis. Have had the pleasure of being made a "grammy" and of making a whole bunch of new friends in a new place.

So I'm thinking again...what's up ahead. I've had my first cup of coffee, that's good. It's January 4th of this wonderful new year and new decade. Whatever is in the road ahead I'll have to either maneuver, embrace, let go, enjoy, treasure, overcome but at the very "most" experience.

It's 7:37am and time to start another day. Enjoy yours.