The little cross country camper van.

John built this early in March for our trip.

Mississippi River Road near Baton Rouge


 

This is along the Mississippi River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.  Wow!  It was like another world--very remote--and we couldn't actually see the river--just the levee.



The Pitt



John eating his Beef BBQ on top of the levee.

Antebellum Plantation on River Rd.

Plantation on River Rd.



Petro scene across from plantation.







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Great little country store on River Road--The Pitt. 

Van camping down to Key West.

CS gets back in the water December 2009

Caribbean Soul had been out of the water for about 6 months. These pictures are of her splashing a few days before Christmas 2009. We revarnished the teak rail, recoated the topsides, and cleaned the decks while she was out. We also restitched lots of canvas and had our sails restitched and improved. Efforts to save our failing fridge did not work, so replacing the fridge and working on the wind generator will become in-the-water projects.

This is a quick video of our uneventful trip down the waterway to the Beaufort mooring. Early January 2010 we are flying to Denmark as daughter Karen is delivering her first child--our first grandchild. Karen and her husband Drew have welcomed me (Penny) to join them in the delivery room for the main event. John will hang out in the waiting room.

February 2010 on the Mooring

So Caribbean Soul is alive and well--just hanging out in Taylors Creek, Beaufort, NC. These snow pictures were taken by our friend Barbara Lee Davis the second week in February. We were flying home from Denmark and missed the Big Snow in Beaufort.

Short Bahama sailing video

Hey! Here's one more entry--as post cruise blog. Take a little sail on the Sea of Abaco with Finley.

What fun we had. Hope you enjoy the ride. Cheers, Penny and Capt. John