101 Great Places In Our First Year

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February 1, 2006

Today is the anniversary of our retirement. It has been one heck of a year. We thought it fitting for today to try to remember the places we’ve been to in the past year.

Part 1 - The trip by car to look at Westsail 32 boats.

1. Emporia, Virginia
2. Oriental, North Carolina
   Where we looked at 2 Westsails
3. Fayetteville, North Carolina
4. Daytona Beach, Florida
   Where we looked at one Westsail, and met up with Ed and Sally
5. Disney World
   Where we stayed a week with our kids and grandkids
6. Apollo Beach, Florida
   Where I drove with John and Dave to look at one Westsail
7. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
   Where we first saw Tarwathie
8. Indian Town, Florida
   Where we saw another Westsail
9. Lake Como, Florida
   Where we stayed on the banks of a nice fishing lake
10. Stevensville, Maryland
    Where we stayed on the banks of the Chesapeake.
11. Deal, Maryland
    Where we took a second look at Morning Mist, and decided to buy Tarwathie

Part 2 - The trip to survey, purchase and take delivery of Tarwathie

1. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2. Isle of Venice, Fort Lauderdale.
   Our first night on Tarwathie
3. Lake Worth, Palm Beach Florida
   Our first port of call
4. Fort Pierce, Florida
5. Melbourne, Florida
   Where we visited with Ed and Sally and had dinner with the Hacketts
6. Mosquito Lagoon, Florida
7. Cape Canaveral, Florida
8. Blount Island, Florida
   Where we left Tarwathie in a marina for 2 months

Part 3 - Return to Jacksonville and Preparation

1. The Amelia River, Florida
   Where I anchored for a week waiting for Libby
2. Tiger Point, Fernandina Beach, Florida
   Where we hauled out for two weeks of painting and projects

Part 4 - The voyage back to New York

1. Charleston, South Carolina
2. Virginia Beach, Virginia
3. Little Creek, Virginia
4. Onancook, Virginia
5. Fishing Bay, Virginia
6. Chisman Creek, Virginia
7. Point Lookout, Maryland
8. Annapolis, Maryland
9. Smith Creek, Maryland
10. Greenwich, New Jersey
11. Cape May, New Jersey
12. Liberty Island, New York/New Jersey
13. Near West Point, New York
14. Kingston, New York
15. Albany, New York
16. New Baltimore, New York
17. Catskill, New York
18. Schodack Creek, New York

Part 5 - The Summer in Champlain

1. Stillwater, New York
2. Comstock, New York
3. Chipman Point, Orwell, Vermont
4. Ticonderoga, New York
5. Westport, New York
6. Shelburne, Vermont
7. Burlington, Vermont
   Where we visited Jennifer
8. Willsboro, New York
   Where we had great times with Bob and Carol deMello
9. Valcour Island, New York
10. Plattsburg, New York
11. Valcour mainland, New York
    
12. Burton Island, Vermont
13. Vergennes, Vermont
14. Port Henry, New York
15. Paradise Bay, New York
    Yes, we had our day in paradise:
16. Fairbanks, Alaska
    A side trip, Dick only

Part 6 - The Return Trip Southward

1. Chipman Point, Orwell, Vermont
2. Whitehall, New York
3. Stillwater, New York
4. Mechanicville, New York
5. Waterford, New York
6. Catskill, New York
   Where I dropped my laptop computer into the river.
   
7. Poughkeepsie, New York
8. Nyack, New York
9. Liberty Island, New Jersey/New York
10. Little Creek, Virginia
11. Norfolk, Virginia
12. The Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
13. Elizabeth City, North Carolina
14. Little Alligator River, North Carolina
15. Pungo River, North Carolina
16. Eastham Creek, North Carolina
17. Oriental, North Carolina
18. New Bern, North Carolina
19. Roanoke, North Carolina
20. Nags Head, North Carolina
21. Hatteras, North Carolina
22. Beaufort, North Carolina
23. Cape Fear, North Carolina
24. Wilmington, North Carolina
25. Southport, North Carolina
26. Fernandina Beach, Florida
27. Blount Island, Florida
28. Jacksonville, Florida
29. Saint Augustine, Florida
30. New Smyrna Beach, Florida
    
31. Titusville, Florida
32. Melbourne, Florida
33. Vero Beach, Florida
34. Fort Pierce, Florida
35. Hollywood, Florida
36. Miami Beach, Florida
37. Boca Chica, Florida
38. Marathon, Florida

Part 7 - The aborted passage to Pass Christian

1. Little Shark River, Florida
2. Everglade City, Florida
3. Fort Meyers Beach, Florida
4. Shell Point, Florida (Where we visited with Norman and Martha)
5. Sanibel Island, Florida
6. Caya Costa, Florida
7. Marathon, Florida

So there you have it. These are the places we visited. We didn’t list every anchorage and we didn’t list repeat visits to the same place in the same part. Nevertheless, by my count it is 101 memorable places that we visited in this past year, we have (mostly) fond memories of all of them. It sure beats sitting at home watching TV.