My view is quite different as I’m typing out the last update for our 2025 sailing season. I’m at our kitchen table in Texas instead of at Mark’s navigation table on Nancy Lu. I’m in close proximity to Cedar Creek Lake instead of the Caribbean Sea, but as usual, I am using my journal and … Continue reading LOOKING BACK FROM STATE SIDE April 10 through June 4

The view from Nancy Lu at our current mooring where I’m typing out this update is spectacular! We have been steadily sailing back to Grenada after making it as far north as Guadeloupe this season. We’re moored between the Pitons in St. Lucia for just one night before we continue our journey island hopping to … Continue reading LOOKING BACK (WAY BACK!) WHILE SAILING BACK (SOUTH TO GRENADA)-March 9, 2025 through April 10, 2025

I realize that the title of this blog update is a spoiler with no alert! Sorry about that, but how could I resist the Wizard of Oz reference for an update that will be all about our wonderful sea-life adventures?! The title DID leave out at least one exciting encounter, though! I’ll record pictures from … Continue reading TURTLES AND DOLPHINS AND WHALES, OH MY! March 9, 2025-April 16, 2025

Writing this Nancy Lu blog update has been especially daunting because I don’t think I can adequately relate what a wonderful time we had with our daughter and her family during their visit to Nancy Lu! Having a mild case of post special-visitors melancholy doesn’t help! (I was self-diagnosed with this very real condition.) As … Continue reading THE BEST TIMES ARE SHARED TIMES! February 11, 2025 through March 9, 2025

The beginning of this season took a turn from the usual! Due to some sad and stressful events in my sister Jenny Rebecca’s life, we all benefitted from her impromptu visit to the Spice Island and Nancy Lu! We had only been in Grenada ourselves for a week and had not even launched the boat … Continue reading OUR 2025 SAILING SEASON HAS BEGUN Grenada January 16–February 11

We’re back to life on the sea in Grenada…A life where you have dinghies for cars only able to transport you as far as a nearby dock; public transportation, costing only about $1 USD; a dwelling that rocks you to sleep at night or can pitch you to your knees and is surrounded by a … Continue reading Back To Boat-Life in Grenada, January 8–February 23, 2024

As I am finishing up writing this blog update, we are 1 day from flying out of Grenada on the first leg of our journey back to Texas!  Our plans are to spend one night in Miami and fly to DFW on June 1st. As always, I am looking forward to getting home, but I … Continue reading NANCY LU OVER & OUT: Grenadines and back to Grenada April 15, 2023 thru May 29, 2023

I made the mistake of leaving out of my last blog update a little snorkeling we did in Bequia before we sailed over to Cumberland Bay, St. Vincent: Scrawled Cowfish   various colorful coral, sponge and tube worms   Elkhorn Coral   Orange Cup Coral with Sergeant Major fishies   Green Sea Turtle   Queen … Continue reading BITTY BLOG BITES—3rd Bite: Snorkeling @ Devil’s Table, Bequia Thru Cumberland Bay, St. Vincent—April 11-14, 2023

We had a very nice sail, and made good time to the beautiful Island of Bequia (pronounced, beck-way) .  Bequia is part of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  It is one of the Grenadines and a holiday destination to St. Vincentians and cruisers alike! From the picturesque town of Port Elizabeth, to the white sand … Continue reading BITTY BLOG BITES—2nd Bite: Bequia—April 5-11, 2023

Life got quieter in Grenada after our guests, Kenny, Katrina and Ava flew back to Texas.  We busied ourselves with the usual boat-life activities for a week before I flew to NYC for a special visit with Amy.  Usual boat-life activities include grocery shopping, of course.  With grocery shopping, comes our usual stop at the … Continue reading BITTY BLOG BITES—1st Bite: Grenada & Carriacou—March 10, 2023 thru April 4, 2023