Orenda – A collective power of nature's energies through the living energy of all natural objects: animate and inanimate
We were riding in an Uber a few weeks ago. Scott was telling the Uber driver (he drove a beautiful white Tesla) about our recent travels. Scott is the gregarious half of ‘us’ and can strike up a conversation with anyone. He mentioned that we had recently been in the Bahamas, an archipelago of nearly …
We are anchored in Highbourne Cay in the northern Exumas. We are experiencing 30 plus knot wind gusts which will continue for the next few days. The cruising life, especially when anchoring is mostly relaxing and affords me time to contemplate. Recently I was thinking about all the boating friends we have met since starting …
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Orenda at anchor, Mays River, SC Each new year I review my “planner” and transfer addresses, medical information, birthdays, anniversaries and special dates as well as look over the past year’s happenings. I am very grateful for the lifestyle we live. We began this adventure three months following our retirement in October 2017. The idea …
Orenda in Baltimore's Inner Harbor Marina Today we cruised under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge heading south. We cruised north under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on August 17, almost 2 months ago! Our plans were to cruise the west side of the Chesapeake Bay stopping in Annapolis, then Baltimore, maybe Havre de Grace, then head to …
Thank you Nordhavn 10,000 glorious spectacular nautical miles Teamwork makes the dream work, or so the saying goes. It is hard to believe that our first anniversary of moving onto “Orenda” is coming up next month. For the last 12 months, it has only been me and Scott (or Scott and I). I began thinking …
Today, Orenda and crew are traveling NNE along the Florida Keys to Florida’s east coast, then north to somewhere near the Georgia border. Our insurance requires we be north of Cumberland Island by June 1 because of hurricane season. So, reluctantly, we untied our lines, hoisted the fenders onto the boat and began our journey. …
Orenda at anchor in Old Port Cove, Florida. We posted our last blog mid-December, 2020 from Fort Pierce, Florida. We were scheduled for a mid-December haul-out and maintenance at Seminole Marine Boat Yard in Palm Beach Gardens. However, winter is a very busy yacht maintenance time in Florida, especially this year with COVID restrictions, so …
From St Augustine, FL, we decided to jump back on the ICW because hurricane ETA was predicted to make landfall and the weather on the Atlantic looked nasty. For this section of the ICW, we contacted experienced cruising friends and watched the tracks of other boats while docked at the marina and decided Orenda could …
Orenda in Beaufort, NC. Following our midges nightmare and major clean up in the River Forest Marina in Belhaven, NC, we continued on our last stretch of the ICW to Beaufort, NC, a quaint marina and port with historic homes and many antiques stores, shops and restaurants. ICW to Beaufort, NC Boardwalk in Beaufort, NC …
Orenda in Waterside Marina There is so much I don’t know. First, it’s “intra” not “inter” coastal. Intra meaning within, inter meaning between. The intracoastal waterway (ICW) is a 3000-mile inland waterway running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic around the southern top of Florida, then following the Gulf coast to Brownsville, Texas. It …
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