This is my first post as sort of a warm up.  Never done this before and we want to start practicing to see how well it works and how easy it is to use.  Also, we want to see how easy it is for others to find our blog and see what we are doing. 

This is our 1988 Irwin 38'!  The canvas was new when I took this picture (back in 2006!) but we look pretty much the same now.  The only thing is, we have taken that crummy looking orange fender off the stern!  It is either in a locker or it seems to me that it might have been a casualty of a bad storm on the dock in Malletts Bay, VT.

It is Tuesday August 4, 2015 and we are making preparations for our trip down the ICW this fall and winter.