{"id":3138,"date":"2014-05-23T12:46:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T12:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2014-05-23T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T12:46:04","slug":"wheres-pandora-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=3138","title":{"rendered":"Where’s Pandora…Going?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday morning and it’s been a week since I returned home from the Bahamas. \u00a0Aside from cutting the lawn, planting gardens, setting mouse traps (a few moved in while we were away). \u00a0And, if you’re wondering, one down…<\/p>\n

Anyway, in spite of a long “honey-do” list, I can’t help thinking about “what’s next” for us and Pandora.<\/p>\n

As I have mentioned many times, being home during New England winters doesn’t hold a lot of attraction to me so one given for the 2014-15 winter is that we will be somewhere WARM. \u00a0Beyond that, nothing is certain.<\/p>\n

One thing I am sure about is that I’d love to visit Maine again as it’s been several years since our last visit, 2011 actually, not to put too fine a point on it.<\/p>\n

For many years, about 15 actually, we did visit Maine each summer and loved it. While I really enjoy the Bahamas, I might have to say that in a “shoot-out” I’d likely choose Maine. \u00a0 I am in now way saying that I don’t like the Bahamas but Maine is just so magnificent.<\/p>\n

No, you can’t swim in Maine unless you have the fortitude of a polar bear, but it’s just so, well, green. \u00a0 There is nothing that compares with the water of the Bahamas but once you step ashore it’s pretty arid and I did miss the lovely shades of green that we have in the northeast.<\/p>\n

So, what next?<\/p>\n

One option we are thinking about is to make a run north to Maine this summer for perhaps a month and then we’d put Pandora up for the winter and fly somewhere. \u00a0As Brenda and I are splitting our time ashore and afloat, the options are winters afloat or summers afloat, with the balance of our time spent here on land.<\/p>\n

However, it’s a tough call as the Bahamas are so beautiful… Although not too many places to eat out there and those nasty cold fronts that I wrote so much about last winter.<\/p>\n

Maine, beautiful scenery, great spots to eat out. \u00a0But…the water is SO COLD. \u00a0 No swimming in Maine.<\/p>\n

Decisions, decisions…<\/p>\n

So, the blue waters and secluded beaches of the Bahamas…\"\"<\/a>Water so clear…. Yes, really clear. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>Perfect scenery in Maine. \u00a0 Camden, one of our favorite spots. \u00a0How’s this for a great view from the cockpit. \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span>And a view from the Camden Hills of the harbor. \u00a0Pandora’s there in this shot. \u00a0She’s the white one. \u00a0Well, she’s there, trust me. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>Besides, perhaps we’ll see Tenacious, owned by Dr. Bosarge, the guy who’s island, Over Yonder Cay, we visited in the Bahamas this winter. \u00a0 I have written about this fabulous spot several times. \u00a0Most recently<\/a>, following our visit in April of this year. \u00a0And last June<\/a> when I found out about this wonderful island and its owner, Dr. Bosarge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While I didn’t know that we’d be visiting Dr. Bosarge’s spot in the Bahamas when I took this shot of Tenacious back in 2011 in Booth Bay Harbor Maine, \u00a0I just liked the boat, or should I say “yacht”. \u00a0 Of course, the definition of a yacht is a boat used for pleasure that is bigger than yours. \u00a0Well, Tenacious, at 115′ certainly qualifies. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>Besides, I was particularly struck by the cannons on board. \u00a0 Now I know a bit about Dr. Bosarge and his love of antique weapons. \u00a0Cannons, \u00a0better than “blowing the conch” at sunset, at least in Maine.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span>Who knows, perhaps he’ll be there again. \u00a0Maine it is… for sure, perhaps. \u00a0Well, we’ll see…<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, what does Brenda think. \u00a0 Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday morning and it’s been a week since I returned home from the Bahamas. \u00a0Aside from cutting the lawn, planting gardens, setting mouse traps (a few moved in while we were away). \u00a0And, if you’re wondering, one down… Anyway, in spite of a long “honey-do” list, I can’t help thinking about “what’s next” for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3147,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}