Exploring With Intuition

Van Camping and Sailing in North America

Author: Mark Haskell

  • Green Turtle to Great Sale

    Morning broke with the best skies we’ve seen in a week. Four of the local nurse sharks swam under Temptation as we readied the lines for departure. Earl was happy that he hadn’t met any sharks while cleaning the boat bottom earlier in the week. We left Bluff House Marina astern at 0805. Water temp…

  • Green Turtle

    So, Earl and I are waiting for a good weather window here on Green Turtle Cay. If one has to get “stuck” somewhere, Green Turtle in the Bahamas is a great place for it. Earl and Karen left Temptation at the Green Turtle Club in White Sound. This small resort and marina is one of…

  • Off to the Bahamas

    At 0500 Earl & Karen pulled into the driveway so we could begin the retrieval of “Temptation.” After spending the winter in the Abacos, they got tired of waiting for a good weather window, flew home a month ago, and left their Endeavor 42 in the Bahamas. I’m privileged to fly over and help Earl…

  • Cape May with Pleasure-Way

    Cape May was the destination for this trip. A ten minute drive from the ferry dock had us checking in at Holly Shores Camping Resort.  Here we joined a group of Pleasure-Way owners for a relaxing long weekend of socializing and exchanging ideas. We did get out a little bit, finding the start of a…

  • Tower Defense, Crabs, and Delaware Bay Ferry

    Leaving the wild horses of Assateague behind, we drove north to Lewes, Delaware to catch the ferry across to Cape May, New Jersey. With plenty of time before our 5:15 departure, we elected to explore Cape Henlopen State Park. Formerly a military installation protecting the entrance to Delaware Bay, the park now has beaches, picnic…