Monterey, Ca – Monterey Canning Company We spent three days in Monterey, CA. As luck would have it we arrived on Friday afternoon and got to enjoy the Cherry’s Jubilee Motorsports Festival – an annual event. The streets were lined with hot rod cars and classic cars. The cars from the 50′s are what caught […]
Headed South – Monterey to Morro Bay
Oct. 12 – Georgetown, SC
Sampit River – AnchorageToday was a shorter day for each of us. I drove through Myrtle Beach…it goes on forever! Mostly stop and go traffic all the way. This area reminds me of Orlando…full of miniature golf courses, malls, go cart parks, themed …
It’s that time of year
to start buttoning up everything for the onslaught of winter that’ll arrive soon! *sigh*I had a visit from a fellow boat builder, Peter Lenihan. I don’t know if you remember Peter but he built a Bolger Windemere (Turtle Bay) and launched it last year. …
Autumn in the Delta
We had a lovely weekend last weekend at the secret cove. Some other boats were there briefly throughout the day; a couple fishing boats that passed through and one ski boat and one Tollycraft that stopped and anchored for a bit a different times. But …
Home Sweet Home
Al settled in last night, he is glad to be home. He is now discharged and finished his stay at SMOL. I picked up his drugs at the pharmacy. He is doing well ambulating about the house. He will start getting in home physio next week as well as continu…
Politics!
I’m really into politics. As in “I can’t believe anyone would vote for ______________ (fill in the blank). What a lying sack of _____________! (fill in the blank)”.We’re in the final weeks of hotly contested elections and I can’t reca…
Pic O’ the Day 10.13.12
Oddly enough, not Alaska, it’s somewhere in Alabama on The Tenn-Tom WaterwayAnother twoferSame house Phone booth in the ozone.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
To Track Or Not – That Is The Solar Array Conumdrum
When we started with the solar panel project on Wind Horse, we were 100% certain we would use the panels only in flat mode, unless they were in storage mode at the dock. In the past we have always thought that tracking was not worth the effort. We have previously reported that substantial increases in […]
The 3 Grumpy Men of Yarmouthport, MA
Julia’s House,
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had a lovely day! Randal and I are visiting our friend Julia whom we met years ago when we all belonged to the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club. We went out and about along th…
Upper Inland Waterways 2: The Mississippi, Ohio & Cumberland Rivers
After a one-day layover for some routine maintenance and repairs, Sojourner headed down the Mississippi River, and with the departure from Port Charles Harbor, we began to retrace our inaugural adventure four years and some 17,000 miles ago. Back then, with Patti and Carol of Sea Sense aboard as our training captains, we were “baptized” […]
