Time Flies, Even on a Slow Trawler

October 7 – 15I can't believe it's been over a week since the last blog post!  After leaving Barnegat Light with our repaired engine we had a safe run down the 40 miles of coastline to arrive in Atlantic City at 4:30 p.m.  We sure were surp…

CUTENESS # 2

Second shot because I don’t know how to add 2 photos in one blog post, and because although Bridget did not want to model the hat, she did, in fact want to be part of the shoot. (View Post…)

Total CUTENESS

This morning I completed the baby flower hat I started a couple days ago. It maskes my ovaries twitch. Its hard to find a creative spot on an old boat to display knitted creations but I found a few spots just for fun.  (Continued…)

Woke this morning to smoky fog on the water…it is so

Woke this morning to smoky fog on the water…it is so pretty…TOURIST pulled out and we were right behind them. We are headed to Pickwick Landing State Park to anchor out again tonight. We’ll have to go through the lock and dam to get to the spot we…

Anchored out last night just above Clifton, Tennessee.

Anchored out last night just above Clifton, Tennessee. TOURIST and TUMBLEWEED arrived to find NANCY JO already tucked in…but there was plenty of room for us all…and even a few more. We visited in the dinghy, taking photos all the way… made decisi…

Fall is definitely here…Floyd and I can hardly believe the

Fall is definitely here…Floyd and I can hardly believe the difference it has made in this trip. We came this way in August/September of 2008…temps in the 100s…we glowed, roasted, and sweated and dreaded every day. Water was muddy stinky stuff tha…

Exiting Cuba Landing we encountered two of the few tows we

Exiting Cuba Landing we encountered two of the few tows we have seen on Kentucky Lake. We have seen several local tows working docks and barges but very few that were pushing fulls or empties in any direction. We laughed a little at the worker bees lo…

While we added fuel at Pebble Isle, we couldn't get all the

While we added fuel at Pebble Isle, we couldn’t get all the services we required. Their pump out wasn’t working. So mid way to our next destination we made a stop at Cuba Landing. Skinny water, tight entrance…but the garb the deck guy wore to complet…

Oh, JOLLY ROGER was fine…though seemed very lonesome…Roger

Oh, JOLLY ROGER was fine…though seemed very lonesome…Roger and Mary left the boat for a while and are in Houston. We hope they get back on the water soon or we’ll miss seeing them again. But that is often the way this boating life works…hopscotc…

Peeble Isle Marina was a busy place…we counted ten boats

Peeble Isle Marina was a busy place…we counted ten boats flying the white looper flags (indicating that they are in process)…and more than a couple with gold ones (means they have completed one loop)… and while we did manage to meet several folks…