The "Original" Washington

We decided to forego visiting the town of Belhaven, NC, onthis trip south electing to revisit “Little” Washington up the PamlicoRiver.  We cruised there several yearsago and thoroughly enjoyed this side trip. An added benefit is that the …

Happy Birthday — John

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10/08/2011 TILGHMAN ISLAND TO THE FISCHERS IN OXFORD ON ISLAND CREEK

SATURDAYTOTAL NAUTICAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 12 NMDEPARTED ABOUT 10:00 AMARRIVED ABOUT NOONDOCKED AT THE FISCHER’S HOME DOCK ON ISLAND CREEK IN OXFORD, MD (W/P/FD)After a leisurely morning and a complementary continental breakfast of bagels, donuts o…

1 Year anniversary OnBoard SweetPea

It is almost impossible to believe that it has been a year since we pulled away from our homeport of Westport Ma.  Last year in a 10 day period we had sold our camper our 17’Bass boat and Jim’s beloved Pickup truck.  It was at&…

GALE IN DIDIM MARINA AND WE SUFFER SOME MINOR INJURIES

Normally our blog is about 1-2 weeks behind real time, but unusually we’re going to report on events of today. We have been close to the small Turkish seaside town of Altinkum, north of Bodrum for the last couple of weeks, and a major reason for this…

Ashland City, TN to Clarksville, TN (again!)

Date             October 8, 2011 Day               102Departure      Riverview Restaurant and Marina 8:00 amArrival           Clarksville, TN Town Dock  12:00 pm Miles                32.0     Cumula…

Mackinaw City, MI to Joliet, IL (Sept 24 to Oct. 7)

We left Mackinaw City under cloudy skies.  Rain was predicted, but not much wind so we expected calm seas on our first day on Lake Michigan – finally heading south!  The rain didn’t really show up – but neither did the calm seas.  As the…

Mackinaw City, MI to Joliet, IL (Sept 24 to Oct. 7)

We left Mackinaw City under cloudy skies.  Rain was predicted, but not much wind so we expected calm seas on our first day on Lake Michigan – finally heading south!  The rain didn’t really show up – but neither did the calm seas.  As the…

[KensBlog] Turkey’s Lycian Coast

Greetings all!

[NOTE: the first portion of this blog entry is a bit technical. Those of you who don’t want to read a bunch of boat-geek stuff
may want to skip this section.]

Last Saturday, I had a tough decision to make. We were preparing to lea…

[KensBlog] Turkey’s Lycian Coast

Greetings all!

[NOTE: the first portion of this blog entry is a bit technical. Those of you who don’t want to read a bunch of boat-geek stuff
may want to skip this section.]

Last Saturday, I had a tough decision to make. We were preparing to lea…