Floyd’s idea of relaxed Captain usually includes drinks, snacks, and cigars on the aft deck…can you blame him??? This time it also included watching a couple of other boats drop anchor…always nice to see how others work it!
Sunset is always my favorite!!! Maybe that's because I
Sunset is always my favorite!!! Maybe that’s because I try hard to not see sunrise!!! this was one of the best we’d seen in a long while!!!
We knew there were Loopers behind us…We had left
We knew there were Loopers behind us…We had left them playing tourists at Hoppies…late that afternoon here they came…TROPICAL BREEZE, BAVARIAN CREAM, AND BOREAS. We all spent a peaceful night tucked behind the Cumberland Towhead Island. Plenty of…
Yes, we are still playing that yellow car kissing
Yes, we are still playing that yellow car kissing game…Captain got this one!!! LOL
Day 3 on the Mississippi quickly turned into a day on the
Day 3 on the Mississippi quickly turned into a day on the Ohio…now we are going upstream against the current…yes, it did slow us down…luckily water was high and Locks were open…so we scooted right over. this big guy is still under construction….
Oh the troubles I’ve seen
So, I (Pam) don’t often write on the blog, but after yesterday and then last night I felt I should add my thoughts to this adventure. We had a wonderful run from Newburg to Liberty Landing Marina yesterday(Okay, one glitch at the marina, but I get ahea…
Glass Beach – The Dump You’ll Want to Visit
Stumbling around the net today, this popped up… Glass Beach in California.Crew Istaboa has always scoured the rocky shores around our favorite islands foraging for sea glass, but this beach at Fort Bragg on California’s Mendocino coast is pretty spec…
Lake Barkley, KY to Clarksville, TN
Date October 4, 2011 Day 96Departure Lake Barkley State Park Marina, Cadiz, KY 9:05 amArrival Clarksville Town Dock, Clarksville, TN 6:10 pmMiles …
Hello, Mississippi River
As if as an omen of things to come, thick fog greeted us when we awoke on September 20th, the day we were to enter the mighty Mississippi River.The day before, when we completed our trip down the Illinois River and pulled in to Grafton Harbor, we could…
Calibrating Our Ford Lehman Tachometers In Four Easy Steps
The tachometers for our Ford Lehman 120 have been a question mark since we bought the boat. We have had no way to know how accurate they are, and our cruising RPMs help to determine how much fuel we burn per hour. With the price of fuel today, this is …
