After the usual P’s and E’s (provisioning, pump-outs; exercise, emails) in Spanish, we headed to Eagle Island, 10 miles to the SE. The wind usually kicks-up whitecap waves at 15 knots, but we have another sign—M…
Eagle Island 8-11-11
After the usual P’s and E’s (provisioning, pump-outs; exercise, emails) in Spanish, we headed to Eagle Island, 10 miles to the SE. The wind usually kicks-up whitecap waves at 15 knots, but we have another sign—M…
Laurier Island 8-9-11
We have finally loaded in all our GPS ports and anchorage waypoints into the “Looper Locator” top section of this blog so you can get a Google Earth view of where we have been so far this summer. You’ll notice that we’ve been all over the Nor…
Laurier Island 8-9-11
We have finally loaded in all our GPS ports and anchorage waypoints into the “Looper Locator” top section of this blog so you can get a Google Earth view of where we have been so far this summer. You’ll notice that we’ve been all over the Nor…
Today was a good day
even though it was “clean up the shed” day. ;-)The first task was to trim and stow the panels that you say yesterday. After that it was time to disassemble the long table! Wohoo!!After a quick trip to the lumber store I’ve got everything (I think) to a…
Things are going well…though separately…Floyd is checking
Things are going well…though separately…Floyd is checking off boat chores and projects in Winthrop Harbor, Ill. He is enjoying the peace and quiet (though maybe it is too much on the quiet) and cooler temps. Absence makes the heart grow fonder!!! I…
Foot Models
Ok so I’ve been inspired to knit socks. The Yarnharlot just returned from a Sock Summit that she organized in Portland Oregon, there were 6,000 knitters at this summit. I believe another one is being organized for 2013, and I’d love to attend. In k…
On to Mackinac with a side of home.
8/10/11 Wednesday When I checked NOAA a couple of days ago the forecast called for winds of 10 knots out of the NW and 1′ to 2′ seas for our travels to Mackinac Island today. It may come as a surprise to you that they were …
Gore Bay to Meldrum Bay and Drummond Island Back in the USA
Aug 10thThe winds calmed down and we all took off for Meldrum Bay the seas were much calmer than we had expected, so it was a nice day for travel. About 4 hours later we docked in the Bay along with CrawDad and Grianan settled in for the night af…
