My Birthday was great! Tons of well wishers in e-mails and on Facebook. Me, Stephanie (the love of my life) and our cruising buddies Stephen and Pam on Tides In went to Waterman’s Crabhouse in Rock Hall where we were docked. I had the all you can eat C…
Day 145 – Beaufort, NC
We left Carolina Beach Tuesday morning heading for Beaufort, NC (pronounced Bo-fort) and had to pass through Camp LeJeune, a USMC base where Mike did advanced training after he finished basic school back in 1968. Fortunately they weren't doing li…
East Tawas, MI – for a change the ride was a pleasure!
Rarely are the seas as flat as they were today on Lake Huron. We cruised with ease and crossed paths with surprisingly few boats. We saw only one boat during the entire day as we cruised from Harrisville to East Tawas, a short 39 miles.
East Tawa…
Back in the USA
Stuart is home again… Lots of different weather and few foul-ups, but tired after the 2 day run.More later.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
All About Choices
Chesapeake Bay is all about choices: which river to follow, which creek off that river, which cove off that creek. We chose to stay on the Chester River after our daughter and spouse departed from Chestertown, and chose to try a new creek- Langford Cr…
M/V Lowe Key
This is M/V Lowe Key of Cambridge, MD. She is a 1986 Kadey Krogen, hull #93. Shown here anchored on Dun Cove, Harris Creek on the Choptank River.
A lil’ slow getting started
but I ended up spending 7 hrs in the shed today. After checking my levels and diagonals on the strongback numerous times I got to setting up the verticals that’ll support the forms.Not being very patient I just had to throw Frame E up to see how it loo…
Reef Grief
I thought long and hard about doing this post. As you might gather, we struck a reef and nobody likes to admit they screwed up. Anyway, I figured that if we sere going to do this blog right, it should … Continue reading →
Things that most big boys find interesting
On the return trip from the Smithsonian museum we couldn’t pass up a side trip to the NRA National Firearms Museum, which was located close to the highway. With about 15 galleries and over 2700 firearms the sight was a bit overwhelming for me. But fo…
From a collector's point of view, this was a great place
Here is Benno bending over a table display of firearms curiosa. I thought the intricate carvings on those two ivory tusks were fantastic. (Continued…)
