Date July 31, 2011Day 33Departure Kirkfield Lift Lock 8:45 amArrival Lock 39-Portgage 12:00 pm Miles 8.5Cumulative 770.5 Because this…
July 29, 2011
Lori is Keeping Evan Amused with Cards While we TravelEven the Captain is Keeping CoolColonel By Island to Narrows Lock (Lock #35) – It was a sunny day with light winds. After leaving Colonel By Island we stopped in at Portland to pick up some supplies…
Lock 34 Fenelon Falls to Kirkfield Lift Lock
Date July 30, 2011Day 32Departure Lock 34, Fenelon Falls 8:05 amArrival Kirkfield Lift Lock 12:00 pm Miles 13.5Cumulative 762Another glo…
Still at Lock 34 Fenelon Falls
Date July 29, 2011Day 31Departure No travel todayArrival Miles 0Cumulative 748.5Rain hard this morning, decided to stay another …
#11 Back on the Cruise
After a 3-week break, we have arrived back in Craig Alaska and are prepared to continue our cruise. Today we’ll motor south and east along the protected waters of Prince of Wales Island. After fishing a bit we hope to end up in Nina Cove on…
Lock #27 Young’s Point, Ontario to Lock #34 Fenelon Falls, Ontario
Date July 28, 2011Day 30Departure Lock #27 Young’s Point, Ontario 8:50 amArrival Lock #34 Fenelon Falls, Ontario 5:00 pmMiles 42Cumu…
Aug. 5 – Washington, DC
Day 140 – Arlington CemeteryGangplank MarinaWe took the Metro (subway) to Arlington Cemetery this morning. The weather was perfect…a little cloudy and much cooler than it’s been lately, so we were very comfortable walking around. We visited Kennedy’s…
Race Day ?
It’s the morning of THE big race of the summer up here. The sky is gray and the water is oil slick smooth. No wind. If the skies clear a good sea breeze usually develops. Come nine o’clock skippers meeting little has changed. Come ten when boats need to head for the start line a […]
Drift Away’s New Hat
Back in the olden days of yore, when I was a kid in the 1950s, my mom liked buying a new hat. That was back in the days when people dressed up to go out to dinner, or to church, or even shopping. Mom would put on her new hat, white gloves, …
Baie Fine
8/3/11 Wednesday Free day in Killarney! Spent the better part of the morning on the internet getting booted off because I exceeded the capacity I was allotted! What? This part of being in Canada I do not like. The good news is th…
