As we traveled the Alligator Pungo canal we saw six eagles. It’s hard to get a picture of one of these beautiful creatures.Eagle in flight.Camper on the water. In North Carolina, they mark the ICW with mile markers showing how many miles it is to …
Southport, NC – 7/17/11
Skip & I went to the marina office shortly after 8 a.m. this morning to settle up our account and by 9 a.m. we were on our way to Southport, NC ,a run of 44 miles.Here we sit in our slips at Barefoot Marina. This marina was directly across the AICW…
FRIDAY JULY 15TH 2011
Our day began with a walk to the Gateway restaurant for breakfast with Phyllis and Bill. Notice below the sign that you can also get nautical charts here, along with food. The giant caramel roll was a must have. It was really, really tasty. But s…
Home for a Time
(Note: We were back in the states for a couple of weeks but have now returned to Fiji where we’ll be until early August.) The 4th of July is a big to-do in the States, and we celebrate with gusto at our cabin in Wisconsin. Our lake …
Dürnstein in the Wachau region
WE biked from our marina in Spiz to Dürnstein the most visited village in the Wachau area.The region is a small wine producing area with “Grüner veltliner” (a white wine) being the most common. About 10 % of their production is a red wine from …
Past Melk on to Spiz
Once through the lock at Melk and on our way to Spiz the scenery gets very interesting. We start to see more vineyards and realize the people we talked to at the lock were right and we should stop and explore this region.
From Linz to Melk
We left from Linz early (early for us) and did not know how far we would get that day. The weather was gorgeous and the scenery no less gorgeous than the weather. Because of the very fast current we traveled 100 km and got to the 4th locks …
The start of the adventure…..
Marmaris to Egirdir, Isparta and Guneykent
We left Marmaris early July 4th intending to spend the night in Isparta. Our route took us quickly into the countryside and up into the mountains.
We actually missed the turn-off to Burdur because it was just…
More Electrical
Shore power is now operational so I was able to make the final hookups for the inverter and power everything up. Happy to say that everything is working as it should. Shore power is run through an isolation transformer which was pretty simple to set up…
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sue had taken this picture of a jelly fish. Seas 2 Day and Runaround Sue at Palm Coast MarinaWe found a Catholic Church to attend, now that we have a vehicle here. The Church is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. They abbreviate it: SEAS. Tha…
