Bear with Sewa and friends
For the last few days we’ve been anchored off Ono Island in view of the village of Nagara (pronounced nan-gara). Here we have met the loveliest, most welcome people since coming to Fiji, which is why we’ve lingered h…
Nagara Village
August 6 and 7, 2011, Saturday and Sunday
Saturday; Joliet, IL, Bicentennial Park to Ottawa, IL, Hertiage Harbor Marina: We slept in a little this morning and got going about 07:30 only to have a 30 minute wait at our first lock; Brandon Road Lock at Mile 286.0 where you use the port sid…
Erie Canal, Locks 11 thru 18
(Sat Aug 6 – Dist: 51.0 mi; Locks: 8; TTT: 7:55 hrs)
Ilion Marina and RV ParkIlion, NY
These are the morning shots of the marina that we stopped at after day 2 on the Erie Canal. It was a quaint spot, tidy and clean but not much else aroun…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-07 14:17:00
Days 326 – 327 Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaSunday, July 17 – Monday, July 18, 2011 Entering the Peterborough Marina At the Peterborough Museum Boats on the left are being loweredCylinder under the lock chamber View of the lo…
Saint Mary’s College
It’s been a while since my last blog. We spent a couple of days exploring the Saint Mary’s River and the Saint Mary’s College before heading to Solomons Island and Washburn’s Boat Yard, where September Song went on the hard to have her bottom painted, …
September Song 2011-08-07 13:32:00
St. Mary’s College has an outstanding sailing program.Cool statue at Saint Mary’s College. “Freedom of Conscience”.This is what happens when you are bad, and I have been so bad! Historic site at Saint Mary’s.
September Song 2011-08-07 13:31:00
Part of the reproduction city of St. Mary’s.The view of the Saint Mary’s River from the College. The first state house in Maryland. St. Mary’s was the seat of government in the 1600’s.
September Song 2011-08-07 13:30:00
September Song in the anchorage at Saint Mary’s college. What a gorgeous area.Our escort into Solomon’s and Washburn’s Boat Yard where we spent a week on the hard. OK, maybe not an escort, but just a Navy jet doing take offs and landings from the Patux…
On the hard
We left the Saint Mary’s River Friday and headed to Solomons Island where September Song was hauled on Monday morning and put on the hard.It was a long four days with the four of us living at the Super 8 motel. We spent our days at the boat yard while …
September Song 2011-08-07 13:28:00
Wax on, wax off.Our baby all done and ready to go back into the water.Don’t drop her now! Stephanie and the girls spent most of the days in the yard lounge. Cassie and Godiva had fun greeting everyone that came into the yard office and exploring the of…
