Put up most of the aft cabin ceiling with wiring and overhead lights. Lighting is LED in recessed fixtures and controlled by a master dimmer/switch. When on full brightness, all the overheads are drawing a total of about 1.2 amps at 12 volts… very lo…
July 30 – Stafford, VA
Day 134 – Family VisitHope Springs MarinaWe got to spend a wonderful day with our niece Kendra and her family. They came to the boat for a short visit and tour and then they spent the day showing us the sites in the area. Our first stop was The Nationa…
Where to spend the summer – decisions, decisions…
During the hurricane summer season in the tropics you need to find a secure place to keep your boat or move the boat outside of the hurricane area. Our first summer in Mexico we went to San Carlos up in the Sea of Cortes and we swore we would never re…
July 25 – 26, 2011
Cruise Ship Docking in Smith Falls – Seems to be Elderly PassengersElla Looks Pretty SeriousNo Fear – Evan Jumping off the BoatElla and Evan Warming Up after there Swim in the Lake – There is a Playground Structure in the BackgroundNo Dukes of Hazard H…
Not what we wanted to see this morning
It’s starting…Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
#36 July 2011 St. Simons Island, GA – Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Island – Isle of Palms, SC
We began the month of July in Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Island, SC, and are loving being here. Never would we have expected to find ourselves in SC in July but after 102 degree days last July in Washington DC, we decided to take our chan…
Dismal Swamp, NC – 7/30/11
Our day started with all six of us enjoying breakfast on the sundeck of Quest. Huen even gave Doc his breakfast as well.It was just a very short run from Pelican marina around the corner past Elizabeth City to the first bridge that had to be opened f…
Checking into Serbia
20 km down stream we had to tie up to a rusty old boat and were taken into the customs buildings on shore. Checking into Serbia took a little longer as they needed much information and paperwork in triplicate was produced. Also we had to buy a 30…
Leaving Europe
The boarder between Hungary and Serbia. This is were we officially checked out of the EU as Serbia is not a member country. The procedures for checking out were pretty simple and strait forward. At Mohács ( the last town in Hungary on the Danube…