Photo: Grandchildren at Maritime Museum (Continued…)
Friday, July 15, 2011
Today I worked on things to get the boat ready for when we leave to come home. We had a pretty good thunderstorm this afternoon. We sat out on the aft deck and played cards while the rain came down in buckets with lots of thunder and lightning. I love …
Nice cruise to Pentwater today…Lake Michigan is smooth smooth
Nice cruise to Pentwater today…Lake Michigan is smooth smooth smooth (I soooo appreciate THAT)…and fisherman everywhere. In fact, Floyd is using radar to keep track of them and the computer set on Polar Navy to keep track of us. Drove from the lowe…
After arriving in Manistee we walked main street, had lunch
After arriving in Manistee we walked main street, had lunch with some Harley folks and then indulged Floyd’s love of boats by touring the SS City of Milwaukee, railroad car carrier designed in the 1920’s , and the US Coast Guard ACACIA. Yes, that’s ou…
Betty Hurst Visit (Julie’s Mom)
Julie’s Mom Betty, arrived last Sunday from Port Aransas, texas We took the boat out on Monday, along with Costa Rican friends we have met here, and cruised the bays as well as Bahia de Huevos. We were going to head South, bu…
Around LINZ
Countryside overlooking the city of LinzOttensheim Castle
The lock at Ottensheim
The City of Linz is just 5 km past the lock at OttensheimWe had to wait our turn. There were a couple of large commercial ships in the lock
Schlögen Austria
About 15 km past the Austrian boarder there is what’s called the “Schlögen Schlinge” A 180 degree bend in the Danube. We stayed in the marina (you can just see it in the left of the picture) and walked up the mountain to the look out over this p…
July 11 – 12, 2011
Montreal – The gang of us took the dinghies to down the Lachine Canal to old port Montreal. We had a great trip through the canal and it took 3 hours. We tied to the dinghy dock between Lock 1 and 2 and then we were off to explore the city and have lun…
July 10, 2011
Entering the Eisenhower LockTying to the Lock – We are on our Way DownLeaving the Lock We Met a Ship in Between the LocksWaiting for the Bridge to LiftThis is Not an Island on Lac St. Louis but this is the Dumping Ground for Montreal and that is Concre…
