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…
I’ve gone and done it again….
for what? The third year in a row? Poor ole’ Mummy got scroodled out of her summer holiday! ;-( I’s sorry dear. But on the brighter side we did get in a helluva road trip! 2300 kms (1430 miles) and 11 States in 4 1/2 days.The idea popped into my noodle…
Smithsonian Institute Art Collections
Statues/Sculptures at the National Art MuseumSmithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery
Lay Day, Orientation, and Haida Dinner
Today was a lay day, a day to sleep in a bit. We all did and had a lazy morning on the boat. We compared photos of the trip so far and I posted the blog for the past few days. We all took showers and got caught up on things. (Continued…)
Georgian Bay, Baie Fine – doesn’t get finer than Bay Finn.
Killarney is a charming town and Killarney Mountain Lodge was a pleasure. We left about 8AM for the short ride to Baie Fine (Bay Finn). The white granite lines Baie Fine on each side. Rocks abound in the Bay and Crawdad and Grainan had to wind around t…
August 4 & 5, 2011; Thursday and Friday
Thursday, Kenosha, WI to Hammond, IN: After sitting for 5 days in Kenosha we finally left early this morning at 06:00. Lake Michigan was pretty rough with 4 foot large rollers hitting us on our port side and we were prepared for a long day….
Killarney – feels like we are almost home!
As we crossed into Killarney, we noted we were crossing our wake and had technically completed our Loop. We originally left Fenton on the 14th of June for our trip to Sturgeon Bay, WI and the Grand Banks Rendezvous. Over a year later, we were back in h…
