Update – everything but boating

Back in December, we sold our house in Annapolis and put the rest of our “stuff” in storage. So, it was time to buy a house in which to store it all – it’s cheaper that those storage outfits – this is making perfect sense to all of you, right? In…

Sunday, June 26, 2011

One of these guys had a Lab with him on his board. I’d be in the water.Carol (Jenny, there’s no denying that we are sisters)JohnJohn and I went for a walk this morning across a swing bridge and onto Merritt Island. All of the houses have waterfronts i…

June 25 and 26, 2011; Saturday and Sunday

Saturday; Cleveland, OH:  We are still at Lakeside Yacht Club in Cleveland.  The winds and waves are just to strong too go out into Lake Erie.  Two larger boats than us tried this morning and they both came back because it was so bad.&nb…

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-06-26 18:04:00

Days 298 – 302 Waterford Docks, Waterford, NYSunday, June 19, 2011 – Thursday, June 23, 2011Troy LockTroy LockTroy LockCongratulations to Rich and Linda!  Their gold AGLCA flag designates completion of America’s Great Loop.  Cookout part…

Sunday Racing

Sunday on Narragansett Bay has the promise of big doings. The schedule is full but it’s still early in the season so we wake up to almost white out fog conditions. Committee boats are out to set up races before the fog starts to lift but lift it does. Always busy on Sunday but no […]

All these sad goodbyes

It’s alway sad to say goodbye to cruising friends that you have been cruising with for the last few months. After our time in Marathon, cruising the Islands, and then making our way up the ICW to Brunswick, Georgia together, it was time for Tide’s…

September Song 2011-06-26 14:12:00

No, that’s not our slip or a face dock. The current was ripping and it caught the bow of September Song. The only thing I could do was to position the boat to rest up against two fingers to keep from running into other boats and wait for slack tide. No…

September Song 2011-06-26 14:11:00

Time to take on some cheap fuel. Well, the cheapest on the East coast. 800 gallons at ONLY $3.55 per gallon.Our last day/night with Tides In before they head North. We look forward to connecting with them up North in a few weeks. We will miss you guys!…

September Song 2011-06-26 14:10:00

The smoke in Florida and South Georgia has been with us almost every day. At last count there were over four hundred wildfires in Florida. This is a look at the sunrise through the smoke. Your eyes burn, it smells bad, and you can hardly breath. What a…

Frankfort the financial center of Germany and the EU

 One of the things we learned on the tour is that Frankfort is the financial center for Germany and even for the EU as the European central bank is located in this city.These two towers (even though you can not see that they are separate towers fr…