It was a tranquil morning back in The Pool. We all wanted to get an early start so we were busy pulling up anchor by 7 a.m. It took quite a while to accomplish this task as the anchor chains are full, and I mean full, of weeds. And the only to get them…
SATURDAY JULY 16TH 2011
We started off the day with a communal breakfast on the dock. Here’s Bill from GULLWING cooking up the blueberry pancakes. Seems warming the berries brings out their flavor and sweetness. They were perfect for pancakes. We filled out the …
Three days of beautiful cruising
We have been traveling and anchoring out the last three days with the pointy end North. The weather and the scenery have been great. Temperatures have been in the low 80’s during the day with clear skies, and the upper 60’s at night with a full mo…
September Song 2011-07-18 05:11:00
This picture may look like just another scenery picture, but up that creek is where we anchored out in a hurricane hole during Hurricane Hanna in 2008. Don’t want to do that again!Along the shore of the Alligator Pungo Canal. Didn’t see any alligators …
September Song 2011-07-18 05:10:00
As we traveled the Alligator Pungo canal we saw six eagles. It’s hard to get a picture of one of these beautiful creatures.Eagle in flight.Camper on the water. In North Carolina, they mark the ICW with mile markers showing how many miles it is to …
Southport, NC – 7/17/11
Skip & I went to the marina office shortly after 8 a.m. this morning to settle up our account and by 9 a.m. we were on our way to Southport, NC ,a run of 44 miles.Here we sit in our slips at Barefoot Marina. This marina was directly across the AICW…
FRIDAY JULY 15TH 2011
Our day began with a walk to the Gateway restaurant for breakfast with Phyllis and Bill. Notice below the sign that you can also get nautical charts here, along with food. The giant caramel roll was a must have. It was really, really tasty. But s…
Home for a Time
(Note: We were back in the states for a couple of weeks but have now returned to Fiji where we’ll be until early August.) The 4th of July is a big to-do in the States, and we celebrate with gusto at our cabin in Wisconsin. Our lake …
Dürnstein in the Wachau region
WE biked from our marina in Spiz to Dürnstein the most visited village in the Wachau area.The region is a small wine producing area with “Grüner veltliner” (a white wine) being the most common. About 10 % of their production is a red wine from …
Past Melk on to Spiz
Once through the lock at Melk and on our way to Spiz the scenery gets very interesting. We start to see more vineyards and realize the people we talked to at the lock were right and we should stop and explore this region.
