Do you ever find
yourself sitting in your workshop or boat or whatever just admiring your handiwork? I do that occasionally. I think it’s just a guy thing. A couple hundred thousand years of evolution has programmed us to get an extreme sense of satisfaction from build…
Windjammer Parade
Where would we be if tourist marketing types didn’t create hyped up events in order to attract attention? In this case the windjammer association stages a yearly jam in at Rockland, a windjammer parade. Mid afternoon windjammers come in to parade past the harbor’s light at the end of a long jetty. They spend the […]
July 15 – Sneads Ferry, NC
Day 119 – Too Many Boats Mile Hammock Bay – AnchorageWe traveled past many towns (Carolina Beach, Wrightsville, Surf City and Sneads Ferry) today with beautiful home along the ICW and lots of boats. We were rocked several times by a few very large boa…
Murrels Inlet, SC – 7/15/11
We spent today getting ready to move on tomorrow by washing the boat and running a few last minute errands. We got a call at 10:30 that our mechanic had sent a runner to Charleston, SC to pick up our new oil cooler and that he would be over later this …
Norfolk, VA – A Study In Contrast
The transition from bucolic Intra Coastal Waterway and Dismal Swamp is startling. You exit the locks at t he head of the Swamp, pass a mile or two of countryside, catch osprey at their work, and then-
Boom! You are in the heart of a modern shipping port and major naval base.
The visual contrast to where […]
Brewerton, NY to Oswego, NY
Day 17Depart Winter Harbor-Brewerton, NY 8:40amArrive Lock 7-Oswego, NY 2:45 pm Distance 27 MilesCumulative 450 MilesWhat a beautiful day. Clear, not too warm and smooth …
Family Cruise
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 …
