We spent the night in comfortable temps on the lock wall in Bobcaygeon. The place was packed both below and above the lock. Rental houseboats everywhere…boy, are they fun to watch!!!! But you are better off to avoid them. It seems anyone can rent one…
Crabapalooza 2011 – June 12 to June 19
In 2010, we hung around the Ketchikan area for about a month before rendezvousing with our friends Dorothy & Dave Nagle and their vessel the DavidEllis. During that time we explored a number of areas and identified some worth repeating. Specificall…
Bula from Fiji
Our next adventure is about to unfold. This past week we have been going flat out entertaining my sister Patty’s family of five – giving them just a taste of cruising life and the allure of the South Pacific. I flew to Fiji on Air Pacific along with the five Hosmers a week ago Saturday […]
Cruising Southeast Alaska: John Hopkins and Reid Inlets
After a day at Margerie
Glacier, we returned down Tarr Inlet to overnight at Reid Inlet. The anchorage
there is close to where Tarr and John Hopkins Inlets join Glacier Bay, and is convenie…
Canadian Wonderland
July’s the perfect time to be cruising Canada’s Trent-Severn Waterway – it’s a real treat to visit the many harbor towns that line the waterway. Sometime during these summer months it seems like every town – Trenton, Campbellford, Peterborough and Fenelon Falls, to name a few – have festivals to…
June 18, 2011
Little Falls, New York to Rome, New York – A beautiful day, sunny and warm. The canal travel today was strait and boring, but still had to keep your eyes open for the dead heads and debris. The canal belongs to the government, so I think its is a make …
Underwater AWESOMENESS
Underwater AWESOMENESS (Continued…)
Firing Up Helen
Helen is a one cylinder engine used to raise the anchor on the L. A. Dunton, one of Mystic Seaport’s active museum boats. Mike here tells us that Helen is temperamental and hasn’t been running of late. Today, the engine ran so the anchor raising demonstration was not done all by hand. We came into […]
Capital Escapades
We loved our time in Washington, D.C. Friends visiting, touring national treasures, caught in a downpour with no protection, cruising past Georgetown on a perfect afternoon, history, emotions. We will never forget this part of the Great Loop!When I las…
A Summer Hiatus
The abrupt cessation of posts since my last on May 8th is in large part a reflection of an unexpected juxtaposition of events in the recent weeks since PUFFIN arrived in Solomon’s Island, Maryland. (Continued…)
