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…)
6/19/2011 LITTLE FALLS TO UTICA MARINA
SUNDAY HOPE ALL YOU FATHERS HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!TOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 18 NM DOCKED AT:  …
Some more Castles
Castles on this section of the Rhine (Koblenz to Bingen) are plenty full.Sometime you see two or more from one vantage point.
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…
More Rhine
The traffic on the Rhine can be very heavy at times with with sometime two coupled together. These can be as long as 180 meters long. (over 500 ft) this is not long as compared to the traffic on the Mississippi but considering the much narrower R…
