“Turkey’s equivalent of the “Bible Belt,” Konya treads a delicate path between its historical significance as the home town of the whirling dervish orders and a bastion of Seljuk culture on the one hand, and its modern importance as an economic…
Woo Hoo…love when a plan really works…and I've seen and
Woo Hoo…love when a plan really works…and I’ve seen and heard mechanic plans that didn’t even come close…so this guy ordered a new raw water pump…said it would be here at 7:30 AM…he’d come down first thing and be done in a couple of hours… …
Terrifying Times
(Wednesday July 20 – Dist: 21.6 mi; TTT: 4:30 hrs)
FOG, FOG and MORE FOG
It was a beautiful morning with the sun shining and the water calm (see adjacent photo). Visibility in the harbor was good….. but as you can see in the top photo there w…
July 20 – Norfolk, VA
Day 124 – BIG Ships EverywhereWaterside MarinaNo time to update the blog this morning. We are taking the bikes out before the heat takes over. Come back this afternoon and I will have pictures and info on our trip up the Elizabeth River to Norfolk.
No more — This
Thank you NASA for 30 years of the shuttle. It will be missed. Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Peterborough Lift Lock…. This is how we started our morning!
The Peterborough Lift Lock is a boat lift located on the Trent Canal in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and is Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. The dual lifts are the highest hydraulic boat lifts in the world, with a lift of 19.8 m (65 f…
Surf City, NC – 7/20/11 (pics 7/19/11)
Here are pictures from 7/19/11 (Wilmington, NC & Wrightsville Beach) that we were unable to load yesterday.Breakfast at the local dinner.Downtown Wilmington.USS North Carolina.Pretty homes. More pretty homes.Wrightsville beach.82nd airbourne buddy …
Fishers Island, New York
It is Saturday, hot inland, and Long Island Sound beckons those who have the means to enjoy boating. It appears to us as if most of these folks are on our radar screen (shown above on an offset three mile range).
There are all types and sizes of yachts to observe, from the ubiquitous Opti to
the […]
July 16, 2011
The Chateau Montebello – Originally was a CP Rail Resort – Boasts as the Largest Log Structure in the World – Built in 1930 but was Enlarged over the Years – It is Beautiful and Worth Seeing Inside the ChateauThe Wood Fireplace Chimney at the ChateauIt…
Trenton to Peterborough Ont.
Its been 5 days without Internet so here goes…We left Trenton on Saturday morning as planned Ashley (our daughter) is now aboard. We spent our first night on the Trent-Severn on a lock wall at lock 10, that’s alot of locking and only trav…
