ANNAPOLIS

COLORSJuly 4th, 2011ANNAPOLIS, MDSouth AnchorageUS Naval Academy.BLUE!  The Blue Angels that flew by on the 1st day of Commissioning Week, a blue blur through the hatch over our bed, a roar that dragged us out of our nap.BLUE! Navy blue, the U.S…

Put the pointy end North

After the boys left we put the pointy end North and cruised from Charleston, through the rest of South Carolina, the beautiful Waccomaw River, into North Carolina, and decided to stop for a couple of days at Bald Head Island North Carolina, where our f…

Knapp’s Narrows

June 30, 2011Knapps NarrowsHow do we leave friends behind, over and over again?  Just by knowing that we’ll meet again, in another harbor, on someone else’s boat, or… on Facebook! We left Harris Creek early, sadly without the crabs th…

Murrels Inlet, SC – 7/12/11 & 7/13/11

7/12/11 ….Today was chore day. After waiting awhile to hear from our mechanic and a big breakfast, we took off to the laundromat. One would think there would be one around every corner, but no way. We drove several miles to the first one and it wasn’…

Headin up the Trent

7/12/11 Tuesday     Time to leave Trenton but we can’t get out! The marina filled up after our arrival yesterday and the result was us ending up with very little wiggle room to get out as all the other boats were staying. We were ab…

Slipping and siding

With Lady Jane now out of the water, the next step is to clean her bottom and assess what needs doing from there.As soon as Lady Jane has been cleaned up, she will then be side-slipped, using the railway tracks you can see, into the big shed there.Boat…

Dixon Entrance Southbound

Our route from Foggy Bay to Prince Rupert, who was he anyway?? The Cow Bay Cafe Fkying Kiwi Savignon Blanc The entrance into Foggy Bay Our last view of Ketchikan and the cruise shipsLeaving Ketchikan for the last time in 2011, under sunny skies, we he…

July 13, 2011

Greetings from North Carolina!   Oriental, that is.  Where YOUNG AMERICA has languished for nearly 7 weeks while we did what we do while in New York.
Actually, the first weekend in June found us on the shores of the Patuxent River in Mar…

Winter Harbor, NY

Day             12Depart         No travel todayArrive          Winter Harbor, NY  Distance          0 MilesCumulative   423 MilesBob wanted to change the oil in the boat today, so Bob and Leo from a Mainship 390, Li…

September Song 2011-07-13 18:22:00

Nice homes along the ICW through Myrtle Beach.Now that’s a home away from it all.Some of the Islands in North and South Carolina are only accessible by ferry.Only two or three cars at a time.