The "VIKING LEGEND"

 No Joanne did not abandon ship and continued on the “Viking Legend”However she did inform me that there was no way she was going to go back on the dingy in these fast flowing, turbulent water.      

Aproaching Passau

 The Danube is running fast especially where she is narrow.We are glad to be going down stream and not up stream.   We are approaching the last city in Germany “Passau”And what a nice place to visit.  Here we are coming to the lock …

Danube locks

The locks on the Danube are “BIG and WIDE”Two commercial ships can fit in beside each other and many have floating bollards. 

Last four days with the boys

Sorry about the delay with the final blog of our time with Austin and his friend Connor, but we have been traveling every day since they left last Friday. We are docked at beautiful Bald Head Island NC for a couple of days. (more about that later) The …

September Song 2011-07-13 10:15:00

On the ferry headed to CharlestonPassing September Song in her slip on the way to Charleston.

September Song 2011-07-13 10:14:00

Learned something about possums. The reason you see them dead on the roads is because they eat road kill. They have a great sense of smell, but can’t hear or see well. Can’t smell a car coming!Ready to go into the 4-D movie at the aquarium.SHARK! Oh, t…

September Song 2011-07-13 10:13:00

I hate snakes!Did I mention I hate snakes!Lion fish. Beautiful, but dangerous and invasive

September Song 2011-07-13 10:12:00

Big guns!The cannons used at Fort Sumter are huge.View of the fort.The flag that flew over Fort Sumter when the first shot was fired in the Civil War.

September Song 2011-07-13 10:12:00

View of Fort Sumter from the ferry.After the aquarium and Civil War Museum, we took the 45 minute cruise out to Fort Sumter.

September Song 2011-07-13 10:11:00

We noticed this smurf football that had washed up under the walkway on our way to the Aquarium. On the way back, Austin climbed down and retrieved it.Austin climbing back up with the football.Our other football that we used in the pool ended up in piec…