Potomac Potpourri

The good, the bad, and the ugly…a potpourri of sights, seas, serenity, severity, experiences, and friends, not only on the Potomac River the past two days, but on the Rappahannock River before that.Here is a highlight! We watched this beaver this eve…

June 15 – Thunderbolt, GA

Day 101 – Getting Ready to Go Home Bahia Bleu MarinaJust a quick post to let everyone know we are heading home for a visit. This will be the last post until we return in a few weeks. We really have missed our family and can hardly wait to see everyon…

Hastings to Peterborough…bittersweet trip.

Hastings to Peterborough…bittersweet trip. This is where Kelli will catch a shuttle to Toronto and leave us……..the good news, we arrived right on schedule. As we came through Lock 19, the cutest boy and his Grandma visited with us. Jeremiah was a…

Sunday we motored right on into

Sunday we motored right on into Campbellford…learned about Looneys and Tooneys (Canadian coins), visited the local No Frills grocery store and headed on down the line. We made great time…locked through with timing and precision just like profession…

The day seemed to end before we knew

The day seemed to end before we knew it…we tied up to the lock wall at lock #9 and called it a day. Rustic peaceful setting…rain had brought cool temps…and Kelli took some great TUMBLEWEED photos….

We've learned to be safe…better to stop too soon than

We’ve learned to be safe…better to stop too soon than continue into stormy weather. With black clouds gathering and lots of yellow showing on the weather radar….oh, and the fact that they sold Kawartha ice cream at Lock 6….we decided to stop and …

Potomac Potpourri

The good, the bad, and the ugly…a potpourri of sights, seas, serenity, severity, experiences, and friends, not only on the Potomac River the past two days, but on the Rappahannock River before that.Here is a highlight! We watched this beaver this eve…

[Kensblog] A look ahead at our 2011 cruising plans

Greetings all!

I’ve received several emails asking when Roberta and I will start this year’s cruising,
and the blog will resume. 

 
The bad news is, “Not soon.” It’s a long boring story, but for a wide variety of
reasons, thi…

A look ahead at our 2011 cruising plans

[NOTE: THIS BLOG ENTRY IS A WORK IN PROCESS. My goal was to have it finished by now, but… sometimes I win, and sometimes Writer’s Block wins, and you know how that goes.

So … COME BACK tomorrow AND I HOPE IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT READABLE.

FOR NOW, I…

How Many Cyclists does it Take..

Wendy Ann II – Bulkhead Timelapse from Harry Foster on Vimeo.To line a bulkhead?The answer is two, and a bit, as regretfully I find too little opportunity to get on the old steel horse these days, I guess doing it for a living was a sort of aversion th…