South River off the Neuse

Deciding to take advantage of relatively calm offshore conditions we departed Cape Lookout Bight and returned to the ICW via the Beaufort Inlet.  With the forecast of continued extremely hot and humid weather, we decided to head to the South River…

Murrells Inlet, SC – 7/11/11

Today started with running a few errands since we had a car with the hope that we would hear from our mechanic sometime this morning regarding the location of our engine part. When he did call he was waiting on a return call from a warehouse a little c…

Kingston Ontario Canada July 9th

A resturant in Kingston all decked out with beautiful hanging basketsthe AGLCA burgee along with the Canadian courtesy Flag that we can now fly since clearing customs.A swing band playing a free concert at the city hall outside.There are many beautiful…

July 7, 2011

This is the Original Dining Room Furniture – The Table comes with Buttons in the Corners that Rings a Bell in the Kitchen for the Staff to ComeOffice at Singer CastleTook This Picture of a Picture – The Bourne’s Family Formal Ski Vacation in the AlpsWo…

Oh Canada!

Friday 7/8/11     Following a quiet night behind Boldt Castle we pulled the anchor to find it had grown a few whiskers. This was some of the most vile smelling stuff I’ve ever encountered in any anchorage.Anchor Beard.Once the ancho…

The trip

I thought it might be fun to make a clip of our short jump across to Hythe last week.This is really as a result of John’s request to replay the journey.It sort of worked from the webcam images…The wobbly images are probably on account of the webcam b…

Galley update

We did finish it – I completely forgot to post pictures, as we’ve been maniacally busy for the past several weeks. So in the interest of tidying up that loose end, here’s the finished product.

Trenton, ON. Bad news on internet connections……

After reviewing Verizon’s Canadian options and talking to other Loopers, we realize we will not be able to post to the blog except where we can find wifi from a marina or other source. Therefore we won’t be able to post to the blog very often when in C…

Crossing Lake Ontario entering Kingston July 8th and 9th

SweetPea docked at Winter Harbour Marina in Brewerton, NY they have 2 courtesy cars and a fantastic supermarket here, as well as West Marine, Walmart, Target etc.Out for a joy ride!Stopped in Phoenix just long enough to take pictures and wait for the l…

Herkimer, NY to Sylvan Beach, NY

Day             12Depart         Herkimer, NY 8:35 amArrive          Erie Canal-Sylvan Beach, NY 2:50 pmDistance         38 MilesCumulative   401 Miles NOTE – Double click on a picture for a larger viewWe headed out t…