Point No Point Lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay It wasn’t barnacles growing on the anchor rode, but there was some kind of grass or something growing on the chain. It had been 11 days since we dropped anchor, and today was the…
Cape York, the Wessel Islands and Darwin
We left Horn Island stop at Booby Island we headed off across the Gulf of Carpentaria to make
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-07-05 15:30:00
Days 311 – 313 Oswego Marina Oswego, NYSaturday, July 2 – Monday, July 4, 2011 When the water in the lock was lowered, we cleared this bridgeWe put a line around the cable and tie the line back to the boat at midship to secur…
Happy 2nd 3rd and 4th of July from NY
We spent 5 days in Sylvan Beach NY, seemed like a good place of the long weekend. Jim decided to take the dinghy down and go for a ride.Mike and Twyla came for a visit on their new wheels.All dressed up! Its happy hour and dinner out t…
Byline Ayla
The August issue of Astronomy magazine hits the newsstands today, and it includes an interesting article by a new freelance writer named Ayla Besemer. That’s right: Our own Ayla is a published author, and she couldn’t be more excited!
The …
Croton-on-Hudson to Kingston, NY
Day 6Depart Croton-on-Hudson, NY 8:15 amArrive Kingston, NY 2:15 pmDistance 51 MilesCumulative 214.8 MileHAPPY JULY 4TH!!We stayed at Croton…
Our own solar plant
A picture of Le rêve docked in Nürnberg on the top of the lock.It appears that lots of high power towers are needed to carry all the electricity away from Le rêve’s power plant!!!!!! Catching the last of the days rays by raising the davit and …
Solar power
Besides many wind generators there is lots of solar power in Germany.Here are but a few examples of that. The picture on the bottom is of a roof with 340 panels on it.I was told that Germany has a problem dealing with all the solar power pro…
The locks in the MDK
The MDK is only 19 years old. It opened in 1992 and made shipping from Holland all the way to the Black sea possible. The locks are different from the Main locks, and most other locks for that matter in that the doors don’t swing open like barn d…
More MDK
Here are two examples of how the canal was build around hills and through valleys.
