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.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tuesday; Sault Ste Marie, 2nd day: Our plans have changed. Due to a death in the family we will not be blogging for the next 2 week.
July 3 and 4, 2011; Sunday and Monday:
Sunday, Harrisville Harbor Marina, MI to De Tour Village Marina, MI: We got off to a beautiful sun rise and morning. There was a slight breeze and just a little ripple on Lake Huron. It was such a beautiful day that after we were…
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 article is titled, Why Teens Should Care About Astronomy, and Ayla was inspired to write […]
The MDK ( Main Donau Kanal)
The MDK is very interesting to transit. Many varying landscapes. Not at all what you would think a canal would look like. Traditionally a canal is a straight ditch dug to connect one body of water to the next. Not so with the MDK.Engineers have u…
Patuxent River – Solomon’s Island and Vera’s White Sands
6/21 – 6/25 – We departed Washington, D.C. a little after 8:00 in the morning. It was a pleasant day on the Potomac and we had a push from the tides and ended up traveling to Canoe Neck Creek off St. Clement Bay arriving a little after 5:00. It was…
