An important milestone was reached in the Bicentennial Year of 1976 when Cape May was officially designated a National Historic Landmark City, only one of five in the nation. That designation requires that the community must retain all structures in th…
Inter Coastal Waterway – Getting Better
We are now into Georgia, anchored for the last few days off exquisite Cumberland Island. Nothing could better illustrate the pull of places like the Inter Coastal Waterway than the photo above. Miles of untouched wilderness, deserted beaches, interesting boats and their crew to meet, wildlife, and the occasional town, line the ICW in parts […]
5-29-2011 – We are off
I think we set a personal record for getting from Lake Union to outside the locks. We left our dock at 6:58 and were motoring from the locks by 7:57. That included opening two bridges and locking through the small locks. We didn’t h…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-05-29 20:27:00
Days 276 – 277 Delaware City Marina,Delaware City , DESaturday May 28 – Sunday, May 29, 2011Lighthouse on the way to the C and D Canal Delaware City Marina Delaware City MarinaIt was time for all of the Memorial Day boater…
Annapolis City Docks, Annapolis, Maryland
sign on a sailboat here at the City docks; when I stopped to take a picture, he asked if I had a granddaughter, or who I might have had in mind when I took the picture. Didn’t tell him granddaughters were 6, 4 and 1. He apparently was seriously recruit…
The Black Swan Theory Of Cruising
We were having morning eggs and coffee at Serenity Cafe (our favorite breakfast spot in Whangarei) when Todd Rickard started to opine on the recent troubles in Japan (earthquake, tidal wave, nuclear reactor failure, total dependence on Middle East oil) and that taken together these represented a Black Swan event, and how all of this […]
Sunday, May 29, 2011
John, Sue, and Norm A small slice of the view of boats anchored, beached, and moving. Yesterday when we were at the ice cream parlor, sitting outside enjoying our treat, a car pulled out of a parking space with an Ohio State license plate frame. As he…
Voyage to Nantucket Island
Locagion: Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 41° 17.168′ N 70° 04.776′ W
When we decided to spend the summer in Rhode Island we committed to ourselves that we would try to do as much weekend and week-long cruising as we did t…
Voyage to Nantucket Island
Locagion: Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Coordinates: 41° 17.168′ N 70° 04.776′ W When we decided to spend the summer in Rhode Island we committed to ourselves that we would try to do as much weekend and week-long cruising as we did this winter in Puerto Rico. Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Long Island (New York) each have […]
Solomon’s Island to Pasadena MD – Final Cruising Day – for now
Today is Greg’s 58th Birthday, our niece Nikki is 31, it’s Memorial Day and our last day of cruising until we get the itch to do some more.
Our looper friends, Chris & Bruce and Debby & Rob, helped us off the dock as we departed Solomon…
