The sluiceway for the lock actually runs down through an original lock before the Erie Canal was rebuiltThis barge pushed by a tow came by today headed for the lock; we wondered if it would fit, it did, but just barelyThey have memorials to those who l…
Around Baranof Island Pictures
How to ruin your whole dayIsland in Cameron Pass, west coast BaranofRock formations in Biorka SoundEntrance to Dorothy NarrowsAnother view of the grounded fishing boat.Entering the North Pacific via Cameron PassThe rock formations here are devoid of v…
Around Baranof Island in Five Days
June 10, 2011Under partly sunny skies we cast off the mooring lines at 0810 AM and headed out the north breakwater entrance to exit Sitka via the Western Channel. As we headed out into Sitka Sound, the northwest swell increased to 3-4 feet, but with n…
HMS York
Not being superstitious to start a voyage on a Friday, Diesel Duck motored out of the Governor’s Creek on the morning of June 10th, heading for Key West, Florida, USA. The weather prognosis was good and we were able to use the jib sail in addition to …
MONDAY JUNE 13TH, 2011
On the move again. Today’s journey took us from Bobcaygeon to Kirkfield.If you look at the map you will see that today we passed through the lock at Rosedale. It was a lift of only about 4 feet, but this put us at 840 feet ab…
Sunday through Tuesday; June 12 , 13 & 14, 2011
Sunday; Orleans County Dock: Stayed over another day because the weather was supposed to be bad again; well, it wasn’t. The weather report has been wrong so many times you are almost tempted to just go, but the time we do that, …
Biking to Bozburun
Weather in Turkey can change on a dime! We had a lovely sunny morning, early evening thunder storms and hail, and it was a three blanket night. Sunday our neighbor had to rescue my flannel pants which had blown off the line. Sh…
Big Lunch
Conventional rules of wildlife photography ask that there be no butt shots. Images of birds should be from the front or side. Other principles of photographic aesthetics place high value on gesture and suggestiveness. So today other principles trump the butt shot rule. It’s a small scene, almost intimate. Perhaps this is why the image […]
6/13/2011 CATSKILL MARINA TO TROY DOCKS
MONDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 33 NM DOCKED AT: TROY DOCKS (518-470-0461) $1.25/FT TROY, NYSUNRISE: 5:17 &…
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