We left sunny Denver by car about a month ago with our 9 month old Border Terrier puppy, Good Golly Miss Mollie. We took a side trip through St. Paul and Bayfield to see friends and touch base on the way to our new launching homeport, Northport, on Lak…
Fixin’ a crab dinner!
See those two “monster” crabs? (haha) Well, that was dinner tonight! Janet and I are now crab experts in the land of crabs. We caught em ourselves, boiled em, cleaned em, and relished em! You can have no more fun than that here in the waters of the Che…
Friday, June 24, 2011
Our first time seeing real pink flamingos. This house was so huge, it looked like three houses joined together.This one is for sale and right on a canal. Maybe when we’re done cruising. NOT!Jupiter Lighthouse.We left Lake Park this morning at 7:15 A.M…
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress was just a phenomenal building. There is so much intricate artwork in the building itself that one needs to take the tour….no lines, no waiting, small groups, knowledgeable people. It was well done.
Words and eve…
Cattle Call
June 21, 2011
“Cattle herding”, that is what the tour of the Capitol Building felt like. Don’t get me wrong the building is impressive and the tour interesting but we were just part of the herd. I was expecting something different, obviou…
Well, so much for the exploring part…even with bug spray, the
Well, so much for the exploring part…even with bug spray, the misquitoes are the size of a small cow and travel in herds…they just about carried us off. The afternoon and evening rain turned temps cool…in all it was a pleasant quite evening…nei…
Crane off – again
So here is the crane that had been loaded onto that truck a few hours previously.They had made it round a left hand bend then a right hander at the lights, where it fell off. Right by the bus stop and not far from where it had previously been moored al…
Confederate Revenge
OK, I know the Union won the war between the states. After all Pam & I are from Galena, Illinois, the hometown of General U.S. Grant. But….as of the recent passing of the 150th anniversary of the start of the war the Confederates a…
New Crew on Board
FINALLY, we picked up our new Ocicat kitties: Habibi and Wabi-Sabi (Bibi and Sabi). They are rambunctious teenagers at five months old. Our wonderful breeder, Dotti, owner of Megadots was sad. She had gotten very attached to Bib expecially, he is f…
6/23/2011 THE FONDA TERMINAL TO BLAIN’S BAY MARINA
THURSDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 35 NM DOCKED AT: BLAIN’S BAY MARINA ($1.50/FT WITH BOAT US, W/P) …
