Lakeside Yacht Club, Cleveland, OH: We are still here as we have had a variety of weather. Some days it is blue sky and sun but the wind and waves on Lake Erie are 15 to 20 knots and 5 to 6 feet, respectively. Othe…
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…
Fiji is Marvelous!
Marvelous weather!!!! We arrived from rainy, rainy, cool Calgary to 30 degrees C, with clear skies and no wind. We have been using all of our outdoor spaces – the flybridge, the back cockpit, the boat deck – you name it. Star gazing in perfectly calm e…
Meet Mollie, Our New 2nd Mate 6-20-11
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…
