Monday, June 6, 2011

Hello, everyone! Today was another good day. It was pretty hot and muggy, but that’s okay. We are in Florida after all. Norm and Sue’s curtains are FINALLY finished. I can’t believe I took so long. They have to be two of the most patient people in the …

May 25 – June 6

Our continued journey down the Dismal Swamp Canal was beautiful. When in the lead, water ahead was smooth as glass, making it hard to differentiate where the land ended from where the water began. It was mesmerizing when looking ahead, especially when …

MONDAY JUNE 6TH

A  wonderful early summer morning. Pleasant temp, bright blue sky and faint breeze. Our plan for today is to start our trip up the Trent-Severn Canal. This canal runs 240 miles west from Trenton to Port Severn on the Georgian Bay. The locks only o…

Being flexible…pays off! Change of plans!

Originally we had planned to be in Singapore in early June, but we decided to remain in Borneo and travel to Singapore next fall. Here’s why.
All the guide books and travel brochures that are readily available here in Sabah, Borneo extol the virtues…

Being flexible…pays off! Change of plans!

Originally we had planned to be in Singapore in early June, but we decided to remain in Borneo and travel to Singapore next fall. Here’s why.
All the guide books and travel brochures that are readily available here in Sabah, Borneo extol the virtues…

BUSTED

Busted literally. As we backed off our mooring ball this morning, our transmission failed to go in reverse. It did a kind of groan and promptly stopped. BOAT after all is an acronym for Bring on another Thousand…..or more. We got ourselves back o…

Lake Michigan: June 2011

Grand Haven to Pentwater: Today is our first day out on the water for 2011. We are always a little anxious for the initial shakedown cruise of the boat. Even though we have checked and double checked everything, you always wonder if the long winter storage will cause something to malfunction. Before heading into Lake […]

I guess you could say

I’ve reached ‘nuther milestone. All the long panels are glued and taped. That was a lot of grunt work lemme tell ya! Working in a tight space like that isn’t all that pleasurable. It’s going to get a lot tighter too!Keel bottom taped & glued.Once the l…

SUNDAY JUNE 5TH

Happy birthday to me!!!!The day started out cloudy and cool but the sun came out and it was a glorious day.  We rode out bikes about a mile to a little store where we could purchase fishing licenses. We have high hopes of having a few fresh walley…

Sunday Racing

Sunday on Narragansett Bay has the promise of big doings. The schedule is full but it’s still early in the season so we wake up to almost white out fog conditions. Committee boats are out to set up races before the fog starts to lift but lift it does. Always busy on Sunday but no […]