Day 95 – Savannah SuburbBahia Blue MarinaAfter watching the amazing sunrise and dolphins catching their breakfast we pulled up the anchor headed towards Savannah. Most of our travel today was through low marshland, few homes or boats. The last hour or …
Are We There Yet?
Here I am with my dad boating on Lake Chemung. When I was a child, our family would drive to Lake Chemung (Howell, Michigan) to spend summer weekends, a family event I always enjoyed. Like many things children look forward to, like getting to the lake, it never seemed to happen soon enough. If I…
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June 5 – 7, 2011
Ellis IslandUnited NationsShopping at Century 21 – Like T J Maxx or WinnersStill Working on the Freedom Tower – This is Where the Twin Towers were LocatedInside the World Trade PlazaThe Lego Store – I Have a Hard Time Building a HouseHershey’s StoreThe…
Sanford, FL – 6/9/11
After breakfast this morning I tackled the job of replacing a bolt in the salon A/C raw water strainer. When cleaning out the mud a couple days ago, one of the bolts that hold the cap on the strainer decided to break. This 15 minute job took nearly 2 h…
Lovu Feast at Viani Bay
The school at Viani BayMany of the Fijian islands support small primary schools for the local village kids. The Fijian government promotes and funds education, yet the schools are primitive (by American standards) and resources are limited. We have h…
Solomons Island Charm – Days 250 to 251 – Deltaville, VA to Solmons, MD
After a leisurely Wednesday morning, we departed Deltaville and headed north to Solomons Island, Maryland. Again, we experienced unseasonable 90+ temperatures but, as usual, it was 10 degrees cooler on the water. We covered m…
Croton on Hudson (Half Moon Bay)
Here are some pictures from Half Moon Bay…..AGLCA sponsors they offer a .50/ft discount to members, the owners are trying very hard to build up looper business and are very boater friendly. It is a great stop if you want to visit West Poin…
Sitka Interlude
We have spent the last six days relaxing and completing maintenance on Spirit after the first 1200 miles. It was time for an oil change on the generator, cleaning of the watermaker prefilters, cleaning the fresh water system filters, cleaning sea stra…
Thursday, June 9, 2011
This morning began bright and early with breakfast at 7:30 at Dunkin Donuts with Norm and Sue, and Bob and Nancy, and John, of course. We sat there for two hours chatting before we decided we’d better move along. Bob and Nancy left the harbor and heade…
Beyond NYC
6/5/11 Sunday Before we departed the New York area we had a visit from my cousin Mitch, his wife Sherry and their family. They drove over from their home in New Jersey to have lunch and compare notes about our Fat…
