Hanging at the Demopolis Yacht BasinOn Monday, May 16th, Todd had “Life’s2Short” hauled out of the water after lunch to try to determine why water was leaking into the bilge. We hit a waterlogged tree a few hours south of Demopolis Friday m…
May 25 – 26, 2011
Rhododendron in BloomI Like Lobster but in Ice Cream – Did Not Try ItOur for a Lobster DinnerMen’s Fishing Trip – They Come in a Bus full of Their Coolers-Bags of Striped BassHadley Harbour to Falmouth, Massachusetts – Woke up to a beautiful sunny warm…
May 23 – 24, 2011
Nice Summer HomeBoat House with Family Summer Home in the BackgroundPrivate Ferry Bringing Workers Over to the IslandsPlymouth, Massachusetts to Hadley Harbour – It was still raining with fog and winds but decided we had to head south for better weathe…
Slow and steady will
win this race. Not being actually as smart as I thought I was I tried to glue and tape both sides of some panel seams at once. The result was a massive failure.Voids in the splices are unacceptable. They’ll eventually lead to a failure of the panel or …
Sara and Paul Visit in Fiji
Paul and Sara Yungner with Ann and EricGood friends from home, Sara and Paul Yungner, got a taste of Fiji when they came to stay with us in May and we attempted to expose them to the various subcultures that is Fiji.Fiji is comprised of 322 islands, of…
A day for remembering – Day 239 – Beaufort, NC
Saturday, we awoke to a forecast with a 20% chance of showers, which seemed closer to 90% when we left for our morning walk with Kodi.Dark clouds to the east of Guided DiscoveryUndaunted, we proceeded to walk through town (our theory being we could cam…
Celebrating birthdays – Days 237 & 238 – Southport to Beaufort, NC
Diana’s birthday was last Wednesday (the 18th), mine was Thursday (the 26th). So, on Thursday we began a joint birthday and Memorial Day celebration. Our goal was Beaufort, NC, which we heard was a special place.The first leg was an easy 26…
Washington DC – only a short drive from Annapolis!
Budget Rent a car finally found us and delivered a red Nissan Rogue. Cute little car that served us well for the 40 mile drive from Annapolis to Washington, DC. Wayne and Ruth are Canadians, but are well versed and interested in American History. Si…
Delaware City DE to Cape May NJ for Memorial Day weekend
We arrived in Delaware City on Wed. unfortunately we were to late to get on the free dock in Chesapeake City so we continued on to Delaware. When we reached the end of the C&D canal it was so calm on the Bay we considered cont…
Oriental, NC for a Week
5/22 – 5/28 – We decided to stay in Oriental for a week at the Whittaker Point Marina. We stayed here last year as we were finishing up the Great Loop and really enjoyed it. They have a great rate, especially for MTOA members, a beautiful clubhouse…
