Wayne changed oil today, big job done. We don’t think we will need to do it again before we reach home. The very nice man from the marina here drove Gloria and I to Wal Mart, where we managed to do a lot of shopping in a very short period of time. Seem…
April 26 and 27, 2011, Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday, Alligator Creek Marina, NC to Elizabeth City, NC: Today was decision time for us. We had to decide if we were going to do Route 1-Virginia Cut or Route 2-Dismal Swamp. We have been tossing it back and forth for over a week no…
4/26/2011 NEW BERN TO DOWRY CREEK MARINA JUST NORTH OF BELHAVEN
TUESDAYTOTAL MILES TRAVELED TODAY: 59 NM DOCKED AT: DOWRY CREEK MARINA ICW MILE MARKER: 132SUNRISE: 6:22 SUNSET: 7:49HIGH: 77 LOW: 68TODAY’S BRIDGES: 11. CUNNING…
Canvas photos
thanks Ken n’ Cheryl for the prod. I have more photos on my camera to post, if I can find the camera! These are from my phone.Keith made great “booties” for our windshield wipersin this photo the forward rail is uncovered as Keith was still…
March 23, 24, 25 and 26 We crossed Mobile Bay and stopped at Dog River Marina
Mobile bay was unbelievably rough. One can see from a map that it is a huge bay and the wind was blowing from the south at over 30 knots, gusting over 40. When we turned west into the channel going to Dog River, it rolled the boat unmercile…
March 21 & 23 Docked at Holiday Harbor Marina, Pensacola
We stopped at Holiday Harbor to visit with our friends, Larry and Theresa Valentine, who live on a 42′ boat similar to ours. We hope that they will come up our way this summer to visit us at our marina and home.
March 18 & 19 We anchored at Smack Bayou and then Jones Bayou
Enjoying the sunset at Smack Bayou. Dottie prepared a great tray of appetizers for us to enjoy on the bow. After leaving Jones Bayou, we anchored off Santa Rosa Island.
Production
It was a busy boat this last weekend.We had a four day weekend last weekend, coupled with glorious sunshine.With friends down to help, this was the perfect setup for loads to be achieved.Here you see Steve, in the foreground, and Lee rust busting the p…
Storm Cells
We are in Edenton for a house tour this weekend. So far the hot ticket has been the weather. Edenton’s docks are exposed to the south and, as luck would have it, all the weather is coming in from the south. makes for bumpy ride at the dock but that’s OK. We get interesting clouds. […]
It’s the ICW all the Way
We have never done the ICW from the zero marker in Norfolk VA., to Key West and back. Somewhere, somehow along the way we typically jump out off shore and go past some of the worst spots. It’s just the two of us and we tend to limit our outside run to …
