It was a very hot summer at Goose Pond Marina on the Tennessee River. We spent most of the summer getting SEASEA ready to travel back down river in the fall and working on other boats in the marina. I stripped and refinished the interior te…
Monday, October 18, 2010 – Marina Costa Baja, La Paz
Thursday, October 14, 2010 – Caleta Partida How quickly has the 10 days gone since our arrival. It is very easy to slip into the total vacation mode. We had intended to leave for a short cruise last week. For some reason, given our previous exper…
Cuba Again?
Breaking Away was in Havana (IL) for 3.5 weeks, and now we’re in Cuba again — Cuba Landing Marina, TN. It’s right near Interstate 40, and Bert had to leave today for the Nashville airport to fly home. Bob had to leave us on Friday because he had a bus…
Oct. 16 – Powderhorn Lake
Another beautiful fall day, so we decide to take the boat down to Powderhorn Lake. We anchored off shore and kayaked into Indianola Fishing Center for lunch. As you can see from the picture…we were quite a ways out…almost a mile! We sat on the deck…
Life’s2Short 2010-10-17 10:15:00
The Trek SouthOn Thursday, October 7th, we entered the Deep Creek Lock at 8:30 a.m.Heading into the Dismal Swamp, 22 miles of no-wake speed but a beautiful trip nonetheless. Bill & Ana left their mark on the lock wall when we were there with them e…
Space Shot
So far the Tennessee River has been out of this world. As we make our way to Chattanooga the fall colors have started to appear on the mountain sides. I must say, I was not expecting to see much in the way of leaves turning this f…
Blimp Factory
Yep, Elizabeth City, NC. The largest Coast Guard Air Base and the Blimp Factory!
Onward to Jekyll Island
After a wonderful month at Hilton Head Island, on October 13th in fair weather we departed toward Jekyll Island, GA, with the intention of anchoring out on the 13th and 14th, and then on to Jekyll on the 15th. What a beautiful trip, especially at this …
Tui (like you’re spitting)
In the village of Yalobi on Waya Island, we met 62 year old Tui who became our friend and guide. Insatiably curious, Tui engaged us on the beach with questions about our boat. After strongly hinting how much he’d love to see the inside of a “yacht like…
Cruising Southeast Alaska: Kimshan Bay & Porcupine Cove
From Klag Bay, we toured north along the west shore of
Chichagof Island, overnighting at Kimshan Bay and Porcupine Cove. We could easily
have spent days in the area–the charts show a compl…
