As the weather is getting colder, boating activities turn from enjoyment to work! Bob is working on winterizing the water systems and generator. Lynda is putting all the boat linens in space bags and will take home all items that might free…
Day 41
Day 41 Wolf Island, Tennessee, MM 192 Tennessee River Tuesday, October 5, 2010Another Tennessee cliff dwellerHigh water homeOne of many unique boat la…
Waverly Mansion and The Bevill visitor center
We don’t have any pictures inside this mansion, but we did tour it. There were 4 floors which included the windowed cupola. The tour was guided and the guide was very knowledgeable. This mansion was within 8 miles of the civil war battles.The guide e…
Great Loop Date: 09.29 & 30.2010 (Wednesday & Thursday): Just a Little Diversion…
Days #48 & 49: 1338.6 total miles (109.7 & 87.3 miles)Locks: 10 total (today: 0)Port #22 – Little Diversion Channel; Cape Girardeau, MOPort #23 – Ohio River Dam #52; Metropolis, ILWhen the crew arose, the Mississippi was shrouded in fo…
I think I’m slowing down
in my old age! *sigh* Things just don’t seem to be going as easy as they should. Been pretty tired lately. Dunno why. Had my buddy Andrew helping today. We got the barn doors hung and the plastic on the back of the shed up. We tried to hang a large pie…
The Great Little Boat Adventure: Completion of The Great Loop
Honey We Shrunk the Boat! After spending the last four years aboard our 48 ft. Krogen trawler, we have traveled over 12,000 miles exploring the waters of the Great Loop. To complete the loop we still have over 1200 miles of middle America rivers to travel before crossing our wake in Chattanooga, TN, our home […]
Around Lunenburg
A few pictures from the Lunenburg area.Pam & Marilyn with a section of the Berlin wall. How many people looked at that wall and wondered what life was like on the other side?Unemployed lobster traps.Fish shacks.Road along the coast.Red house used i…
Tom Sawyering down the Mississippi!
This sums up how we felt cruising down the Mighty Mississippi at “lightning” speed (12-13 mph instead of our usual 7-8 mph). Except for the barge tugs we passed all the time, we had the river to ourselves and it was calm and pretty and relaxing. Made u…
October 8, 2010 – Costa Baja, Mexico
THE SECOND YEAR STARTS! The summer flew, as did we, first to Anchorage where we had just time enough to be amazed at how much all five grandchildren had grown, and then to the East Coast for a couple of weeks with a stop in La Conner on the way. Pau…
Beer on the Beach
Our jaunt to the beach for Happy Hour was a sweet change of pace. Once we figured out how to tie the whaler off so it didn't bash up onto the beach and become high and dry as it was a receding tide, all was calm and peaceful. To our pleasant surpri…
