Day #45: 1052.9 total miles (67.3 miles 11.75 hours 9.0 mph)Locks: 8 total (today: 1)Port #19 – Hardin, ILThe crew was up and biting at the bit to take OB out of the dock at the very crack of dawn. We had a long day ahead of us. There was only …
Metz.
We are almost there!!! But that bridge in the distance looks awfully low!!!! And as we get closer our suspicion becomes reality, We DON’t fit under. At least not until we drop the radar arch. We decided that it was not a bad place to anchor, and …
Thionville France
Our first stop in France”Thionville”We had a hard time finding a place to dock (not enough water)Finally we asked this ” Bike and Barge” boat if we could go along side and tie up to them. This was OK with the captain of Merlijn , a Dutch Bike and…
Sept. 29-30 – Trip to Palacios
Fall weather has arrived and it is wonderful. Since the weather was so great…blue sky, lower temperatures and no wind, we decided to take a trip up the coast to Palacios. We left the marina at 9:15 and arrived in Palacios around 1:00. It was a perfec…
Chicago to Peoria Heights
Chicago to Peoria HeightsSeptember 24 through October 2Following a weekend trip to Cleveland, we came back to Chicago with Darcy, Randy, Sophie, Max and Sadie. They spent the night with us, and the next morning, we went through the Chicago Harbor Lock,…
Chicago to Peoria Heights
Chicago to Peoria HeightsSeptember 24 through October 2Following a weekend trip to Cleveland, we came back to Chicago with Darcy, Randy, Sophie, Max and Sadie. They spent the night with us, and the next morning, we went through the Chicago Harbor Lock,…
Big News
Well I have officially lost my life of leisure and joined the ranks of the working stiffs – I have accepted a position as Vice President and General Counsel for a company named Sanswire, which is relocating their corporate offices to Orlando in the nex…
The Boating Dividend
Both of my parents were raised on farms during the Depression, so self-reliance and frugality were things I was raised with. I remember many weekends watching my dad tear apart the dishwasher or seeing his head under the hood of a car with wrenches and…
What the heck was that Noise?
So far I have to tell you that the Tennessee River is pretty nice. We left Green Turtle Bay a few days ago and pushed on down Kentucky Lake. So far the scenery has been out of this world. Having spent a little over a week in a ma…
