Tumbleweed Adventures 2010-09-20 08:56:00

Several boaters have reported less than favorable weather while on Lake Michigan this summer. In fact, rumor has it that this was the worst conditions there in a long time. Floyd and I are ever so glad we made the call to NOT go there. We’d have been r…




Storing the boat and heading home is always a bittersweet

Storing the boat and heading home is always a bittersweet occasion. We are glad to be returning to family and friends in Kansas….it has been a long time. But we are also more than a little sad to be leaving our boating friends. We have sooooo enjoyed…

Tumbleweed Adventures 2010-09-20 08:41:00

Storing the boat and heading home is always a bittersweet occasion. We are glad to be returning to family and friends in Kansas….it has been a long time. But we are also more than a little sad to be leaving our boating friends. We have sooooo enjoyed…

Art Thys Thyinge Workinge?

It’s been a busy couple of months, but particularly August, I don’t know where it went.Oh. Yes I do, but I haven’t documented it, so did it really happen? I’m beginning to wonder if this is the question we should all be asking ourselves in this…




As we continued to enjoy the shade and cool temps on the aft

As we continued to enjoy the shade and cool temps on the aft deck, we saw this cruise ship poking down the river…we noticed a crew member at the top and it sure slowed down to go under the rail road bridge. As you can see, clearance was pretty close….

Tumbleweed Adventures 2010-09-20 08:26:00

As we continued to enjoy the shade and cool temps on the aft deck, we saw this cruise ship poking down the river…we noticed a crew member at the top and it sure slowed down to go under the rail road bridge. As you can see, clearance was pretty close….

Apia, Samoa

We arrived O.K. to the Apia Harbor in Western Samoa at 9:00 am. They didn't have room for us in the marina, so we anchored in the bay. No big deal as we had 4.5 days of soot and smoke to scrape off of the boat (the engines are smoking big – Detroit…

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH

After many days at Croton on Hudson we traveled further up the Hudson. I had no idea what a beautiful, scenic area this is. It was fairly early in the day so this tug and barge was the first traffic we met. Up ahead in this photo is West Point Academy….

Another Murray visit in Rhode Island

Click here to see our progress map.  Our current location is at the top of the list.  The pink stick pin indicates that we have turned around and are now heading south. Sorry that it has been a while since we’ve blogged…busy I guess!&#16…

River Scenes #2

Dredge Goetz above Lansing, Ia.Maiden Rock, Wisconsin side of Lake PepinBirds along the shore waiting to head south. “Who’s got the map?”Coming into Red Wing, Mn. from the south.