One of the best parts of starting down the Intracoastal Waterway is that we’re in close proximity to a lot of boats. We’re now tied up between the lock and bridge at Great Bridge, Virgina watching all the snow birds making their way south. The picture …
JUST SOME TIDBITS….
Yesterday was hot, hot, hot. I think the high was only 87, but there was a lot more humidity than the couple days before. I think that, whenever it plans on raining, it gets real humid around here. The heat and humidity yesterday prov…
Really Useful Boxes
We've been ordering a seemingly endless number of supplies and spare parts for the
boat, ranging from fuel filters to zincs to alternators to pumps, and even a spare
inverter. Stowing …
We saw an alligator!
What, you expected a picture of it? Well, sorry, it slipped into the water before I could get my camera. But we really did see a 5-6 foot alligator on the bank of the Tombigbee River here in Alabama, about 80 miles north of where we are now on the Gulf…
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Part II – SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2010
FRIENDS IN JAPAN – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
You have to stay in one place long enough to become friends.
We returned to Starr on 1 September, and have had guests from Hawaii (Kat & James Petron) in Sep…
Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2010-10-31 15:32:00
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!Beautiful weather for Halloween this year. Cooper was Pizza Man – ohhhh that’s scary!He and his arch nemesis…. Taco Girl (aka Georgia) where quite a pair – come on – where’s the scary stuff?Ok Loga…
Cambridge, MD – Oxford, MD – Reedville, VA – Portsmouth, VA – Morehead City, NC – Isle of Palms, SC
What a fantastic month this has been as we welcome the fall season, however the weather in Cambridge, MD during our stay for the Grand Banks Rendezvous was anything but beautiful! Wind! Rain! Cold! — like you wouldn’t believe. We extended our stay …
TennTom , Here We Come!
Tenn-Tom Divide CutOctober 28, 2010The Yellow Creek, off of the Tennessee River begins the TennTom Waterway- a popular shortcut that links the Tennessee River with the Gulf of Mexico. Surprisingly, this waterway was only just completed in 1985 to…
Elizabeth City
Depart NC Welcome centre at 0730 hrs, and steam up the swamp to the bridge, had to wait 1/2 hr.Five other boats there as well.Made our way to Elizabeth City, yet another Bascule bridge, we had to wait 10-15 minutes.Made our way to the Hbr and found a s…
Norfolk& The Great Dismal Swamp
30-Oct-2010 18:53:540800 30 Oct 2010, depart Horn’s Hbr under sunny skys, winds outof the NW at 10-15, seas behinds us, 2-3 ft. Made graet time to Norfolk, and into the “The Great Dismal Swamp”. The first things is the Deep Creeek Canal Lock and Bridge…
