Well, Havana anyway, but it’s Havana, Illinois. Breaking Away will be sitting at the marina here for three weeks! Why? Because Bonnie Elizabeth Arrigo was born! This is Rick’s first grandchild, and she was due October 5. Rick was planning to fly back t…
Life’s2Short 2010-09-10 09:49:00
The Wye River, Kent Narrows and the Chester RiverWe left San Domingo Creek at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 1st, and were anchored in Pickering Creek, off the Wye East River, six hours later. It was a smoking hot day with limited air movement, so we …
Day of longboarding
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Suwarrow to Samoa
We arrived bright and early to the pass at Suwarrow on Sept 7/10 after 4.5 days on the rolling ocean. Suwarrow is a tiny little atoll in the northern Cook Island group. It is basically a narrow perimeter of sand and coral rock around a 5 x 5 mile lagoo…
Down the Erie Canal to complete the loop ending back in Waterford
Waterford Tugboat Roundout The fireworks view from the pilothouse of our boat &nbs…
Friday —- Grafton to Alton IL
Day: 451 Miles Today: 15 Locks Today: 00 Total Miles: 5092 Total Locks: 141
We had a lazy start today because it was to be a short day. Several of the boats left this a.m. and were headed to Hoppie’s but I wanted to stop and see Alton.
When we backed out of the Grafton Marina and turned […]
Days 3 & 4
Day Three Monday 9/6/10 Dawn broke with a beautiful sunrise over the hung over partiers. Nothing better than a bright sun in your eyes while nursing a hang over! After coffee and with the girls still in bed we pulled…
North Channel Drummond Island and De Tour Village 9-9-10
This is a 2 flag day for us: we come back to the USA and the red, white and blue through customs on Drummond Island; and we really earn our gold burgee for our Great Circle Loop for the 2008-2010 trip. We will not be going back into Lake Superior this …
St. Augustine and Best Friends
Even though we’re back in the work-a-day world and can’t just pick up and go cruising on Gypsies, we’re not letting any grass grow under us – we’re making the best of our free time, seeing the sights and enjoying life!!! I know, big surprise there!!! …
North Channel Town of Thessalon 9-6-10
With the trio of strong clocking winds, cold temps (we don’t have a built-in heater) and rain with t-storms continuing here in the North Channel, we made the reluctant decision to leave the town of Spanish for the town of Thessalon instead of anchori…
