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…
October at it’s best!!!!
We sure are not the only ones on the Mosel!!!Only these guys are on land. Some even dare the “late summer” waters. Never saw someone take a swim carrying his briefcase.Nice enough to take out the BBQ(First time in Germany)
Grape harvest up close.
In Kues, just across from the marina we stayed they were harvesting grapes. Hey….. can we help????Sure…. strap on the ” back pack” and come on up!!!OK…. Fill her up!!!!!And dump it in the cart at the bottom of the hill….OK… take it to the win…
Cross Island
One evening Donnie got a call from Wayne, a good friend who had stopped by earlier to chat. Wayne wanted to know if we would like to go with him to his cottage on Cross Island the next day. Is the Pope Catholic? Of course we said yes! Morning dawned wi…
Contrasting colors
Climbing ivy seems to turn the most brilliant red, whereas grapevines only turn a little yellow.This picture shows the contrast between the two.
