The crew of New Paige returned to Turkey after spending almost 5 weeks in Canada and boy IS IT HOT HERE! We flew into Istanbul and met up with friends Frank, Joni and Kiara from California. We stayed in the Sultanahmet district of old Istanbul at the Ferman Hotel; very centrally located. We were there […]
Thursday —- Illinois River MM 00 Grafton IL
Day: 450 Miles Today: 00 Locks Today: 00 Total Miles: 5077 Total Locks: 141
We actually slept in this morning. Then at about 10:30 a.m. we borrowed a courtesy car and drove about 25 miles over to Jerseyville and visited a Wal-Mart, to replenish some of our supplies. When we returned we had four more looper boats […]
Labor Day Weekend
Boating plans are subject to change…when the weather changes, plans change. The forecast for Labor Day weekend sounded great…in reality it was wet and windy.We had family staying at Magnolia Beach so we planned on taking the boat down, spendi…
Engine install
Installed the engine last Friday…
Engine Room Helper of the Year
September 9, 2110
Engine Room Helper of the Year Award goes to———–
The Jabsco Mini Puppy!!! Yeah!!
The Mini Puppy
I don’t know what I would do without my little Jabsco Mini Puppy pump. That little pump has done more dirty jobs just th…
Lake Champlain & Burlington, Vermont
Lake Champlain is busy with ferry boats going back and forth from Vermont to NY The Marketplace is a great place to shop, eat, and walk, we enjoyed the hot weather they were having during our visit, it was just a short walk from the waterfro…
Wednesday —- Illinois River MM 20 Hardin IL Southbound
Day: 449 Miles Today: 20 Locks Today: 00 Total Miles: 5077 Total Locks: 141
Well, we ate at Mel’s last night and it was great. There were nine of us at dinner and they poured on the food. We all came back to the boat with take home boxes. And they had home made pies. Good eating. […]
Maine Musings
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. We left Maine this morning and made our way to Gloucester, MA. We …
September 2010 – Labor Day Cruise to Moody Gardens
September 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th – Labor Day at Moody Gardens -Galveston, TXThe weekend was great until the day we were heading home. The weather was not good.Heading out of Moody, rainbow in the sky. All was good UNTIL…We had a serious grounding,…
Mackinaw City/Mackinac Island
Mackinaw City September 2-5We arrived at Straits State Harbor September 2. Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island are both tourist towns, much of which are closed for six months out of the year. If you like fudge, this is the place to be! You can’t walk mo…
