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…
Engine Room Helper of the Year
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…
Tuesday —- Illinois River MM 88 Beardstown Southbound
Day: 448 Miles Today: 68 Locks Today: 01 Total Miles: 5057 Total Locks: 141
Up at 5:00 a.m. and waiting for first light. This was planned to be about a 65 mile day with one lock. Anytime you have a lock, you are unsure of your travel time.
As I was signing on to my computer waiting for […]
September 1, 2010
Channel at Woods Hole – You Have to Time this one Right because of the Tide and CurrentHouses on the Water at Woods HoleA Centre of Oceanic Research – They Have the Robots Here that Found the TitanicFerry on its Way to Martha’s VineyardLight House Near…
What do you do all day??????
Life on a BoatMany times we are asked what are you doing all day when you are on the boat, so we thought we would explain. There are travel days and then there are non-travel days.On the travel days typically we start early to catch as much daylight as…
Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake
So we have been anchoring in many of the coves at Kentucky Lake which is part of the Tennessee River. This area was developed during President Kennedy’s administration. The lake is formed and regulated by Kentucky Dam which has a drop of 57 feet. The…
