A Summer Nor'Easter

Countdown – 312 Days to goVacation time has arrived on Sunday, and so had the bad weather!  Our plans were to leave on Sunday and head to Wickford for two nights, then on to Bristol, RI and then to Cuttyhunk, MA for two nights.  Unfortunately, the wi…

A Summer Nor’Easter

Countdown – 312 Days to goVacation time has arrived on Sunday, and so had the bad weather!  Our plans were to leave on Sunday and head to Wickford for two nights, then on to Bristol, RI and then to Cuttyhunk, MA for two nights.  Unfortunately…

Captain’s Log Update August 24, 2010

Captain’s Log – August 22, 2010- Prince Rupert, B.C to Coos Bay, Oregon 
We left Prince Rupert about 6 AM headed for the Grenville Channel, a 50 mile long fjord that is a main route on the inside passage.   It is a spectacular wilder…

Captain’s Log Update August 24, 2010

Captain’s Log – August 22, 2010- Prince Rupert, B.C to Coos Bay, Oregon 
We left Prince Rupert about 6 AM headed for the Grenville Channel, a 50 mile long fjord that is a main route on the inside passage.   It is a spectacular wilder…

Ottawa, Canada

 The flight of eight –  these locks are named that because there are 8 to go through in OttawaThis granite stone has the route we were following from Kingston on the Rideau, to Ottawa and then on to Montreal and back out the St Lawrence Seawa…

Camping in the Potholes Reservoir

Headed over to the Potholes Reservoir in Eastern Washington for the Perseid meteor shower (caused by the comet Swift-Tuttle) last weekend. It’s been a long standing tradition for the kids and I to seek out a non-light polluted location for the show, so…

Lake Superior 2010

Lake Superior is the largest, cleanest, and deepest of the Great Lakes. At 383 miles long and 160 miles wide at its greatest breadth, it has the largest surface area of any fresh water lake on earth. The lake is deep with an average depth of 487 feet and in places almost 1300 feet deep. […]

August 19 – 20, 2010

Oyster Fishermen – Seems to Be a Lot of Physical LabourKayaks Finally in the WaterAnchorage Rule BoardsNorthport, New York to Shelter Island, New York – We anchored in Coecles Harbor. It is a quite anchorage with good protection more of what we are use…

August 18, 2010

Mooring Field – No Alcoholic Beverages or You Won’t Find Your BoatSwan Looking for Food – When I Finished Feeding Him He Hissed at MeRainbow Over the Mooring FieldThe Other Side of the RainbowA Beautiful SunsetPort Washington, New York to Northport, Ne…

Madisonville August 2010

We have been here in Madisonville Louisiana for a few weeks and have been having a good time. Here is some of the things we have done.We only have our bikes here so we have been riding around to the neat little old town of Madisonville. Lots of nice ho…