Friends and Family

Friends and Family Tuesday 15 SeptemberNice slow day down the canal. Cool and clear (mostly). Arrived in Pittsford early and tied up next to a large collection of Duck poop. There were several hundred ducks on the lock wall when we arrived. Found out t…

Lakes End

Lake’s EndIf you saw the last pictures I never mentioned the Green Goo. Going to Erie we came to this green goo. It looked as if it were green food dye in the water. As you could see from one of the pictures it stretched for about two miles. It was som…

Wind and Waves

Thursday, August 20Looked calm this morning. Weather Guessers thought the waves would not build until afternoon and the wind would be 10-15 out of the south. As with most weather predictions on the lakes this one was wrong also.When we go out on to the…

You Have got to Believe

The charts and engineers that is. When the bridge heights are only inches above your boat height it looks really scary. The first really low bridge we slowed way down to double check the clearance. I stood at the doorway and reached up and smacked the …

Schenectady to Chicago

Thursday, May 6 — Day 13: Schenectady, New York, USA to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Historic Schenectady The Eerie Canal Niagara Falls, the most powerful waterfalls in North America, located in Niagara Falls, New York. The Cave of the Winds attraction at Niagara Falls. Don’t let the name fool you. There is no cave – the […]

Adventure

Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 06:51:00

May 28, 2010Dracula made plans to take us on a taxi sightseeing tour of Panama. Our first stop was the Colon Free trade zone (C.F.Z.) The C.F.Z. is a gigantic entity at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal. It is dedicated to re-export an enormous …

Adventure

Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 05:20:00

We arrived at the Atlantic side breakwater entrance took a hard right and made way for Sunset Bay Marina. The marina is very nice. Service on the other hand is extremely slow, almost nonexistent.

Adventure

Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 05:06:00

Approaching the canal can be a little intimidating when one looks at the number and size of the ships awaiting passage.

Lake Michigan: Spring 2010

Traverse City to Mackinac Island: With the sun shining and the seas calm, we make our way out Traverse Bay. We are spending the next week cruising with Courtney and Stormy, our niece and nephew. Our first stop is Beaver Island. After a calm five hour cruise, we arrive into St. James Harbor and quickly […]

GSSR 2010 No. 9 – Where do we park?

Greetings all!

Our group is still in Nagasaki. We have made plans to depart a couple of times, but have had troubles figuring out where to go, plus have had…