Tennessee, Little Tennessee & Tellico Rivers

We finally made our trip up the Tennessee river to Knoxville and took in the Little Tennessee and Tellico rivers as well. My nephew Andrew and his girlfriend Holly came to Chattanooga to travel with us to Sale Creek in Chickamauga Lake.Downtown Chattan…

Travels of The Rose 2008-10-10 06:23:00

Friday, October 10, 2008 Less than a month from departure and despite 7 days of unplanned layovers, we are resting in our slip at Telemar Bay Marina, about 15” from our home in Melbourne Beach, Florida.I think that we made a couple of decisions along…

Cruising The ICW With DIAMOND GIRL 2008-10-09 12:26:00

October 19, 2008Well 5 months have passed along with the summer, and we haven’t been very faithful about keeping up with our blog. What’s new about that….we’re having such a good time we don’t always have enough time to sit down and write.We …

Cruising The ICW With DIAMOND GIRL 2008-10-09 11:26:00

October 19, 2008Well 5 months have passed along with the summer, and we haven’t been very faithful about keeping up with our blog. What’s new about that….we’re having such a good time we don’t always have enough time to sit down and write.We …

Travels of The Rose 2008-10-03 13:33:00

October 3, 2008We are continuing south and making progress with our trip to Marathon, FL. Since leaving Portsmouth, VA, we have had good weather and travelling conditions. Over the past couple of years, we made the choice to travel the Dismal Swamp rou…

Brokeback Mountain in Eyemouth

Rather startling progress to report – the bridge and the deckhouse are now one and are sitting on the hard next to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s dredger.The steam dredger is on the left, and the deck structure for Heroine is on the right, in aluminium. Thi…

Brokeback Mountain in Eyemouth

Rather startling progress to report – the bridge and the deckhouse are now one and are sitting on the hard next to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s dredger.The steam dredger is on the left, and the deck structure for Heroine is on the right, in aluminium. Thi…

August 2008 – Hurricane IKE

Hurricane IKE left its mark in our marina. Fortunately, we fared much better than most marinas in the area as we did not lose a single boat! We had two sailboats that experienced rigging failure and lost their sticks, and a number of boats had “dock ra…

Charleston, S.C. To Portsmouth, VA.

NEW!  Friday, May 30, 2008                                     Charleston, S.C. – Georgetown, S.C.
 
Touring Charleston needed more time, so we’ve decided to return to this charming city in the fall, but today we…

J & Kendra Tingle with Ben & Charissa Hubbard

Our nephew J Tingle, his wife Kendra and friends Ben and Charissa Hubbard drove down for a quick visit from Chattanooga on Friday, August 15th. They left straight from work and we headed upstream to Jones Creek and anchored for the night. Saturday morn…