We had already started noticing the water level increase while in Clarksville and noticed more debris coming down the river as we left.Sally and Clarence Wall joined us in Clarksville and rode with us for two days to Nashville. We had a great tim…
September 2009 MD – VA – NC
Drum Point Light, Solomons, MD
September was an exciting month of adventure. Our historical horizons have been broadened by enjoyable visits to many museums in VA and MD. Probably the biggest highlight…or at least “equal to” the re-learning of our…
Yokohama Bayside Marina
Yokohama was really a terrific place and we had mixed emotions about leaving there. Our last few days there were spent dithering about securing lines and fenders preparing for the impending Typhoon that was supposed to hit. The Marina had come and po…
Iceland
Public toilets are free and when you leave the door closes and the whole room gets washed pictures from the window of the plane of Greenland and Canada on our way home to Boston
Across Lake Michigan to the Windy City
A few more nights of cute towns, nice marinas and idyllic days on the east coast of Lake Michigan, and we were ready for the big city. Our good weather luck ran out as beautiful sunny days with gentle breezes gave way to fog and drizzle. We revved up …
Cumberland River to Nashville and back (Sep 20 – 30)
Green Turtle Bay Marina, near Paducah, KY, is part of a resort on the north end of Lake Barkley – a large man-made lake. As I mentioned when we arrived, we were greeted by lots of loopers. It is a traditional stop-over for a little R & R after the…
Dingy Replacement
What started out looking like a relatively easy task of replacing our Achilles soft bottom, boat in a bag with a Carib 9.6 C9 with a Honda 9.9HP 4 stroke turned ito somewhat of a mess.
Problem # 1, the Carib is a bit longer and much heavier than the Achilles so the length of line […]
Cumberland River 9/14 – 9/20
We left Kuttawa and headed for Lake Barkley State Park where we tied up to their day use dock in front of the lodge. This is normally used only for day use for boaters wishing to eat in the lodge dining room. We did eat there and we were ab…
Captain’s Ramblings
I would like to add to Didi’s comments about Leland. It was a small town suffering from temporary but severe over population (Labor Day) which made it difficult to walk even in the streets. On the bright side, it brought the most beautiful and spectacu…
Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan
We have had a lovely leisurely trip down the eastern coast of Lake Michigan. The weather has been superb, the lake calm and we can not say enough for the marinas along the way. They all seem to be run by the towns we have visited, and they are new, at…
