We pushed off from Hastings on Sunday morning, July 16. 0830 hrs, an early start for this cruise itinerary! Our destination, Peterborough Marina. Slow going, lots of current on the nose, but we made 33 miles, arriving at the marina at 1500 hrs. The marina is situated on the main branch of the river that […]
[KensBlog] 2017-02 Dent Island to Port McNeil
Greetings all! Roberta and I have started our 2017 cruising season! After a week of spoiling ourselves at Dent Island Lodge (sleeping on the boat but enjoying the resort’s great service and amenities) we started plotting our route to reach the Brou…
[KensBlog] 2017-02 Dent Island to Port McNeil
Greetings all! Roberta and I have started our 2017 cruising season! After a week of spoiling ourselves at Dent Island Lodge (sleeping on the boat but enjoying the resort’s great service and amenities) we started plotting our route to reach the Broughton Islands, near the tip of Vancouver Island, approximately 300 miles south of Ketchikan Alaska. Plotting Our Course I mentioned in my last blog entry that Dent Island is surrounded by rapids. Water flow through these islands happens as th…
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Ithaca Farmers Market
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
“The trouble with life isn’t that there is no answer, it’s that there are so many answers.” —Ruth Benedict
Ithaca has a wonderful farmers market…it occurs three times a week during the summer. The Ithaca Farmer’s Market is a cooperative with 160 vendors who live within 30 miles of Ithaca and grow or make their own products, offering a true taste of the region’s rich beauty and heritage through homegrown goods, produce, handmade crafts and gifts. The market opened in 1973 and the pavilion is situated in a garden-like setting, surrounded by trees and flowering plants.
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Mizen Head
The Mizen Head Signal Station was built in 1909 to sound a fog signal warning ships away from the dangerous headland at the southwest tip of Ireland. The signal station sits on the tip of the peninsula (far left on the photo above), cutoff from the mainland by a deep chasm, with a bridge spanning…
Hastings – Lock 18
From Cambellford we traveled to lock 18, and decided to stay for an additional day to stay put for the weekend traffic, as well as take in the flotilla of classic boats that was scheduled for the weekend. We enjoyed some pleasant weather for a change, with some actual sunshine! Hastings is a small town, […]
Knock, knock…
Somebody’s home. We have occasion to visit with folks we meet along the way, sometimes we have a knock on the boat as folks pass by just to say hello. We’ve been getting a lot of “what kind of boat is this?…” comments up here in the hinterlands because well, a heavy blue water capable […]
Frankford to Campbellford
Flight lock 11 & 12 Ranney Falls Campbellford municipal canal wall Our second day began with a 10 AM start from Frankford. The route follows the river, so it’s fairly wide, and depth is good. There are areas with some current and the entire run is going upriver, so we’re bucking […]
The Gulf Islands
Finally, It is time for us to push away from the docks and start cruising the beautiful Pacific North West waters. Before leaving, we have some last minute adjustments to the diesel heaters. We owe lots of thanks to Ian and Nick from Philbrooks for making a Sunday AM call to the boat for troubleshooting. […]
The Randy Boatshu: The Story Continues
This is a story that is actually hard to write. Why you ask? Well, it’s long and complicated and to fully appreciate it you have to have read several articles that were written at different times. Below are the articles for those of you who want …
