Murray Canal, Ontario Hitchhiker on foredeck Our “triangle loop” trip last year took us from Oswego across the eastern part of Lake Ontario to Kingston, an easy run of around 42 miles. The route to enter the Trent-Severn Waterway takes a more westerly direction, and is a bit over 70 miles, […]
Heavy Weather Tactics For Power Boats: Big Waves and Small Details
The post that follows this introduction is a chapter excerpted from the FPB 70 and 78 Owner’s Manual. Everyone who goes to …Read More
July 11 – Celebrating 36 Year
We’re celebrating 36 years together on this voyage we call life. What a great adventure it has been and we look forward to seeing what new adventures the future brings.”The Voyage”I am a sailor, you’re my first mateWe signed on together, we coupled our…
For The Dog Lovers
Those of us who frequent the Bahamas love these dogs…Nordhavn 57-26 Istaboa
Fillmore Glen State Park
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
On our way back from the Lavender Festival on Saturday we stopped by Fillmore Glen State Park. It’s an oasis of cool, dense woods crowding into a long, narrow gorge. The hiking trails offer spectacular views, unique geological formations, a botanically rich glen and five more beautiful waterfalls. The park was named for President Millard Fillmore, who was born in a log cabin about five miles from the park.
Our Two Goldilocks
If you have followed the blog for several years, you probably remember there was an episode in 2014 involving little Miss Dee and dolphins.Let’s just say Dee Dee is the only member of the crew who experienced Swims With Dolphins. The near catastrophic …
Oswego
Canal adjacent to Oswego River Along canal wall-Oswego It’s an easy run from Phoenix to Oswego. Phoenix is lock O-1; we cleared lock O-7 at Oswego and decided to stay put. We arrived on Friday July 7, and planned to stay for a few days waiting out some wind. The hop […]
July 8 – Skaneateles, NY
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today we drove over to Skaneateles Lake, a finger lake east of Ithaca, to check out the Finger Lake Lavender Festival. This area of New York is beauty…rolling hills, green pastures, beautiful tall trees, red barns and amazing views. The festival was at Lockwood Lavender Farm, which overlooks the lake. The farm is open daily in June and July for people to pick lavender bouquets, wander through their beautiful grounds taking pictures and shop for lavender products in the drying barn. But this weekend they also offered an arts and craft show, music and food. It was a great experience, but photo ops would have been better when the crowd was smaller.
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Sherkin to Crookhaven
Leaving Sherkin Island, we checked out the tiny harbour on Cape Clear Island, then did two laps around Fastnet Rock before stopping for the night in beautiful Crookhaven Harbour, home of Ireland’s most southerly pint. En route we saw another castle and two ancient watchtowers, plus plenty of dramatic scenery. Trip highlights from June 16,…
Brewerton for a bit
We continued on the canal with a stop at Sylvan Beach then across Oneida Lake and arrived in Brewerton on June 24th. We took a slip at Ess Kay Yards for a week. I had removed the injectors and the injector pump at Stansbury and had the pump overhauled and the injectors tested. It ran […]
