There is only one picture but a story to tell. We left Mackinaw City on Sunday, 7/17 to continue through the Straits of Mackinac to Lake Huron and Government Island in the Cheneaux (aka the Snows) Islands. It was an easy 21 mile course on this hot, hum…
Les Cheneaux Islands, Lake Huron 7-17-11
There is only one picture but a story to tell. We left Mackinaw City on Sunday, 7/17 to continue through the Straits of Mackinac to Lake Huron and Government Island in the Cheneaux (aka the Snows) Islands. It was an easy 21 mile course on this hot, hum…
#51 North To Alaska
“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”. I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head. I was 7 or 8 when it came out. Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Alaska is turning into reality. Each degree of latitude posts silently on the panel and I start making my own version of the song. “North, dum de dum, to Alaska, I said North, dum de dum, no time to waste…”. OK, in MY mind it rhymes! So we’re moving almost every da…
#51 North To Alaska
“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”. I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head. I was 7 or 8 when it came out. Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…
#51 North To Alaska
“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”. I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head. I was 7 or 8 when it came out. Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…
All that drama and
worry for nuttin’! Pulled the clamps and ratchet straps off the transom tonight and walla! It only sprung back about 3/4″ on each side.I guess that’s good ’nuff for the girls I go with! ;-)Lori, Robert (my good neighbor) and I move the roof panels in a…
Monday, July 18, 2011
T Minus 4 and counting……Today I finally got my hair cut. It seems like it’s been forever since the last time. If only I could convince John to cut it. It’s hotter at home than it is here, so it was time. Doesn’t that seem funny, that it’s hotter at…
July 17 – Belheaven, SC
Day 121 – Open Water and Cool BreezesScranton Creek – AnchorageAnother beautiful day. Our plan was to go to Oriental…which was just a short trip up Adam Creek and across the Neuse River, but we hated to waste such a nice day, so we pushed on. The ICW…
#51 North To Alaska
“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”. I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head. I was 7 or 8 when it came out. Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…
Painting and Other Stuff…
Most our work on the boat the last few days centered on painting the beadboard planking that will be the overhead finish throughout the boat. Seemed pretty simple in theory… about a hundred and forty 12 foot boards to be primed and finished then cut …
