Snug Harbor in Pentwater couldn’t have been more accommodating…slips were hard to find. We spent a comfortable night in their haul out well…walked the town…they all have ice cream!!! We’ve become quite the experts on temperature, creaminess, and …
Queen Mary 2
Being at Hythe Marine Park provides an ideal opportunity for a bit of ship spotting.Here you see the Queen Mary 2 nosing her way out of Southampton, bound for more northern climes.I have spent a few pleasant evenings on my back deck in the late afterno…
Sitka Roll-up – July 5 through July 16
We arrived in Sitka on Saturday having completed our trip from Wrangell to Sitka. Rather than a day by day journal, I’ll give a description of the highlights with photos. At the end will be a log of the anchorages and distances traveled. For this le…
SUNDAY JULY 17TH 2011
It was a tranquil morning back in The Pool. We all wanted to get an early start so we were busy pulling up anchor by 7 a.m. It took quite a while to accomplish this task as the anchor chains are full, and I mean full, of weeds. And the only to get them…
SATURDAY JULY 16TH 2011
We started off the day with a communal breakfast on the dock. Here’s Bill from GULLWING cooking up the blueberry pancakes. Seems warming the berries brings out their flavor and sweetness. They were perfect for pancakes. We filled out the …
Three days of beautiful cruising
We have been traveling and anchoring out the last three days with the pointy end North. The weather and the scenery have been great. Temperatures have been in the low 80’s during the day with clear skies, and the upper 60’s at night with a full mo…
September Song 2011-07-18 05:11:00
This picture may look like just another scenery picture, but up that creek is where we anchored out in a hurricane hole during Hurricane Hanna in 2008. Don’t want to do that again!Along the shore of the Alligator Pungo Canal. Didn’t see any alligators …
September Song 2011-07-18 05:10:00
As we traveled the Alligator Pungo canal we saw six eagles. It’s hard to get a picture of one of these beautiful creatures.Eagle in flight.Camper on the water. In North Carolina, they mark the ICW with mile markers showing how many miles it is to …
Southport, NC – 7/17/11
Skip & I went to the marina office shortly after 8 a.m. this morning to settle up our account and by 9 a.m. we were on our way to Southport, NC ,a run of 44 miles.Here we sit in our slips at Barefoot Marina. This marina was directly across the AICW…
FRIDAY JULY 15TH 2011
Our day began with a walk to the Gateway restaurant for breakfast with Phyllis and Bill. Notice below the sign that you can also get nautical charts here, along with food. The giant caramel roll was a must have. It was really, really tasty. But s…
