Tuesday. May 31, 2011

We had rain last night for the first time since we arrived here at Lake Park. But, this morning the sun came out and the breeze was lovely. Another beautiful day in Paradise. John got the oil changed in the generator this morning and then I went to Nor…

May 31 – Gorge Harbor

The relentless grind north proceeds. We departed shortly after 5 AM to start our 80 mile day north up the Strait of Georgia.  This body of water is the northern section of the newly designated Salish Sea (the southern portion includes Puget Sound)…

Harborview Marina, Baltimore, Maryland

The 1814 powder chamberThe first mate on one water taxi was a real clownAnother hot humid day. We are breaking records for heat in Baltimore. Apparently the temperature is about 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. Caught the water taxi this …

May 31, 2011 Solomons, MD

When last we updated, we were in Oxford, MD and were leaving the next day(May 27) for Cambridge, MD.  This we did on a perfectly gorgeous day. The distance was only 10 miles, and it was very pretty. We were able to tie to a T-head and th…

Hand Model

Bridget was a pretty good sport about being a hand model for the completed test knitting. I’ll take this set home to Kingston and get the new babies at home to really model them. It is super windy here today, coming from the North. We went out for l…

Complete Set

The test knitting complete (View Post…)

Solomons – this journey’s end

It was 96° yesterday and nary a breeze – since when is it August in Maryland? For the first time ever, we ran the generator (and air conditioning) all night, otherwise, it would have been stifling. On our cruise today, we crossed the mouth of the Poto…

Whale of a Day

I mentioned in my last post that I was way behind. I am still completing posts for the Yasawas and we are way the heck gone from there near Taveuni. The other day was just so special that I decided … Continue reading →

On The Road Again

     It seems like an eternity since our last blog entry.  Since that entry, we have been very busy with more boat work.  Like we don’t get enough of that!  One of the major projects was the installation of a watermak…

Palmetto Moon 2011-05-31 10:30:00

On Monday, May 2, we left Marina Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, SC and headed north arriving at Sailcraft Service in Oriental on Wednesday, May 4. Yes, we traveled 180 miles in three long days and the captain was thrilled to be back at the helm! Jim wan…