In our last couple of weeks in Amsterdam, we visited The Hague, completed a few boat projects, finalized our preparations for our summer cruise to the Baltic and hosted a few visitors. We’d initially planned to depart Amsterdam for the Baltic Sea on March 1st, but extended our stay until the 15th to give us…
And Now For Something Completely Different
Our normal process for the Spring is to leave Arizona when it starts getting hot (>80° by my wimpy PNW standards), return to the boat, take care of chores and start north. We are doing something different this year by squeezing in some foreign travel during April between our return to the boat and summer cruise.
Rather than distract from the cruising nature of the MVAlpenglow blog-site, I’ll be doing posts about our April trip on OldTripsRemembered blog-site. We return on May 2 then putting our efforts towards readying ourselves and the boat towards a May 15 departure.
Crewing to Annapolis: The Journey Begins
How about another voyage north?
Wayne, the new owner of the 63, which, by the way, still bears the name Guided Discovery, invited me to join him and his crew on a voyage to Annapolis Maryland. What a deal. I get to do the my favorite activity, long…
Joining the Crew to Annapolis
How about another voyage north? Wayne, the new owner of the 63, which, by the way, still bears the name Guided Discovery, invited me to join him and his crew on a voyage to Annapolis Maryland. What a deal. I get to do the my favorite activity, long dis…
The Clampetts…
We like that Red Head is not a spit and polish kind of boat. She works well for the crew. What we didn’t anticipate was that one day she would have a Beverly Hillbillies kind of look. It’s not just the dog paraphernalia everywhere.
Or the beach towels flying from the bow.
Since Dora joined the crew there’s been an ever increasing combination of barriers. Some to keep her on the boat.
Some to keep her off the roof.
Some to keep her away from her dad’s current project.
We sometimes have to resort to an oddly placed fender.
Given Dora’s Houdini ways, her dad constructed a maze of line to keep her from climbing between the rails and off the boat. Yes, she did that one day…
There’s even barriers inside the boat to (try to) keep Dora out of trouble. Red Head may never make the cover of House Beautiful, but she sure is full of love!
2018 Voyage from Hingham to Sarasota
This article is a bit delayed. Read on and you will see why.
The crew for this voyage was Guy Aries, making his fifth trip and a newcomer, Gary Gruska, who I met in Sarasota at Whole Foods while months earlier.
Here too there is a bit of a story. I h…
2018 Voyage Hingham to Sarasota
Article pending
Solo
Since Dylan has been having issues with his skin, the Red Head crew has been modifying their morning routine. Some mornings, Dad has been taking Dee Dee to the beach on her own, while Mom takes Dylan and Dora for a walk.
Dee Dee loves being solo. No sharing toys or sticks or Dad.
She’s not sure how she ended up in the midst of this motley crew when she was born to be an only child.
Swimming!
Today Dora did more actual swimming than all other mornings combined. What got her motivated? The coconut. Dad threw it and the three crew members raced to see who could grab it first.Dora swam so long that Mom was able to dig her phone out of her pock…
