Lake Michigan

Perhaps it should be called Lake Michigos! (sorry as I remember it, that is Yiddish,  for “Crazy” or maybe it should be Mishouganah – whatever)People may complain about the Delaware Bay, but it is only one day. Lake Michigan was 22 days, of wh…

Vacationing with Rick and Lynnie

We’re in Cary NC (near Raleigh) at Rick and Lynnie’s house which, as Norm says, has a whole room just for laundry!  We’re enjoying being in a home with lots of room and being with our friends whom we haven’t seen in person for a year.  We’ve …

Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2010-10-18 10:19:00

Day 53       Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville, Alabama,  MM 277 Tennessee River        Sunday, October 17, 2010          Gold fla…

Hot summer at Goose Pond Marina

It was a very hot summer at Goose Pond Marina on the Tennessee River.  We spent most of the summer getting SEASEA ready to travel back down river in the fall and working on other boats in the marina.  I stripped and refinished the interior te…

Monday, October 18, 2010 – Marina Costa Baja, La Paz

Thursday, October 14, 2010 – Caleta Partida How quickly has the 10 days gone since our arrival. It is very easy to slip into the total vacation mode. We had intended to leave for a short cruise last week. For some reason, given our previous exper…

Breaking Away

Cuba Again?

Breaking Away was in Havana (IL) for 3.5 weeks, and now we’re in Cuba again — Cuba Landing Marina, TN. It’s right near Interstate 40, and Bert had to leave today for the Nashville airport to fly home. Bob had to leave us on Friday because he had a bus…

Oct. 16 – Powderhorn Lake

Another beautiful fall day, so we decide to take the boat down to Powderhorn Lake. We anchored off shore and kayaked into Indianola Fishing Center for lunch. As you can see from the picture…we were quite a ways out…almost a mile! We sat on the deck…

Life’s2Short 2010-10-17 10:15:00

The Trek SouthOn Thursday, October 7th, we entered the Deep Creek Lock at 8:30 a.m.Heading into the Dismal Swamp, 22 miles of no-wake speed but a beautiful trip nonetheless. Bill & Ana left their mark on the lock wall when we were there with them e…

Space Shot

So far the Tennessee River has been out of this world.  As we make our way to Chattanooga the fall colors have started to appear on the mountain sides.  I must say, I was not expecting to see much in the way of leaves turning this f…

Blimp Factory

Yep, Elizabeth City, NC.  The largest Coast Guard Air Base and the Blimp Factory!