Saturday, the 28th, we are still at Brewer’s Fiddlers Cove in North Falmouth, RI. It was a good day to do some laundry, so Lynda gathered up the towels and clothes and went off to do the wash. The marina has one washer and two dryers, so …
Sunday—- Illinois River MM 178 Hamm’s Holiday Marina Southbound
Day: 446 Miles Today: 59 Locks Today: 01 Total Miles: 4957 Total Locks: 140
Last night we had dinner on the dock. There were about 25 people of all ages, grandkids included. We had lobster and shrimp and potatoes and corn and great deserts. It was quite a feast. Everyone was so friendly. They have truly made […]
Blog Has New Features Finally 9-4-10
You asked for a more user-friendly blog and we’ve finally had the time, high speed internet and, more importantly, got around to reading all those pesky small print instructions on Blogger to figure out how to do it. I thought that I would do this i…
North Channel Town of Spanish 9-3-10
Labor Day weekend is celebrated here in Canada also, but spelled Labour Day. It marks the official end of summer vacation, but the weather is getting quirky. We have had the most amazing summer of really hot weather but that door is slamming shut now w…
North Channel Benjamin Islands 9-2-10
It was a 14 mile easy run from Kagawong over to the Benjamins between Secretary Island and the Sow and Pigs Rocks which you can see now on our added Google Earth link. The repaired lower station shifter on Baby Grand is working just fine, but unfortuna…
Good-by French Polynesia, Hello Suwarrow
If only the good-bye/hello could be so quick as speaking it! For the Google Earth followers, we are at 15.52.427 lat and 153.56.858 long. We got back to Tahiti on the evening of Aug 30/10, arriving to a lovely warm 25 degrees C from an un-seasonally co…
August 28 – 29, 2010
Navigational Aid with Bell at the Entrance to Cuttyhunk IslandEntrance to Cuttyhunk IslandDinghy DockLocal Pizza RestaurantNarrow Streets with Rock Walls Wind Through Out the IslandIf You Do Not Want to Catch a Mooring Ball You Can Tie Off to a PoleFis…
The Real Indonesia
Position 08.08S 117.22E
We could have stayed snorkelling over the wonderful
reefs of the Komodo Islands for weeks, but lack of fruit and veg and ourboard
fuel forced us to move west to civilisation on the large island of Sumbawa,
known fo…
regressing……..
I was not planning on doing another blog entry from Hong Kong, but Ken sent this to us from the US, who got it from Bill Harrington, our friend and guide who traveled on Sans Souci while in the Aleutian Islands. Attu is the furthermost out of the Aleut…
Milwaukee! Chicago! Storms! FUN!!
What an exciting four days we’ve had!! Exploring all over Milwaukee, a glassy Lake Michigan cruise to Waukegan, IL, a visit with an old high school flame, a rainy/foggy/choppy day to Chicago, an incredible thunderstorm show last night from the flybridg…
