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…

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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!

Onward to Jekyll Island

After a wonderful month at Hilton Head Island, on October 13th in fair weather we departed toward Jekyll Island, GA, with the intention of anchoring out on the 13th and 14th, and then on to Jekyll on the 15th. What a beautiful trip, especially at this …

Tui (like you’re spitting)

In the village of Yalobi on Waya Island, we met 62 year old Tui who became our friend and guide. Insatiably curious, Tui engaged us on the beach with questions about our boat. After strongly hinting how much he’d love to see the inside of a “yacht like…

Cruising Southeast Alaska: Kimshan Bay & Porcupine Cove

From Klag Bay, we toured north along the west shore of
Chichagof Island, overnighting at Kimshan Bay and Porcupine Cove. We could easily
have spent days in the area–the charts show a compl…

After almost a full month…..

the outside is finished. Well pretty much. I still have a few gaps to fill in and a few small holes to patch. Otherwise it’s all shrink wrapped and water tight! (I hope)Tight as a drum!Sorry don’t know how to adjust the pic for the blue shift.Now the r…

To New England- end of this summer’s trip

                                                        Boston City Skyline at sunset      &…

October 13
Green Turtle Bay

After going through our final lock

October 13Green Turtle BayAfter going through our final lock on the Mississippi, we headed up the Ohio River, traveling against the current, and continued up the Cumberland River, through the 57′ Barkley lock, and into Barkley Lake, where we immediatel…