More Tennessee River

October 4, 2010 to October 12, 2010Local knowledge from Stacey and Paul (SeaSea) brought us to a favorite dockage.  Shellmound Recreation Area has a free dock right in front of Nickajack Lock and Dam where we spent a couple of nights.  Buddy …

Traben-Trarbach

We biked back to Traben-Trarbach and on the way stopped to watch  grape harvesting on steep slopes.We had noticed some installations with poles, supporting a cable going up the mountains. Now we found out why these were there, and how they were us…

Great Loop Date: 10.08.2010 (Tuesday): Pebble Passage Through Water…

Day #57: 1457.5 total miles (30.7 miles)Locks: 12 total (today: 0)Port #27 – Pebble Isle Marina; New Johnsonville, TNPebble Passage Through Waterby Terence George Craddockpebble rough pebblesmooth seenvein colour adored which makesmost beautiful ripp…

Little "Bo"

Guess who was the center of attention for the week end!!!! 

Wine tasting in Bernkastel-kues

 We spent the day visiting the unique town of Bernkastel. Here the down town square of that town.Then off to the Rosehof winery. We learned about the winery from “Charlie” a boater at the marina. Not only was Charlie’s suggestion a good one, he al…

Bernkastel-kues

Andy and Christie and Bo with Andy’s parents came to visit from Oct. 8th until 10th. We had a very nice time.  The weather was beautiful and we had coffee and cake in the cockpit.

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Help

No, we’re not sending out an SOS. But we can all use some help from time to time.We had planned on leaving Solomons today but Jeff felt a bit under the weather yesterday so we fell behind. Today we are getting out an ActiveCaptain newsletter which will…

More Scenes Around Lunenburg

My favorite perch while visiting was in the front window looking out over the harbor. Sometimes however I had to share my vantage point with Chloe. While I was watching the boats coming and going, Chloe was keeping an eye on the squirrels and birds tha…

More Tangier

Crackerjack & Sylken Sea at Parks Marina, Tangier VA