I’m lucky to be writing this blog after yesterday’s 34-mile passage to Mackinac Island here! We were out in terrible weather on Lake Huron, taking its fury head on for 9 straight hours. This picture doesn’t really do justice to what we faced, because t…
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling on to Britt (Byng Inlet) 8-14-10
You know how Tina Turner starts out the song, Proud Mary, with “….nice and easy….” and then switches to “nice and rough..”, well that’s where we are today. We left the safety of the Pointe au Baril Lighthouse and the small boat channel be…
Holding Tanks and Refrigerators
What do these two systems have in common you ask? I suppose you could say one holds your food while the other holds the waste products of your food. Both are systems on a boat that get a lot of discussion and attention from most boat owners. Both are s…
August 14-16 Touring Sitka
We got back this afternoon from doing a short two night cruise to some local anchorages. Our “guide” has been Wade, a friend of the Nagles who is joining them for the return trip to Seattle. Wade is a retired United Airlines 747 pilot who, post ret…
Our New Home – Merritt Island!
With the passing of our 24 year old boat kitty and best friend, Boots, I haven’t really been in the sarcastic, funny mood I am usually in when writing a blog but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy or that we didn’t love the three days of cruising t…
Sean’s Visit, Somes Sound and Southwest Harbor
Click here to see our progress map. Our current location is at the top of the list. Sean got to the boat around dinner and we had a nice grilled flank steak dinner on Rickshaw. On Saturday morning we left Northeast Harbor for a tour around…
August 13 – 16, 2010
New York Skyline – Twin Towers MissingParking Cars in New York City – Space at a PremiumShopping at Century 21 – Very BusyThe Bull in the Financial District – Danny Hopping His Stocks will do BetterThey are Building at Ground Zero – A Memorial and a Tr…
Northeast Harbor, ME
Click here to see our progress map. Our current location is at the top of the list. We are so excited to finally be here. Northeast Harbor is on Mount Desert Island (MDI), which for some reason is pronounced as Dessert not Desert, is the p…
SUNDAY AUGUST 15TH
A rainy day in Baltimore.Took the day off!
Kwatsi Bay
Kwatsi Bay is deserving of the name “Glory Be” Directions to the marina – it is the only structure in the bay. The scenery at rustic Kwatsi Bay MarinaWe departed Pierre’s shortly after 10 AM, bound for Kwatsi Bay. We could see “Sea Jay”( Jim and Chery…
