Fillmore Glen State Park

By on July 11, 2017 in The Pearl
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
On our way back from the Lavender Festival on Saturday we stopped by Fillmore Glen State Park. It’s an oasis of cool, dense woods crowding into a long, narrow gorge. The hiking trails offer spectacular views, unique geological formations, a botanically rich glen and five more beautiful waterfalls. The park was named for President Millard Fillmore, who was born in a log cabin about five miles from the park. 

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Our Two Goldilocks

By on July 11, 2017 in aCappella

If you have followed the blog for several years, you probably remember there was an episode in 2014 involving little Miss Dee and dolphins.Let’s just say Dee Dee is the only member of the crew who experienced Swims With Dolphins. The near catastrophic …

Oswego

By on July 10, 2017 in M/V Maerin

    Canal adjacent to Oswego River     Along canal wall-Oswego It’s an easy run from Phoenix to Oswego. Phoenix is lock O-1; we cleared lock O-7 at Oswego and decided to stay put. We arrived on Friday July 7, and planned to stay for a few days waiting out some wind. The hop […]

July 8 – Skaneateles, NY

By on July 10, 2017 in The Pearl

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today we drove over to Skaneateles Lake, a finger lake east of Ithaca, to check out the Finger Lake Lavender Festival. This area of New York is beauty…rolling hills, green pastures, beautiful tall trees, red barns and amazing views. The festival was at Lockwood Lavender Farm, which overlooks the lake. The farm is open daily in June and July for people to pick lavender bouquets, wander through their beautiful grounds taking pictures and shop for lavender products in the drying barn. But this weekend they also offered an arts and craft show, music and food. It was a great experience, but photo ops would have been better when the crowd was smaller. 
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Sherkin to Crookhaven

By on July 9, 2017 in M/V Dirona

Leaving Sherkin Island, we checked out the tiny harbour on Cape Clear Island, then did two laps around Fastnet Rock before stopping for the night in beautiful Crookhaven Harbour, home of Ireland’s most southerly pint. En route we saw another castle and two ancient watchtowers, plus plenty of dramatic scenery. Trip highlights from June 16,…

Brewerton for a bit

By on July 9, 2017 in M/V Maerin

We continued on the canal with a stop at Sylvan Beach then across Oneida Lake  and arrived in Brewerton on June 24th. We took a slip at Ess Kay Yards for a week. I had removed the injectors and the injector pump at Stansbury and had the pump overhauled and the injectors tested. It ran […]

July 7 – Buttermilk Falls State Park

By on July 9, 2017 in The Pearl

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” —Frank Lloyd Wright

We made it to Buttermilk Falls today. The state park is literally in Ithaca. The original 164 acres of the park were presented as a gift to New York State by Robert and Laura Treman in 1924. It grew to its current 811-acre through various state acquisitions in the years that followed. We hiked the gorge trail which follows Buttermilk Creek as it cascades down through the gorge about 600 feet, passing deep pools, sculpted rocks and countless waterfalls. First we hiked up…then we hiked back down the same trail.
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[Kensblog]Starting the season in style – Dent Island Lodge

By on July 8, 2017 in Sans Souci


Greetings all! Roberta and I have now moved aboard the boat for the summer. But, before I get to that, I thought I’d show this picture I snapped when we were home in Seattle for July 4th. July 4 in Seattle It’s a little hard to make out what you are seeing, but it is Lake Union, an inland lake adjacent to the Space Needle in downtown Seattle. Every July 4th a massive fireworks display is launched from a floating barge on the lake. The best place to see the fireworks is from aboard a boat…

[Kensblog]Starting the season in style – Dent Island Lodge

By on July 8, 2017 in Sans Souci

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Aurora, NY

By on July 7, 2017 in The Pearl
Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

The little village of Aurora is nestled on the banks of Cayuga Lake in upstate New York, it looks like it could have been ripped from the pages of a storybook. About a decade ago, Pleasant Rowland, the creator of American Girl Dolls, led a massive, village-wide restoration project to restore the historic grand estates and cozy cottages into charming accommodations, shops, and restaurants. 

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