June 28, 2010Ponta Negra – Amazonia01;38.02 S / 049:13.69 WWhat better place to learn about tides and tidal currents than the Amazon River system at full moon? Watching our friends beating against current out of Belèm, making good only a kno…
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Our story on WWAY-TV3
We were on WWAY-TV3 on Friday night. We actually led off the 5:30 news. Here is a link to the story, as long as they keep it. We think that Hailey did a great job.
03-15-10 Sneads Ferry, NC – Thanks
[Rick] With us safely back in Sneads Ferry, the time has come to end our great loop adventure. However, we recognize that we would not have had such a great time without some help from many people. Along the way, we met many wonderful people and we hav…
03-14-10 Crossing Our Wake!
Betsy speaks: We attended our church in Topsail Beach this morning, and were surprised to be greeted at the door by our former (retired) pastor from Sneads Ferry Presbyterian. He lives nearby and knew we would be at Topsail’s Emma Anderson Chapel tod…
03-13-10 Animal Encounters and Best/Worst Days
We hoped we would see lots of wildlife along the way, and indeed we did. We are both animal lovers, and one of the highlights of the trip was visiting several wonderful aquariums including the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Shedd Aquarium in Chica…
03-12-10 Wrap-up: Favorite Towns & Marinas
There are certain towns and marinas that absolutely everyone that does the loop has to see or visit. We’ve listed those here mostly as a reminder of some of the famous things we saw. Following that, we’ve listed smaller towns that we really thought…
03-11-10 Topsail Beach – Still resting up for the finale!
Betsy speaks: Well, it’s nearing bedtime and Rick says we need to blog, and suggests we pick our five favorite parts of the loop as our blog material for tonight. I say I can’t come up with my favorites without going back to day one blog and remi…
03-10-10 Topsail Beach – Coast Guard Stop
[Rick] Since we are at Topsail beach rejuvenating ourselves until we “officially” cross our wake in Sneads Ferry on Sunday, I thought I would take the next couple of nights to write about some of the questions, favorites, funny things that happened…
03-09-10 Topsail Beach II
[Rick] Our first full day in Topsail Beach was relaxed and easy. We performed a few maintenance items on the rental house. We spent some time catching up with Betsy’s brother, Steve. Around 1300, Power Squadron friends Toad and Dauna Gable arrived to…
03-08-10 Topsail Beach – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!
Betsy Speaks: Our goal for today was to pull into our home at Topsail Beach at approximately 2:00, and we had mentioned that on the blog a few days ago. That post prompted an e-mail from someone who has been following our blog right from the very begin…
