Diesel Duck is parked (anchored in 8 ft) on the east side of the Melbourne (Florida) Causeway Bridge, protected from the North and Northwest wind which is blowing down the Intracoastal Waterway at 20+ knots. There are always chores to do, but today, S…
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Happy Halloween!
We celebrated Halloween last night at the home of our friends Lois and Gerry and it was all "treats." And though you can’t tell it from my photos there was a very lively full house!
Halloween at Lois and Gerry’s
Lois and G…
Final trip email
I’ve mixed feelings about this final trip email. Relief that I’ve finally caught up; sadness that the trip is really over. I get to relive everything writing about it and reading the comments folks send in as comments.…
Virginia Ham, Chef Charmaine, games and guitars
The Canadian adventure continues with this email. (Warning, food photos! Don’t read if hungry!!)
Charmaine and Linda are world travelers. To bring them something unique we had to think “close to home.” We brought wine from …
Stowaways and waterway impressions
The ICW (Intracoastal Waterway) from Norfolk, Virginia to South Florida is a very beautiful part of the USA. There is so much to see and so much history to discover. Diesel Duck went the ICW all the way to Charleston, South Carolina and anchored just…
Charmaine, Linda, Charlotte Island – Lake Sharbot, Ontario Canada
I spent about 2 hours last night writing the first version of this email and lost it all in one wrong key stroke! This is version 2, less spontaneous but certainly more thought out!
Ru
ps Linda and Charmaine: If I get my facts …
Martha, Jessica, Boston
Randal is still working on "work stuff" and I’m working on catching up with these emails. We did take time off today to walk the Roanoke River Greenway detouring downtown for lunch. (You knew food was involved, of cours…
New England Lobster Dinner at Eileen’s
This email is the tale of the lobster dinner which included lobster tails! (And claws and all the rest of the lobster.) Randal and I look forward not only to the lobster dinner, but to our annual visit with friends. Getting to …
Har, Dick, Janet, Andy, Horseneck Beach and the Bayside Restaurant and Randal
Today it was oil change day for the car. Randal didn’t change the oil, but he did replace the windshield wipers which is a good thing because they were really squeaky unless it was pouring. And though Randal could tune it out; …
Fairhaven and New Bedford Harbor
Our chores still include another load of laundry and getting the oil changed in the Buick. It actually did quite well during the entire trip and didn’t guzzle too much gasoline. Gas prices in Roanoke are cheaper than anywhere!&…
