The Sea Cloud II is truly a magnificent and graceful sailing vessel. Our two weeks spent on her sailing the Adriatic from Venice to Montenegro and back to Venice revealed much of the ancient history of the area. In Dubrovnik we talked with many who had suffered the bombings from the Serb army in 1990-1995. […]
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Sailing the Adriatic
9 October 2012 Carolina Beach, NC – Southport, NC
Soon after leaving Morehead City, we overtook this pirate ship whose captain was decked in full pirate attire.
A serendipity was ours and to try and make a long story a little not so long–we saw a boat, also underway, whose hailing port is my Florida…
1 October 2012 Great Bridge, VA – Cedar Creek/Adams Creek – Morehead City, NC
Happy Fall on the first day of October. It’s still shorts and tee shirt weather here but we have felt a nip in the air on a few evenings.
Departing Tidewater Yacht Basin, Portsmouth, VA
We had a carrot dangling as we left Portsmouth. Our…
Pickwick, Mississippi
Pickwick – Grand Harbor Turning off the Tennessee River and heading south on the Tombigbee, we ended our journey through the US western rivers, and are now beginning a canal with only 450 miles to Mobile and the Gulf of Mexico where the Muriel June will cross her wake. Surprisingly there were few fishermen for […]
Clifton, Tennessee
Perched above the Tennessee River at mile marker 158 sits the historic town of Clifton, Tennessee. With a few homes hanging on the cliffs above the Tennessee River, the historic part of the town juts out toward the west. Last night the only grocery store in town burned to the ground! The Dollar General […]
Pebble Isle Marina
Abandoned bridge to “no where” which we have seen a number of times. They are usually railroad bridges. Pebble Isle Marina No, we didn’t get to Cuba today. Thunderstorms rumbled across western Tennessee, so we opted to go into Pebble Isle marina early. The nice thing about moving south is the more south you get, […]
Paris Landing State Park, Tennessee
Heading South on the Tennessee River Last week we took a short break from the Muriel June—our first since June 20th. We went to my 50th high school reunion in Orange, California to enjoy both family and many old friends who have aged very graciously. Then we made a brief stop in Houston for doctor/dentist […]
23 September 2012 Solomon’s Island – Portsmouth, VA
Our friends in Solomon’s Island, Judy and Curt, invited us to tie to their dock after we left Annapolis. Visiting and catching up with them and hearing about their 50th wedding anniversary trip to Alaska, made us want to pack our parkas and follo…
14 September 2012 Chesapeake City – Serverna Park – Annapolis
View from our Chesapeake City Anchorage
Our cruise from Cape May on the Delaware River was pleasing to the eye and the soul. The night at anchor in Chesapeake City was serene and still. On Wednesday morning we awoke to pea-soup fog so…
Green Turtle Bay, Kentucky
Muriel June has seen many dredges. This one is different. It seems to be sucking up the bottom dumping heavier mud into a barge and muddy water back into the Ohio River. Heaven! After more than three weeks of slogging around tows (some with 24 barges attached), coal power plants, many concrete factories, granaries, and […]
