Sunrise at Mt. Vernon It has been many years since I stood on the porch of Mt. Vernon as a youth. I very distinctly remember standing there looking out onto the Potamac River. Even then with my very vivid ima…
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Checking into Serbia
20 km down stream we had to tie up to a rusty old boat and were taken into the customs buildings on shore. Checking into Serbia took a little longer as they needed much information and paperwork in triplicate was produced. Also we had to buy a 30…
Leaving Europe
The boarder between Hungary and Serbia. This is were we officially checked out of the EU as Serbia is not a member country. The procedures for checking out were pretty simple and strait forward. At Mohács ( the last town in Hungary on the Danube…
More Canadians on the Danube
Two Canadian boaters on the Danube. Ken, Cloe and their friend Henry were on our boat for happy hour. They came from Turkey and are going UP stream. We shared information and we learned a lot from them about the area where we are going.We explore…
Crysler Park, Ontario to Montréal, Quebec: 07/25/11 – 07/30/11
We are at the Port d’escale des Quais du Vieux-Port de Montréal. In other words, the marina on the quays of the old port of Montréal. Even though Ms. Green didn’t really see my true potential in French class in high school, there is a dusty corner of the brain where some of that learning [Read More…]
Time for a Bottom Job, 7-26-11
My friend Vic and I moved Pine Knot over to Pepe’s Yacht Service for new bottom paint. Vic has used Pepe’s several times and highly recommends his work: Pepe Duran (281-467-3804) We decided to have Pepe move Pine Knot’s boot…
Time for a Bottom Job
July 26, 2011 [Travel Lift about to set Pine Knot on the keel blocks and jack stands] My friend Vic and I moved Pine Knot over to Pepe’s Yacht Service at Clear Lake Marine Center for new bottom paint. Vic…
From Budapest to Baja (still Hungary)
Time to move on……We are leaving the beautiful city of Budapest and move further down stream. Our destination Baja. Again we leave under cloudy skies and it’s not long or the rain starts. We have had rain of and on for the last 9 days n…
Bald Eagle
The Mattawoman Creek, just off of the Potomac River, has been a great location for viewing the Bald Eagle.
JELLO
I am sure by now that everyone has come to the same conclusion; especially those who have a working knowledge of geography, that we are headed for our nation’s capital. Our slow boat has been weaving in and out of ever si…
