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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…

Budapest by night

 The highlight of our tour.Budapest by night with our own privet tour guide “Norbi” Their “statue of liberty”

Budapest large coversd market

The market place in down town Budapest.  Hungarian sausage anyone???  The  “chain link” suspended  bridge connecting Buda and Pest

Visiters in Budapest

 We were delighted to welcome on board Norbi and Kelley Hegedűs and their two children Sam and Lily  Sam turned out to be an excellent captain!!We had the good fortune to go back with Norbi and Kelley to their home for dinner.

Budapest.

 One of the first things we learned is that Budapest is actually a twin city made up from “Buda” ( the picture on the top left) on the west side of the Danube, and “Pest” ( the picture on the middle right) on the east side of the Danube.In the lat…

On rout to Budapest

Slovakia on our left, and Hungary on our right.  Here we are looking into the Hungarian side of the Danube and have a very good look of the “Cathedral of Esztergom” It boost of having the largest alter in the world. We did not stop here to investi…

On our way to Budapest

 It has rained a lot and the river is full of “floatsome”  At times I would look out to the Danube from where we were docked and there would be large trees blocking the way in or out of the harbor. I had to push this tree away from in front o…