We are back……I know it has been a while since our last posting. That is because we went to Holland with our friend Geert Kleinbleumink. While in Holland we visited our friend Ken who was on his boat in Weesp.Weesp is close to Schiphol (Amsterdam ai…
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"Get Out Of Jail Free Card"
Yesterday was another first for the crew of Big Run. After spending another night on San Domingo Creek south of St. Michael, MD, Sharon and I decided to head over to Cambridge, MD. About 2 hours into the cruis…
A Summer Hiatus
The abrupt cessation of posts since my last on May 8th is in large part a reflection of an unexpected juxtaposition of events in the recent weeks since PUFFIN arrived in Solomon’s Island, Maryland. (Continued…)
Some more Castles
Castles on this section of the Rhine (Koblenz to Bingen) are plenty full.Sometime you see two or more from one vantage point.
More Rhine
The traffic on the Rhine can be very heavy at times with with sometime two coupled together. These can be as long as 180 meters long. (over 500 ft) this is not long as compared to the traffic on the Mississippi but considering the much narrower R…
Transiting the loreley
One of the sharp narrow bends in the loreley. We are following a cruise boat.The black board with the white lights (three on top of each other) in the right of the photo lets up stream traffic know what is coming down stream.
The Maiden of the Loreley
July 18th we set out to go through the treacherous section of the Loreley. But….. not before I talked nice to the Maiden who supposedly has caused so many ship wrecks. She promised to be good to me and indeed she was as the traffic …
St Goar
Yesterday (June 18) we arrived in St Goar. The last stop before going through the “Loreley” The narrowest and fastest flowing section of the Rhine. Legend has it that there is a beautiful maiden on the rocks singing to the sailors transitin…
Castles on the Rhine
The stretch of Rhine from Koblenz to Mains is perhaps the prettiest part of the Rhine and has many old castles.Above are but a few of them.
Visit to Horst and Anni Eckstein
We wanted to go and say hello to Horst and Anni Eckstein who we got to know last year. Horst is a wealth of information especially about where to go and where not to go on the German waterways. After visiting for a while we had to say farewell and we w…
