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[KensBlog] End of the 2012 Cruising Season

Greetings all! Roberta and I are now back home in Seattle. I had planned to do one or two more blogs, but nothing blog-worthy happened in the final days of our trip. The season went out with a whimper, not a bang. We stayed at anchor until the last …

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…

On the home front

On my last post I said I would post in a month unless something exciting happens.  Well, its been more than a month and nothing exciting has happened.But we have been very busy doing all those things you never WANT to do, and finishing off many pr…

On the home front

On my last post I said I would post in a month unless something exciting happens.  Well, its been more than a month and nothing exciting has happened.But we have been very busy doing all those things you never WANT to do, and finishing off many pr…

CRUISING THE GREEK IONIAN ISLANDS WITH DOUG & MARY

All is well and we are on the northern side of Corfu Island. We’ve had great weather – sunny skies, few clouds and light variable winds, but now a front is approaching and we’re going to get some strong southerlies and showers, so we needed a goo…

Not Looking Good for Gertie

Poor Gertie isn’t getting any better.  She doesn’t seem to be in any pain, but she struggles for each breath she takes.We’ve taken her to two competent vets.   She’s had medications for asthma, heartworm, lung parasites, you name it.   S…

Sept. 13 – Baltimore, MD

Friends from Home…almost!Henderson’s Wharf MarinaOur plan today was to visit with Jim and Joan Auld, friends of ours from home. They are traveling in their 17′ Casita RV. Our paths have finally crossed, so they found an RV park not far f…

Instead of Flowers

“Instead of Flowers” was going to be, and may still be, the name of a pamphlet I want to produce and make available to family and friends of stroke survivors. I decided I wanted to do this during recovering from my own stroke 6 1/2 years ago. This id…

Smugglers Cove Marina, Warsaw, KY – 9/13/12

Since we had such a long day yesterday we planned a little shorter run today of 61 miles to Warsaw, KY so we didn’t get started until 8:20 a.m.  Cruising up the Ohio River is non-eventful but still serene.Approaching Markland Lock Our one and…

Smugglers Cove Marina, Warsaw, KY – 9/13/12

Since we had such a long day yesterday we planned a little shorter run today of 61 miles to Warsaw, KY so we didn’t get started until 8:20 a.m.  Cruising up the Ohio River is non-eventful but still serene.Approaching Markland Lock Our one and…