BikingBurlington Mooring FieldAnother great day in Burlington…wonderful temperature, plenty of sunshine and a great view of the lake. We had another lazy morning on the boat while we waited for the second day of the USA Triathlon to …
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Ekka
Think Minnesota State Fair meets Bayfield County Fair and you have the beginning of understanding of the Ekka – the Royal Queensland Exhibition of Industry and Agriculture. The event had all the traditional displays to which we are accustomed – with an…
Footy
Footy – that’s Aussie-speak for Australian Rules Football – is a popular Australian national sport which, to an American point of view, combines several better-known games into a fast-action, intense and grueling competition of 18 men per t…
Frankfort Municipal Marina, Frankfort, MI – 8/19/12
Our plan today was to leave at 7 a.m. and hope for a smooth ride to Frankfort, 42 miles away.Leland MarinaWe left the marina followed by Queen Kathleen.Leaving the Marina The water was predicted to be 2 foot or less but turned out to be 2 to 4 foo…
Footy
Footy – that’s Aussie-speak for Australian Rules Football – is a popular Australian national sport which, to an American point of view, combines several better-known games into a fast-action, intense and grueling competition of 18 men per t…
Lightning Strikes And How To Prepare
We’ve been fascinated by–and worried about–lightning strikes onboard since we saw the aftermath of a strike on an almost-new yacht in New Guinea. It had a piece of hull blown out below the waterline and lost most of its electronics/electrical gear. This is not an easy subject to discuss, and there are many different opinions […]
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
19 August, 2011
So far behind am I on this blog that I’ll never catch up but there’s no time to write if we’re out “doing” and we have been.
Currently we’re in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellvue, Quebec, and are more than “euphoric” about this t…
Sunday, August 19, 2012
We left this morning at 6:30. The weather was comfortable, but hazy. No rain or wind. Waves only one foot high. We could see Chicago for more than 50 miles before we got there, even with the haze. It was another of those p…
Milwaukee
The Erdmann’s go for a ride in the Muriel June Dinghy. Laura does a good job of steering the dinghy. The Indians called this place the land where the rivers meet and the word was “Miliki. “But the early settlers thought it sounded like Milwaukee and so this city where the rivers come together to […]
Leland Harbor, Leland, MI – 8/18/12
Another day in Leland with threatening weather. When we stay more than a couple days in the same marina I feel like I am about to gather moss…. Our chores today were that Ricki would clean the inside of the boat and I would do the laundry.  …
