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Best Birthday Gift
Despite the circumstances I had a lovely birthday. My day was full of birthday calls, cards and gifts. My Sister arranged for us all to meet at a down town restaurant (Pasta Shelf) for a dinner and I finished my meal with a huge slice of decadent ch…
Oil
It’s a garden bench, and nothing to do with the boat, I know.Actually it is relevant, as I’ve been looking into what to do about the exterior woodwork on Arctic Rose.I know from past experience that varnish, done well, looks beautiful. The trouble is t…
Old Mill Park, Campbellford, ON – 7/9/12
Several boats in the marina have decided to leave early tomorrow morning for Campbellford at 7:30 or 8 a.m. Since the locks on the Trent do not open until 8:30 and the first lock is only a mile away, we decided not to leave until 8:30 in hopes th…
Oil
It’s a garden bench, and nothing to do with the boat, I know.Actually it is relevant, as I’ve been looking into what to do about the exterior woodwork on Arctic Rose.I know from past experience that varnish, done well, looks beautiful. The trouble is t…
Going on Vacation
Pam and I are going on vacation. On vacation, you ask? Dave, you don’t work. How can you go on vacation? You’re losing it, dude.Yep, we’re packin’ up the critters in the back of the pick’em up truck an’ we’re headin’ fer u…
Coolish day on the Hudson
The temperatures for the past week and a half (i.e., ever since we got here) have been in the 90s EVERY day. Finally, today (July 9), we had a run up the Hudson from Croton to Poughkeepsie with temperatures in the mid 80s and a light wi…
New York goose bumps
We are anchored out in the harbor at Watch Hill in Rhode Island, after seven fun days with Joe, Julia, Julia’s nephew Brian, and six of their friends, who I can say are our new cruising friends now, but more about that in another blog.We left our ancho…
September Song 2012-07-09 18:41:00
Our first views of New York City. It looks like we are close, but it is still a good distance away. Me, with the lady in the distance.Two beautiful ladies!
September Song 2012-07-09 18:41:00
All I could say was, WOW!We’re getting closer.The new World Trade Center, towering above all the others.This is how it looked from the helm chairs.
