Days 378 – 381 Illinois Valley Yacht Club(IVY Club)Peoria Heights, IL Wednesday, September 7 – Saturday, September 10, 2011 Migrating birds along the Illinois River “Grianan” docked at the IVY …
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#55 Milestones and Mistakes
We gave each other an exuberant “high-five” as the Golden Gate came into view. We had completed our longest passage to date; 822 nautical miles in 100 hours, just the two of us. Our goal was to see if we could successfully manage multiple overnights maintaining constant watch without additional crew. Once again, weather became a factor. Compounding that, I made a critical mistake resulting in parlous suspense at a very bad time. As much as I swore never to let it happen to me, it did. In t…
The Montebellos
We arrived at the southern channel into the Montebello group of islands at 4pm and as we entered the reef between Dot and Daisy Islands we had a whale come right across our bow only just missed her!! It was then only a few mile north to Main Bay where we anchored for the night on the low tide. Because of the Nuclear Bombing back in the 50’s, we were unable to go ashore so the following day we moved south, very slowly to the Stephenson Channel, during the high tide. There isn’t a lot of …
#55 Milestones and Mistakes
We gave each other an exuberant “high-five” as the Golden Gate came into view. We had completed our longest passage to date; 822 nautical miles in 100 hours, just the two of us. Our goal was to see if we could successfully manage multip…
The Montebellos
We arrived at the southern channel into the Montebello group of islands at 4pm and as we entered the reef between Dot and Daisy Islands we had a whale come right across our bow only just missed her!!
It was then only a few mile north to Main Bay whe…
Traveling the Chesapeake
September 17, 2011We finally left Solomons Island the 10th of Sept.. We had been there for 6 weeks and were getting anxious to travel again. We really love it when we are on the move.Docked in a marina waiting for IRENEElaine and I left early morn…
Life’s2Short 2011-09-15 09:23:00
Two Weeks at the Waterfall
On Monday, August 29th, we left Ditto Landing and covered about 60 miles over a seven-hour period to anchor in Second Creek. Tuesday we made it through Wheeler Lock without much delay and then had to wait an hour at Wi…
Little Tennessee River, Part II
As luck would have it, the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, located a short distance from Fort Loudoun, was holding its annual celebration. Sequoyah, was a Cherokee who was pushed out of the tribe for being partially disabled and thought to be a bit “…
Little Tennessee River
We said goodbye to our new friends at the Ft Loudoun Yacht Club and got underway for our next destination–The Little Tennessee River. After a short cruise retracing our track back to the Ft Loudon Marina and refueling, we headed over to the Little Te…
Hiking the Smokies with Friends
We were treated by Mike and Peg Wilson our friends and neighbors from Wilmington, DE. They had a Wyndham time-share in Sevierville, TN, just a short distance from Gatlinburg and the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains. So, it was 3 days of hiking t…
