A great weekend indeed! You, my ever faithful read (the few of you there are!), shall have to endure now another weekend update of our time aboard Living Light. My work in Chattanooga has kept me so busy that I went up to the boat Thursday and we jus…
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Northern Alabama is Beautiful
Our last blog displayed a couple video’s of Tide Hiker locking up in an 83-ft Lock. Here are some more in the very next 93-foot Wilson Lock. Some different views show spectacular construction. Hope you enjoy the ride:Gates Closing in …
Capital Escapades
We loved our time in Washington, D.C. Friends visiting, touring national treasures, caught in a downpour with no protection, cruising past Georgetown on a perfect afternoon, history, emotions. We will never forget this part of the Great Loop!When I las…
City Dock, Oswego, New York
Turn Right for Oswego canal, left to go to Buffalo. I like these signs.Today, after Lock 23 on the Erie Canal we came to Three Rivers Point, where the Oswego and Seneca Rivers meet, and turned north into the Oswego River and canal. The Osweg…
Winter Harbor Marina, Brewerton, New York
Beautiful sunny day today. About 3 miles after we left the lock, left the Mohawk River and that section of the Erie Canal and entered Lake Oneida, a shallow lake that has a reputation of getting rough in any winds. We were very lucky, winds were light …
Outrunning the Storm………
We spent today’s 5 hours of travel watching the Weather Underground radar showing storms steadily sinking south from Nashville toward our route in Northern Alabama. Scary! Fortunately, the storm dissipated most of its energy by th…
Cruising up the Potomac
6/10 – 6/13 – We have lived in Maryland for over 20 years and have been to DC numerous times, however, never by water. With a very loose schedule and some extra days before our next planned event (an MTOA Rendezvous at Vera’s on St. Leonard’s Cre…
MOA Rendezvous, Deltaville
6/5 – 6/9 – We left Urbanna and made our way back down the Rappahannock to Deltaville. We stayed at Dozier’s Regatta Point Marina for 5 days while attending the Monk Owner’s Association Rendezvous. We’ve had the Monk now for 5 years, but have o…
A quick update….
We spent Memorial Day weekend on the trawler anchored out and relaxing. We then took off and spent a 9 days or so down in Florida relaxing. Summer is just starting so we are looking to what we want to do and where to go on the boat. Work is keeping …
Waterford to Canajoharie
After going through the first seven locks on the Erie Canal, we decided to call it a day so we eased over to the wall at Lock 8. Many of the locks have free walls to tie up to, some with power, some with just beautiful scenery. Lock 8 was s…
