We had a lovely weekend last weekend at the secret cove. Some other boats were there briefly throughout the day; a couple fishing boats that passed through and one ski boat and one Tollycraft that stopped and anchored for a bit a different times. But …
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Home Sweet Home
Al settled in last night, he is glad to be home. He is now discharged and finished his stay at SMOL. I picked up his drugs at the pharmacy. He is doing well ambulating about the house. He will start getting in home physio next week as well as continu…
Politics!
I’m really into politics. As in “I can’t believe anyone would vote for ______________ (fill in the blank). What a lying sack of _____________! (fill in the blank)”.We’re in the final weeks of hotly contested elections and I can’t reca…
Pic O’ the Day 10.13.12
Oddly enough, not Alaska, it’s somewhere in Alabama on The Tenn-Tom WaterwayAnother twoferSame house Phone booth in the ozone.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
To Track Or Not – That Is The Solar Array Conumdrum
When we started with the solar panel project on Wind Horse, we were 100% certain we would use the panels only in flat mode, unless they were in storage mode at the dock. In the past we have always thought that tracking was not worth the effort. We have previously reported that substantial increases in […]
The 3 Grumpy Men of Yarmouthport, MA
Julia’s House,
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had a lovely day! Randal and I are visiting our friend Julia whom we met years ago when we all belonged to the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club. We went out and about along th…
Upper Inland Waterways 2: The Mississippi, Ohio & Cumberland Rivers
After a one-day layover for some routine maintenance and repairs, Sojourner headed down the Mississippi River, and with the departure from Port Charles Harbor, we began to retrace our inaugural adventure four years and some 17,000 miles ago. Back then, with Patti and Carol of Sea Sense aboard as our training captains, we were “baptized” […]
Vibration Only Partially Solved
Turned out both our propellers were out of alignment. We had them reworked all the way down to the root. But unfortunately, while that did solve maybe 50% of the vibration on the port side (starboard is always solid as a rock), we continue to get vib…
Birdie
Some of the best wild life images done are from zoos. And why not? Just need to find a good pose and control the background. Admission beats the cost of a trip to Africa or that of multiple dive charters when seeking to go nose to nose with a sea turtle. Birdie here is a […]
What a Great Day
Well, every day is a great day on Drift Away. Seriously. But some days are better than others.It started out with taking the dogs to the driftwood beach on Jekyll Island. Yeah, I know, you guys are all like “You do that all the time. …
