After a fun couple of days in Martha’s Vineyard, we headed out, and cruised past where Stephanie’s family had a summer cottage. Turns out, sometime after it was sold, it was torn down, and this huge, hotel looking home was built.The next door cottage w…
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R/V Pacific Northwest Trip
Day one: Grand Haven,MI to Island Resort and Campground: Today is the start of our Northwest trip in the RV leaving from Grand Haven,MI. We are taking a month break from our travels on the water to see part of the United States by land. We hope to make it all the way to […]
Kaskaskia, Illinois
Muriel June tied off at Hoppies, the last fuel stop and “marina” for 250 miles. Kaskaskia, Illinois We left Hoppies this morning about 9 a.m. and had a very beautiful and peaceful float down the Mississippi from Mile Marker 158 to Mile Marker 117. It was so very peaceful today that I could almost envision […]
Take me on a magic carpet ride
well not really. It’s a 90 lb roll of fiberglass hovering above the hull!All the keel seams are sanded and just need to be wiped down. Gotta wait for a lil’ breeze to do that so the fumes don’t knock me out!Just takin’ a lil’ break now waiting for the …
Who is the Master of our Boat?
No blog yesterday. Here’s why.Pam and I went to Brunswick’s First Friday, a monthly downtown party held on the first Friday of each month. It’s sort of like the First Night celebrations held on New Year’s Eve all around the country, b…
No Rest
Al is home for his second weekend. So far things are going smooth. His daughters arrived yesterday from Montreal. Before they arrived I had Al working on some communication home work. He was not keen but I told him weekends home were not vacation a…
Cairo, IL, Angelo Towhead Anchorage – 9/8/12
Our plan today was to try and get 158 miles to the mouth of the Ohio River since we lost a day yesterday due to the storms. We pulled our cords and lines at 6:20 a.m. (first light) and took off south. A 70 ft Hatteras that was in front of …
Cairo, IL, Angelo Towhead Anchorage – 9/8/12
Our plan today was to try and get 158 miles to the mouth of the Ohio River since we lost a day yesterday due to the storms. We pulled our cords and lines at 6:20 a.m. (first light) and took off south. A 70 ft Hatteras that was in front of u…
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Our inverter has been acting up lately. When we were anchored out, it would only last about 4 hours and then it would beep to tell us it was out of juice. So, today Mike and John got down in the engine room and tested the batteries to see i…
$10,000 Fine
What’s wrong in the above photo? If you are a boater and have navigated through bridges, you should have spotted it immediately. If you’re not a boater, welcome to ICW Bridges 101. Boats have 2 drafts, the all impor…
