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Picton Again

OK – I said I wasn’t going to do it – I lied – more winery stuff in Marlborough. If I look bad it is because I was (overly) happy. Easy to do in wine country. Anyway – more wine … Continue reading →

Gertie Update

Pam and I drove Gertie the Cat to Dr. Gall at the Chatham Animal Hospital in Savannah yesterday.   It’s not that we didn’t care for Dr. Cheek at Cheek to Cheek here in Brunswick.   He was wonderful.  It’s only that Pam worked for Dr. Gal…

Sept. 14 – Baltimore, MD

Exploring the CityHenderson’s Wharf MarinaWe love wondering through farmers market and Baltimore has the world’s largest, continuously running market. Lexington Market first opened in 1782 in the same location it’s at today. This market re…

Steamboat Marina, New Richmond, OH – 9/14/12

Fog … Fog … we couldn’t leave until 8:45 and still had to stop for fuel before resuming our flight toward home.  We picked our way out of the marina thanks to radar and GPS into the main channel for the 1 mile run to Turtle Creek Marina where …

Steamboat Marina, New Richmond, OH – 9/14/12

Fog … Fog … we couldn’t leave until 8:45 and still had to stop for fuel before resuming our flight toward home.  We picked our way out of the marina thanks to radar and GPS into the main channel for the 1 mile run to Turtle Creek Marina where …

Kaskaskia Lock and Dam and Lock #53

(Thursday Sept 13 – Dist: 42.2 mi; Avg Speed: 11.0 mph;
        Locks: 0; TTT: 3:55 hrs)

Notice how the speed has gone up almost 2 mph.  That is the current of the Mississippi greater than the current …

[KensBlog] End of the 2012 Cruising Season

Greetings all! Roberta and I are now back home in Seattle. I had planned to do one or two more blogs, but nothing blog-worthy happened in the final days of our trip. The season went out with a whimper, not a bang. We stayed at anchor until the last …

[KensBlog] End of the 2012 Cruising Season

Greetings all! Roberta and I are now back home in Seattle. I had planned to do one or two more blogs, but nothing blog-worthy happened in the final days of our trip. The season went out with a whimper, not a bang. We stayed at anchor until the last …

Friday, September 14, 2012

We left Paris Landing State Park this morning at 7:00.  This time we did not leave our splitter behind like the first time we stayed here. :)  We saw lots of fishing boats today as we chugged along.  All in all, we cruised 69 miles is 7 …

[KensBlog] End of the 2012 Cruising Season

Greetings all! Roberta and I are now back home in Seattle. I had planned to do one or two more blogs, but nothing blog-worthy happened in the final days of our trip. The season went out with a whimper, not a bang. We stayed at anchor until the last …