We left our FREE dock at Joliet along with Queen Kathleen and Gold Leaf to make the 8:30 bridge opening just a short distance away. Our goal today is Ottawa, 53 miles away,where they also have a free city dock.Leaving Joliet Shortly after th…
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Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa, IL – 8/31/12
We left our FREE dock at Joliet along with Queen Kathleen and Gold Leaf to make the 8:30 bridge opening just a short distance away. Our goal today is Ottawa, 53 miles away,where they also have a free city dock.
Leaving Joliet
Shortl…
Ohio River Down Bound Part I (Aug 15 to Aug 31)
With one more pass by a sculpture we had wondered about (memorial to Mr. Rogers who was from Pittsburgh), we started the trip down the Ohio, although we were heading north. We end up learning a good bit of geography on these trips. Thank …
Ohio River Down Bound Part I (Aug 15 to Aug 31)
With one more pass by a sculpture we had wondered about (memorial to Mr. Rogers who was from Pittsburgh), we started the trip down the Ohio, although we were heading north. We end up learning a good bit of geography on these trips. Thank …
Aug. 31 – Waterford, NY
Completed Our LoopCanal Welcome Center DockIt may not be the great loop, but we completed the small loop today. We left Waterford on June 18, heading west on the Erie Canal and today we have returned, coming down the Champlain Canal…889 …
Why Liveaboard?
Yesterday, I wrote about “Living the Good Life” by Scott and Helen Nearing. They left New York City in 1932 and moved to a farm in Vermont, living a pretty much self-sufficient lifestyle. Their book has been said to have resulted in the hip…
IONIAN ISLANDS OF KEFALONIA AND LEVKAS
All is well, and we are cruising around the Greek island of Levkas. This posting brings us up to 5/8/12. We only have five weeks left now before we come into Levkas Marina for the winter (and NZ summer). I say “only”, but this is about the longest …
What Makes Sailors Dislike Powerboat Drivers
It is a lovely Saturday evening in peaceful Pulpit Harbor. There are a few folks out for a row, two kayaks are paddling nearby, and a trim cutter has dropped her hook to windward of us. Although there is 100% overcast, the sun has created enough illumination to cast a golden sheen on the calm […]
Friday, August 31, 2012
Yesterday we left Hamm’s Holiday Harbor Marina at 6:15 A.M. It felt good to be on our way again. By 9:00 we were through the Peoria Lock. We were the only boat in the chamber and the drop was only about 4 feet, so the lockmaster told …
Year 2 Day 155
Today is Friday, August 31st and we're in Ottawa, Illinois and probably will be here the next day or so while waiting for the remnants of Hurricane Isaac to pass through. A lot has happened since I added to the blog so I'll go back to the fin…
