We left this morning at 6:30. The weather was comfortable, but hazy. No rain or wind. Waves only one foot high. We could see Chicago for more than 50 miles before we got there, even with the haze. It was another of those p…
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Milwaukee
The Erdmann’s go for a ride in the Muriel June Dinghy. Laura does a good job of steering the dinghy. The Indians called this place the land where the rivers meet and the word was “Miliki. “But the early settlers thought it sounded like Milwaukee and so this city where the rivers come together to […]
Leland Harbor, Leland, MI – 8/18/12
Another day in Leland with threatening weather. When we stay more than a couple days in the same marina I feel like I am about to gather moss…. Our chores today were that Ricki would clean the inside of the boat and I would do the laundry.  …
April-August Roll-Up
Before it gets even more embarrassingly tardy, I need to update our activities over the last five months. First, no cruising with the exception of a 5-day jaunt to Anacortes in May to attend Trawlerfest. Our big activity has been to first get our…
Take a Walk Around Brunswick Landing Marina
Pamela was at the Farmers’ Market yesterday. She set up a table to sell her sea glass jewelry. With Megan away, it was just me and the animals. I took the dogs up for their potty break, but Olivia the German Shorthair Pitb…
Parisian Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a wonderfully powerful phenomenon. It transforms experiences altering perspective, coloring moods, adding texture to events. So much so we perhaps become nostalgic for times that never existed. Now modern technology has its own transformative powers. We can sit on the computer on a rainy Sunday afternoon doing pretty much the same thing. When […]
Aug. 18 – Burlington, VT
Farmers MarketBurlington Mooring FieldWe woke up to a beautiful day…the front moved in last night and the temperature was 58 degrees this morning. Burlington is hosting the USA Triathlon this weekend, which is a national championship…
Just some foolishness
Merhaba,
I spent way too much time on the boat yesterday. Luckily there was only a small piece of banana bread left and no chips. So this morning I left fairly early for a long walk along the coast. I thought I’d wa…
Jones Falls to Lower Brewers Lock Day 89
We left the Hotel Kenney at 11:00 AM as we only had 12 miles and 3 locks to traverse. WE took a hike around the lock grounds to work off the great meal last night. It was cloudy in the morning but it burned off by noon.
We h…
The building of the Sailing Yacht Sea Dragon
The outrigger canoe dhow is present in parts of the Indian Ocean including, East Africa, Comoro Islands the Maldives and parts of India which are substantially older cultures than that of Oceania and so some would speculate that the outrigger canoe m…
