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Kars to Merrickville, Ontario

We left the marina at 9:00 for our next destination, Merrickville, supposed to be a beautiful village along the Rideau.  24 miles and 7 locks were navigated, we arrived at 12:30 so we had time to check out the town.  We had entered the Rid…

Charlevoix City Marina, Charlevoix, MI – 8/14/12

It was a really nice day outside so we decided to walk around town a little to check out some sights we had heard about.  Marc’s Ark left early for points on down Lake Michigan.Marina Park The marina grounds are second to none that we have se…

Life is Hard on the Hard

It’s not all fun and games on the water, and every two years we have to have the boat hauled out for new bottom paint and a few other things.  We left Cape Lookout and headed straight to the boat yard where the lift was ready for us. 

When …

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Yesterday, Jim had to take a client out to dinner and Gina went out to dinner with her friend Theresa.  Clara and Lindy went with Gina as well.  So, instead of waiting until 8:00 P.M. to leave Cincinnati, we left at 6:30 P.M.  We did pre…

Saugatuck, MI

(Monday Aug 13 – Dist: 45.6 mi; Avg Speed: 9.8 mph;
        Seas: 2 feet; TTT: 5:00 hrs)

A neat photo op but somewhat unexpected from all of the weather forecasts that we referenced.  We were expecting light …

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

The Muriel June is now on Central Time—the first time since November of 2009!  We have lots of clocks to change.  Thick fog shrouded the Frankfort marina this morning but it didn’t deter the line of fishermen who left the harbor starting at 4:30 a.m.  For about two hours it looked like the Christmas boat […]

Ever wonder who reads your blog?

Ever wonder who reads your blog? (Continued…)

Road Trip

We just returned from what’s turning out to be our annual road trip to visit family in Tucson and Boise. Traveling nearly 2500 miles in our ’93 Jeep with 212K miles on it through Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and back south through Nevada and Arizona in 18 d…

Road Trip

We just returned from what’s turning out to be our annual road trip to visit family in Tucson and Boise. Traveling nearly 2500 miles in our ’93 Jeep with 212K miles on it through Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and back south through Nevada and Arizona in 18 d…

Stink

     Delays, delays and even more delays.  Last week we tried to return to Pennsylvania one more time before we shoved off for points south (read Bahamas).  Ten minutes before we were to drive back to Pennsylvania, Sharon …