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Climbing the Food Chain

 (Continued…)

Great Loop Re-Runs

Linda and I have taken off again, headed for the Florida Keys to spend the winter on Q’s End. I am using my old broadcast lists from our first Great Loop trip and by popular demand, will be starting up the blog once again. We are taking the same route …

Montauk to Block Island – wow we moved 17 miles!

We anchored in Lake Montauk from Sunday night thru Thursday morning.  Temps started out decent, but by Wednesday we were back in the 90’s with high humidity.  Our camera battery charger arrived on Tuesday thanks to Sandra & Don so we are …

Saturday, July 21, 2012

We are hanging out at The Straits Marina which is run by the state of Michigan DNR.  Today started out rainy, but it cleared up and proceeded to get pretty windy.  We are so glad we decided to stay until tomorrow.  Tonight there is a con…

Our friend Avi

Merhaba,
  I am trying to relearn the Turkish Denise tried so hard to teach me.  I’m not having to start from go on the vocabulary, but the grammar….hmm.  I did remember, out of the blue, what to say when someone sneezes.&#16…

Dodging Storms on Lake Erie and Cleveland, Ohio

This morning we left Geneva State Park Marina after a lovely dinner at a winery/B and B last night overlooking the lake.  The gardens were spectacular and several weddings were in progress as we walked through the State Park Lodge to the winery.  Winds slowly subsided, but the breakers on the beach were scary.  The […]

July 20, 2012

Greetings from Newburgh!  That would be Newburgh, Indiana—not even the town…for the next fifty miles or so, we’ll be in what is called the “pool” of the Newburgh dam.  It took a  week to get here, to wit:
Once again …

Rawley’s Resort & Marina, Port Severn, ON – 7/20/12

Finally, after 3 nights on lock walls … WiFi and I can get the last 4 days downloaded.When we were getting ready to leave this morning to get the 8:30 opening of the Lock at Swift Falls, there was a timid Sheppard mix dog hanging around our side of t…

Lock #43, Swift Rapids, ON – 7/19/12

We left our mooring at Lock #39 at 8:30 a.m. when it opened and we locked through with Marc’s Ark and headed for the next lock ½ mile away.  Lock #40 had several boats on their wall so we had a full lock as we dropped another 20 plus feet.&nbsp…

On a side note…..

Our ole’ hot rod passed a milestone (or should I say kilometer stone) last night.Maybe not as many miles as some but certainly a lot for this old girl! She’s got a few warts and some electrical issues but still runs strong and gets rubber in second gea…