About 300 km inland is a sight that we kept hearing about. So we decided to go check it out. On the way there we went through all the back roads and this is where you see the real Turkey.the rout pretty much follows the “Menderes” river. The orig…
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Alexandria Bay, NY
We are back in the USA at Alexandria Bay along the St. Lawrence Seaway, with Canadian geese surrounding our boat. In this beautiful harbor we watch the big tankers pass, along with a lot of tour boats heading to Boldt Castle. The castle is the most famous of the palatial summer homes built in the […]
The temple of Apollo
The remains of the temple of Apollo.We just found out this week that this site is right in Didim our home base while in Turkey.  …
Happy Canada Day & 4th of July!
Canada Day long weekend is here and we managed to get the last open dock just behind the Kawartha Voyageur. The Voyageur is tied up here for the night before heading upstream, through the locks to Lake Simcoe.
July 27 – Niagara Falls, ON
Visiting CanadaWinter Harbor MarinaYesterday we visited the eastern end of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence. Today we drove to Niagara Falls, which is close to the western end of Lake Ontario. We decided we’d spend the day visiting the American …
Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This?
5-Day Forecast for Savannah, GeorgiaToday: Sunny, High: 93 F, Low: 70 FTomorrow: Sunny, High: 99 F, Low: 77 F Saturday: Mostly Sunny, High: 101 F, Low: 78 F Sunday: Partly Clou…
Indian Ocean Crossing Completed
After 10 ½ days, our passage from Chagos is over as we dropped our anchor in Madagascar. For our last 24 hours, we enjoyed a Moderate Gale (Beaufort Force 7) directly on our starboard beam accompanied by 4 meter breaking waves. Several of …
We Are Living
This posting is long overdue, Just like our return to the boat is very long overdue Back in May, after our return to “our” marina in Rock Hall, we spent some time on the hook catching up on boat maintenance. T…
Chateau Montebello, QC – 6/27/12
We left St. Anne when the lock opened at 9 a.m. We had moved our boats from the wall to the wall painted blue which indicated we wanted to lock through. St. AnneBefore we left town Ricki walked around and took pictures since it had rained h…
Set Back
When I returned to the hospital last evening Al was in radiology having a CT scan. They were concerned about the “way he was presenting”. Which in our speak meant, he was not coming out of the anaesthesia with the speed expected, and his right leg w…
