Have you ever been in a bi-plane? Dad and I went today. It was amazing! It was a bi-plane on floats called The Red Baron, like theRed Baron (the flying legend)!The plane was a Grumann G-164 Agcat with a Pratt and Whitney 450 HP engine. It was built in…
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Heading North 2012
June 4, 2012Well, here we are again, back in California visiting with our family. We have one granddaughter graduating from college and one graduating from high school. It’s hard to believe that they are getting that old and we continue to stay the sam…
The First Leg North
On Anchor
Location: Bahia Santa Maria on the west coast of Baja California Sur
LATITUDE: 24-46.54N
LONGITUDE: 112-15.35W
It seems that the weather god on duty Friday night for Cabo Falso did not care for our sacrifice of rum and he/she cranked up the …
SATURDAY JUNE 2ND, 2012
Our friends the Heimers arrived this morning. They drove from Minnesota and will travel with us the rest of the trip home. Kirk left for home in their car. Worked out pretty slick.Pretty quiet on the river today for the most part.Our one bit of excitem…
#20 – The Bay of Pillars
After filling the water tanks and adding another few items of provisioning last evening, we were ready to go at 6am. The early departure means we can transit the Pillar Bay Narrows entrance near high tide of 1PM. High tide doesn’t neces…
#19 – Rocky Pass to Big John Bay, Hamilton Bay or Kake
We have a lunch date with the high tide at the Summit of Rocky Pass. That translates to high slack water occurs in the middle of Rocky pass at 12:30PM and it’s best not to be late! So we pull the traps early harvesting 8 large male crabs an…
FRIDAY JUNE 1ST, 2012
Today took us from Ottawa to Peoria, Illinois. The trip was uneventful. Kirk took his turn at the helm. Ross looks a bit terrorized, but Kirk did fine.We had to wait at the first lock of the day for a towboat to lock through. We were allowed to tie up …
#18 – Exchange Cove: Crab World
After Meyers Chuck cinnamon rolls we started today’s cruise at 10AM. Once outside into Clarence Strait, the ocean stayed relatively flat under gray skies with light rain, our weather for the last several days. We slowly made our way to the …
Heading for Cabo Falso
Underway
TIME: 2012/06/01 22:42z
LATITUDE: 23-18.11N
LONGITUDE: 109-23.78W
COURSE: 173T
SPEED: 5.0
Thursday we had a great trip from La Paz to los Muertos in calm waters and lite winds but it was very hot and humid. Afternoon temperatures were near 10…
THURSDAY MAY 31ST, 2012
Cold this morning and rainy. Check out this fashion statement! Think it will catch on? I know what you’re thinking. This from the person who was making wise cracks about the guy with the striped shirt and plaid pants? Don’t worry, I won’t go out …
