Tag Archives | trawlers

There's Still Hope

June 24 – 28, 2012With several days of poor weather in the forecast associated with tropical storm Debby, we made a good decision to go back to Hope Town where we could pick up a secure mooring.  We wouldn't have to worry about our anchor draggi…

Potpourri

June 20 – 23, 2012The title of this post wasn't named because we've been watching Jeopardy! or have seen Alex Trebek on one of the megayachts that has passed us.  I'm just going to talk about how we came full circle back to the Abacos an…

June 29 – Brewerton, NY

Watkins Glen State ParkWinter Harbor MarinaWe spent the morning hiking at Watkins Glen State Park. It is the most famous of the Finger Lakes State Parks, with a reputation for leaving visitors spellbound (it did). Within two miles, the glen’s stream de…

Area of Expertise

I actually take comfort in the blog and updating our friends and family. It allows me to reflect on the activities of the day and it will serve as a record of Al’s progress. As most of you will know I survived a stroke in 2006 and I have done way be…

Happy Birthday, Silas Rui Taylor

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We left.. With heavy hearts

But, we left… More later. Dinner tonight was culture shock.Highborne Cay is not Compass!Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

#45 June 2012 Blog NYC- Erie Canal-Oswego Canal – Sodus Bay, NY

May’s posting ended with a tone of “to be continued” so will make it short.  When we departed Tom and Elinor’s dock in Severna Park, MD, we paused for a few days in Chesapeake City, another old and quaint little town where boating activity w…

Three River Reach

We found a decent spot on Three River Reach that looks to have a good view of the fireworks area. This photo is looking towards the San Joaquin River from our boat. Not too crowded. The boat in the foreground is expecting three more boats to join him i…

Friday, June 29, 2012

Once we had our wits about us this morning, we untied from the dock and headed across the river to the wall outside of the lock.  There was one boat here when we got here, and the man on board grabbed our lines and helped us tie up.  They loc…

[Kensblog] Good times!

Greetings all!

Roberta and I have just completed a wonderful week sitting at anchor. Actually, we weren’t just ‘sitting.’
We swam, barbecued, took rides on the tender, partially emptied the wine cooler, hung out in the hot tub, and
spent hour…