After purchasing 7-day licenses for the fishing crew and last minute provisioning, we left busy Ketchikan City Float a bit after noontime for points north. The town is bustling with three cruise ships in port and navigating between ships, boats a…
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WEDNESDAY MAY 30TH, 2012
Ross’ brother Kirk arrived late last night. It made for a short night but we’re anxious to get moving and be done with the temperamental Lake Michigan. Am I right about the skyline of Chicago, or what?After about 11 miles on lake, we entered the C…
TUESDAY MAY 29TH, 2012
A cold front passed through and it is a perfect day to walk around the downtown. I can’t help but look like a tourist as I gawk up and down at the incredible architecture of the buildings. Not many cities are able to combine the old with the ne…
"Summer Storms"
May 29th, 2012 -Well guys, we’re north and it’s as far north as we’re going to make this summer. We didn’t stop and smell the roses like we usually enjoy. This time we had a schedule that we desperately wanted to keep. We did have a…
Palmetto Moon 2012-05-31 11:24:00
Just a reminder, we are in Oriental, NC on the Neuse River. On Saturday, May 5, we walked through part of the Town Yard Sale and saw many people that we knew. Since there were 81 “yards”, there was no way to see the whole sale; fortunately,…
#16 – Back to Alaska
On Wednesday we recrossed the Dixon Entrance by jet and set down at Ketchikan Airport ready to resume our summer cruising. We were accompanied by our friends from San Luis Obispo, the Fontes and the Frenches. This group are Wild Blue vetera…
MEMORIAL DAY 2012
Hot, hot, hot! We decided to walk to the Navy Pier and see what was going on there. It was a scenic walk.This pier was part of a master plan created in 1909. There were to be 5 such 1.5 mile long passenger and freight docks. This is the onl…
SUNDAY MAY 27TH, 2012
The weather was forecast to be good so we pulled out early for Chicago. Wind, severe storms and record breaking temps in the upper 90’s are predicted for tomorrow. Our plan is to be snug as bugs in a marina with the a/c cranked up.The intense heat on…
New York, New Jersey, and the Hudson River
We left the inlet to go on the Atlantic Ocean open water to travel until we reached Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Another boat left a little ahead of us and reported that the ocean was large rolling waves but a good day to venture out. So we trav…
9452 miles 1000 engine hours 17 months and 17 days
Jim and I with my sister Nancy and brother in law Ron came down to welcome us back home. Our Old time New England marina Some of the photos as we enter Westport Point Harbor Some of our friends that came to welcome us homesuns…
