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"Pamukkale" our final destination
You can spot Pamukkale for miles because of the white, snow like covered mountain. Pamukkale in Turkish means “cotton fortress” and that is just what it looks like from a distance.Thermal water, containing carbonate minerals, comes to the surface on to…
More on our "Pamukkale" trip
We mentioned before how many tomatoes were grown in green houses.This trip we realized that in the Manderes valley field grown tomatoes were also plentyful. And the tomato harvest was in full swing. Not only tomatoe…
Year 2 Day 93
Today is Thursday, June 27th and we are currently in Little Falls, NY. We arrived in Amsterdam at a stop called Riverlink on Tuesday night exhausted from such a long day. On Wednesday the winds were so high that Mike made a captain's decision t…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Today was the perfect day weatherwise. It was sunny and warm in the 80s with a nice breeze. We spent most of the day cleaning the boat. Last night Claude and Gina came over and visited with us on the aft deck until about 2:30 A.M.&nbs…
Reasonable, intelligent courtesy
There is an American boat behind us the “Viking Star”, perhaps one of the a Loopers. We admittedly squeezed into a spot between them and an other express cruiser. But, squeezing into docks is what it’s all about on the Trent Severn on busy long weekends. Usually, we all try to accommodate each other. The … Continue reading »
Our trip to "Pammukale"
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…
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.
