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The Advantage of Forward and Aft Depth Finders

We have lusted years for a depth finder aft to compliment the transducer forward. However, we were not willing to take the risks associated with this hole in the engine room hull bottom.  With the swim step extension added as a separate compartment, there was an option to fit the aft transducer in a sealed […]

Moving up the Chesapeake Bay

June 29, 2012When we got back from our one month trip to CA, we found Diamond Girl waiting for us as usual. We had a great time at two of our granddaughters’ graduations (one from high school and one from college.) We had some maintenance plu…

Moving up the Chesapeake Bay

June 29, 2012When we got back from our one month trip to CA, we found Diamond Girl waiting for us as usual. We had a great time at two of our granddaughters’ graduations (one from high school and one from college.) We had some maintenance plu…

A Lot of Nothing

And we’ve been busy at it.That’s what happens here at Compass Cay, you get caught up in the islandness of the place and you don’t do anything in particular, but a lot of things in general. In general we’ve been enjoying our island paradise and it’s inh…

The People of Pot Luck

Yesterday was a hot one.Here is today’s forecast.5-Day Forecast for Savannah, GeorgiaToday:   Sunny,  High: 101 F,  Low: 76 FTomorrow: Sunny, High: 99 F, Low: 78 FSunday:  Partly Cloudy,  High: 98 F,  Low: 78 FMond…

Edisto Beach Roots

We have perhaps become a bit too serious about this camera stuff when we go location scouting mid-day on a cloudless day in the south in the summer. Not yet certifiable, at least not yet. We wanted to get down there before this heat wave hits. So can’t say we were out in the sun […]

Road to Recovery

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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…