What a GREAT 4th of July!!! We had SUCH a good time aboard our trawler. We are still on the boat as I type this and have been here since Thursday which has been really fun. The new aft head installation has been great and makes the boat much more co…
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Cape York, the Wessel Islands and Darwin
We left Horn Island stop at Booby Island we headed off across the Gulf of Carpentaria to make…
Cape York, the Wessel Islands and Darwin
We left Horn Island stop at Booby Island we headed off across the Gulf of Carpentaria to make
Byline Ayla
The August issue of Astronomy magazine hits the newsstands today, and it includes an interesting article by a new freelance writer named Ayla Besemer. That’s right: Our own Ayla is a published author, and she couldn’t be more excited! The article is titled, Why Teens Should Care About Astronomy, and Ayla was inspired to write […]
Patuxent River – Solomon’s Island and Vera’s White Sands
6/21 – 6/25 – We departed Washington, D.C. a little after 8:00 in the morning. It was a pleasant day on the Potomac and we had a push from the tides and ended up traveling to Canoe Neck Creek off St. Clement Bay arriving a little after 5:00. It was…
Seneca Lake – the largest of the Finger Lakes
Cayuga Seneca CanalCattle along the CanalAfter leaving Seneca Falls, one of our favorite towns, we continued eight miles and one more lock to the end of the Cayuga Seneca Canal, arriving at the 38 mile long Lake Seneca. This lake is deep, 605 feet at i…
Lake Ontario and Beyond
On Friday morning, June 24th, the weather was not exactly ideal for crossing Lake Ontario, but it was far better than what was being forecast for the next couple of days, so we went for it. After considering various possible routes across the lak…
Chattanooga Choo Choo and more…………..
A visit to Chattanooga would not be complete without seeing the Chattanooga Choo Choo. The Choo Choo is more than a train. It’s a museum of trains that are being used as a hotel and restaurant. Yes, you too can sleep and eat in the hi…
The Long Overdue Vacation Blog….Brace Yourself
Maybe subconsciously I’ve been putting off writing this blog to avoid self-incrimination…(the pictures will speak for themselves)…or maybe I’m just now recovering from vacation and the long weekend in Key West that followed…Yup – I’m going with n…
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Another Week on Pickwick
We had rain Wednesday afternoon, June 22nd, until about 4:00 p.m. Then Don came out on his pontoon and brought his adorable little Pomeranian, Precious. Bud showed up about 5:30 to visit for a couple of hours but t…
