Yesterday was another first for the crew of Big Run. After spending another night on San Domingo Creek south of St. Michael, MD, Sharon and I decided to head over to Cambridge, MD. About 2 hours into the cruis…
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A Good Night’s Sleep
beep…..beep…..beep…..beep…..beep…. what was that, I didn’t set an alarm clock. I look at the clock. It’s 5:15 a.m. I lay in bed for another 15 seconds before I decide to get up and investigate….
Chill Out
There are 2 reasons we have returned to the “north” aka Maryland. First, because the insurance company requires us to be north of Cape Hatteras by June 1st, the start of hurricane season. Secondly, we expect to find…
How Sweet It Is
When we left the marina on Monday we went to one of our favorite gunkholes, Millstone Point on the west fork of Langford Creek. Being that it was a holiday weekend, there were 3 boats still on the hook in the area of Mill…
On The Road Again
It seems like an eternity since our last blog entry. Since that entry, we have been very busy with more boat work. Like we don’t get enough of that! One of the major projects was the installation of a watermak…
Never Done
It’s good to be home; when I say at home I mean the boat, after all it is our only home. After returning to Long Cove Marina on April 25th, we had the boat hauled on Wednesday April 27th. For the next week, Sharon a…
October 6, 2010
Back on April 13th I said the big push was on. That was an understatement on my part. We have been on the run since April 4th when we left Miami. We only took one day off, Saturday April 17th, because o…
Waccamaw River
This is the first entry into a new catagory that we will be labeling Best Scenic Waterways. We first saw this waterway on November 2, 2010, when all the leaves had fallen from the trees. Today, the leaves have s…
M/V Prince Washington
This is M/V Prince Washington. It appears to be affiliated with the South Carolina Public Schools. I believe it would more appropriate if it were painted yellow and had a couple of red and amber lights; after all it…
The Big Push Is On.
We left Miami Beach on Monday, April 4, 2011. Today, we anchored in Beaufort, South Carolina. In just 10 short days our “slow boat to China” has taken us 550 miles, and we have about 750 miles to go to get bac…
