Anchored out for the fireworks Thursday.
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North Fork
We took the ski boat up the North fork of the Mokelumne today ( after a wonderful late breakfast at Herman and Helen’s). I must say it is much prettier than the South fork. We stopped for a quick drink and cool down at Giusti’s and came home via the S…
Heat Wave
We’re having a heat wave here in Northern California. It’s supposed to be 108 in Sacramento (the Capitol, an hour away) tomorrow. It was 93 on the boat when we arrived around 8 pm. It’s 10:30 pm now and we are sitting on the bow enjoying a light breez…
Private Island?!?
We had the pleasure of visiting Delta Yacht Club this past weekend. This is a beautiful private island just off the San Joaquin River not too far from Stockton. They were having an Open House and membership drive. They fed us dinner and let us spend th…
Mister!
Whomever invented the mister deserves a medal or a Nobel peace prize or something. Makes the unbearable heat almost pleasant. We’re sitting on Hinky Dink, tied behind Pineapple Girl, after toodling around for about three hours in HD. Beautiful day but …
Sunset
Absolutely glorious out. A fitting end to a wonderful day. The hum of cars on a bridge in the distance a soothing background noise to the sounds of the birds roosting in the trees encircling our anchorage as we relax on our fly bridge, enjoying the se…
Float Plane
Just got buzzed by a float plane. Anchored out in what must be one of the better places on this Earth.
Maiden Voyage Take Two
We picked up our new to us runabout last weekend in Fairfield and brought it straight to the launch ramp. It was fairly difficult to start but once we got going we got right up on a plane. The motor was hesitating though and ended up stalling. We went …
What’s cooking good looking?
Trying out the new stove!
The Reveal
We have a couple little things still to do that require a hardware store run. We are heading to pick up the little boat instead. Will have to finish up the galley next weekend. 
