https://www.lrfox.com/blog daily 1.0 2024-12-17 https://www.lrfox.com/blog/our-great-loop-stats monthly 0.5 2024-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e6d6814b-a796-483e-84e0-6e3de63a9419/map.jpg Blog - Our Great Loop Stats - Make it stand out Karla and Paul from Current Plan mapped their loop with sticky dots along their way noting when they stopped overnight/s. Karla sent us a batch of dots so we could use them on our map. Our map key--the dots represent at least one night stay: Green - 87 Marinas--we stayed more than one night in some Blue - 3 Mooring Balls Pink - 35 Anchorages Black - 33 Wall or dock to tie up to without electric/water https://www.lrfox.com/blog/peoria-il-to-edgewood-wa monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e1513e92-463a-4b13-bc25-4aecedce6163/0828-3.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out We traveled 574 miles and spent the night at a rest stop near Maxwell, NE. It was hot--but a pretty sunset on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2933e6bb-b0ee-495b-a3ec-78fc82fc1254/0829-2.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out The dinghy was not cooperating with staying put, so Darth added straps--it worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f16361e5-6f88-4b98-bda0-43262d429bde/0828-2.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out Wednesday, August 28. We stopped to ensure the new spare tire purchased on the trip over was on a rim---just in case. FYI--Discount Tire did this in less then 1/2 hour. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8e4b7a97-5ff1-4442-98fb-03143f345394/0829-4.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out Right after our stop we started to see the smoke from fires up north. We traveled 534 miles to Little America, WY and stayed in a truck stop. This would be our last night in the boat---for awhile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e5635a6a-9db6-4afd-af00-3f8a13b52375/0827-1.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out We left around 7:15 and had a light show all the way to Davenport, IA --100 miles away. After fueling and feasting on McD's burgers and chocolate shakes, the rain came and cooled off the inside enough to sleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/79bf6d86-9ca9-419d-82de-2385318762b4/829-5.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out We stopped at the Lincoln Highway Monument--its quite impressive and his eyes are not dark as the photo shows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7c1c13ce-564c-481e-8e04-cf5b1a2c3c79/IMG_6677.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out Monday, September 2. HOME!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c7f5a981-dc85-48f5-9c6a-932503f5d6a6/0829-1.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out Thursday, August 29. The semis with loud generators left before us so it looks like we had a quiet night. We did not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/74e4db77-b070-44e9-99e4-ed2ef0009846/0829-3.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out It was a sunny day and pretty drive on this part of our trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/76a0c1d1-67f5-4c6c-9703-6138ea6a6751/IMG_6674-1.jpg Blog - Peoria, IL to Edgewood, WA - Make it stand out This shows our path home: 2,170 miles. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/joliet-il-to-peoria-il monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/570f92aa-829e-4f0e-86a4-35d7be922e39/0827-1.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Our spot was the same spot where we began the loop last September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ef6b33a4-71e6-46f1-a5b4-e4a30c694eab/0827-3.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Tuesday, August 27. The boat loaded perfectly on the trailer. I was in awe of Darth making this happen so easlily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/452d6b3a-2d48-41d9-92e1-9a636e6480bb/0826-8.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out At the Peoria Boat Club--wake has been crossed and the carp started flipping out. This was unexpected and quite shocking. It took a minute to get my phone so imagine almost double this amount before they calmed down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7bb7f10a-7efd-42f3-af8a-1c9aa88a0473/0824-2.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out We had about a half hour wait at the Marseille lock before they could fit us in to lock down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2ace8bb9-aa14-4bdd-a3b0-fec0af34522e/0827-4.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Our photo showing we crossed our wake and now can fly the AGLCA Gold burgee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b1839f7a-1f66-40e1-8750-2282af921170/0826-7.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Our crew are all ready.....they have stayed with us for the whole adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/60ffa080-fc13-4597-b11f-c0b96c84ed5f/0826-4.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Last cell covered with birds. Tall white ones are white pelicans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fae868e0-e858-42fe-afdd-39eba4ffce0f/0825-1b.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out This is Henry Harbor Marina. Yes the wall is where we stayed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/210c7dce-e755-4e69-85b0-507783e1b722/0825-1a.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Facts of Peru, Illinois --mainly because there wasn't alot to see during this part of our cruise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7510c810-04c6-4bb6-8f40-55c09fc5333a/0826-5.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Last bridge to go under. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ae44e801-6c22-4798-8aaf-47f1c0ee4568/0825-2.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Couldn't pass up this place. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e284fb5b-88a2-4c9e-9163-11bf9d50e8e7/0826-1.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Our last huge barge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e78e1c45-b2de-49f9-9b61-09506d198f97/0826-2.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Our last blue heron... he is blue the sun made him look almost white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7321454a-614e-45e6-9531-23d125bcb05c/0825-1.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out There was alot of activity at the Marseille lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/325c8ff5-9f59-4656-acfc-50e6b78c4fb9/0825-3.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out This must be the sleeping grounds, they all gathered in close for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/87e89dbc-0d26-4209-b32e-4e63b1e338cd/0824-3.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out We stayed at the Heritage Harbor Marina. It was hot--but still had a nice sunset. We enjoyed dinner in the air-conditioned onsite restaurant with the fellow loopers that locked down with us. It was a nice way to cool off and share the day's experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3feaf372-1645-4532-bb26-615828f25266/0824-1.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out The river was a mixture of industry and rural areas. This was the first fishing boat like this that we have seen since last fall on the rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c6734075-a779-4d0f-bd28-7cecfae03bdd/0826-6.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Getting excited..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/650d3f78-9e9d-46f0-a3ab-9d23dad8fa98/map.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out This shows our route from Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8a64d291-9f1b-4e7d-bdf8-b8915df80a0a/0826-3.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Last pretty home seen from the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8d60c019-eff6-46c5-b6fd-50112a73ee24/0827-2.jpg Blog - Joliet, IL to Peoria, IL - Make it stand out Peoria Boat Club's air-conditioned clubhouse. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/port-washington-wi-to-joliet-il monthly 0.5 2024-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/98abc4d4-07a3-465e-9065-8b2a54010dac/0821-3.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out This is a loud. fast, tour boat. So much activity as we got closer to Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3c82cc52-c575-4326-b37e-04fae98abc6a/0823-9.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Looking back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5b8073d6-b04e-4be5-9b08-744d2858b224/0823-15.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Here we go..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/45ccdf85-5d3a-4db8-a145-a25eef84abb1/0823-23.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out We arrived at the lock and had about a two hour wait with Ring Leader a 54' Nordic Tug in front of us. About an hour after we arrived, another 5 boats came to lock with us. Unlike the Erie and Trent Severn Canals, the locks on the rivers are huge. Barges move cargo up and down the Illinois, Ohio, Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers all with priority over pleasure craft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c0cbf32c-8fc1-426d-8134-c185b083af54/0822-2.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out After Darth returned, we rode the bikes up to the Chicago Millinnium Park. I wanted to see 'the bean'. It is actually called--Cloud Gate and is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect Chicago’s famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b784d260-4c3a-4dc7-85a9-be35af0fb923/0823-7.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out So, the worst job in my mind would be a high-rise window washer. Yikes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0e6f70fd-83ea-4c32-8cb2-6f042d93421f/0823-25.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out All 7 of us made it through and traveled to Joliet's free wall--with power! It was a pleasant night. Next blog will be coming soon. Thank you all for coming along with us as we navigate closer to the end of our loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/90172c1b-36a5-4281-b5cb-981a72761727/0822-4.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e9e3e406-bad3-484a-a268-c2d0b4d2ca60/IMG_6584.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Our route as we get closer to crossing our wake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4dc18273-7867-4e32-8f26-37a6c1c61647/0821-1.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Milwaukee while we were still in the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/108fa5fc-0d73-4227-aa3b-cf0dfd5c1314/0821-5.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Chicago's skyline is impressive from the water. This was taken just past the Navy Pier, our marina is just inside the breakwall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/afcb689e-3190-4e7d-a9ab-9f74808b2b74/0823-18.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out And just like that--back to river with some wildlife that are not human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/74ae3618-05d4-48d2-9959-8fee27d4eee1/0823-5.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out The Chicago River's bridges have a range of clearances, from 17-31'. The 17' seemed too low until we actually got close--our boat is approximately 13'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/19e9e3d4-50b6-4ca4-a0fd-ef513ca40846/0822-1.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out We are getting closer to Peoria where we cross our wake. Darth wanted to purchase a pressure washer so he could clean the bottom of the boat before taking it down the road. Several states require boats on trailers to be inspected for any invasive species. He found one 3 miles away and decided he would pick it up via bicycle. Of course he did. Job well done. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cbe89851-cd3b-477e-b7a3-9b73d6368a62/0822-7.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out We rode the bike path along the water to the museum campus. This is the observatory but was closed by the time we got there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fbadbf77-4f55-4fa4-acfc-eacab4001af9/0823-16.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Duck Darth!! I was standing on the bottom stair coming down from the command bridge to take the photo. The bridge did get fixed we heard later in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4b41c012-d292-4dc3-8f96-335b909f0909/KP3.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out This is Karla and Paul when they finished their loop in Racine on Current Plan. They finished about a week earlier, we were hoping to take our photo and send to them but Racine was not in the cards. This is better to have their smiling faces marking their accomplishment of doing the loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b318d087-9d7a-4cd0-92e3-572c41e9177c/0823-14.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out This is the Amtrak Bridge. Today--it was broken. We are 13' with mask and bimini--well we were not about to turn around so Darth to the rescue. He is in process of taking things down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/69415432-2aab-499b-9205-0b2f6b74a4f9/0823-3.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out This is right after the lock gates opened. Truly an awesome experience! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0ddc3cd2-d9d4-4ac2-9bbf-c770499fd13e/0823-2.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Friday, August 23. We got up early to get into the Chicago lock and cruise through the city before the tour boats were up and running. The lockmaster was delightful and told us we were the first and only boat so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b3f2df0b-ce60-46b8-98e4-e81d241d6b4b/0823-4.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out This is where we sat when we took the photo of the two of us along the river. Chicago's Vietnam Memorial is located at the bottom of the stairs in the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b443f806-54b7-4605-90fc-c944514adb52/0823-8.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out The river turned and we could see we were heading out of downtown Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7af7e6df-8b17-44e7-bb16-c33ab8acd6c3/0822-8.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out View from the museum campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/967aff89-a2d2-4049-944d-53c047456823/0823-21.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out The signs are warning that we entered the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) electric barriers that create an electric field in the water to prevent fish from moving between the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/66377692-06bd-403a-8695-c9d179caf8d5/0823-22.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Then before we knew it we were back into more industry--we were heading to the Joliet lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/24d55e41-90ba-4388-8fd0-f19e4302eeaa/0822-3.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Here is our reflection in the Cloud Gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/68ca6d99-d2b0-4f8b-8fdf-248dc77967bd/0821-8.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Ok we knew the DNC Convention was going on and would be for one more day. There were two fellows in suits and I noticed this fellow was wearing a DNC lanyard, both had ear pieces, and were looking everywhere. This guy asked the waitress if it was ok for him to sit. We have no idea if they were at a post for security reasons... but I call this photo 'secret agent man'. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ef38fcff-eb4b-4c85-83c7-4ab269302621/0820-1.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Tuesday, August 20. One half of the boat really wasn't keen on heading out from Port Washington. BUT, the other half of the boat thought the waves, wind were acceptable to cruise to our destination Racine, WI which was 70nm away. We stopped in Milwaukee which was 20nm before Racine as the 1.6' waves climbed to a mix of 1' - 4' and a mixture of direction--this photo was taken right as we left. It was too rough to keep taking photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ff57df39-6651-4df6-9fd5-8d252a344e6c/0822-6.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c1018bf0-4eb7-4c1a-8fbf-2a376eb32473/0822-9.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Night time view from our marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/684afd81-c826-4756-b6a6-1f49881740e7/0823-20.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out We enjoyed the transition from downtown, then industry, and also the calm waters that are in the rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/49189b6e-b13f-46c7-9acc-e3c79b7b8f87/0823-10.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Another one looking back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cfcf7d65-525b-4d84-92b8-7c4b86496664/0821-4.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out This is the Chicago Navy Pier. In mid-1918, the pier was also used as a jail for draft dodgers. In 1927, the pier was renamed Navy Pier to honor the naval veterans who served in World War I. In 1941, during World War II, the pier became a training center for the United States Navy; about 10,000 people worked, trained and lived there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/830aed9e-c026-42dd-8ba5-9b9affd48061/0821-7.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out We walked along the river after getting settled in the marina. We stopped to have a beer and watch the people enjoy this sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/466a1149-9707-42cb-8774-8ea735eea500/0823-13.jpg Blog - Port Washington, WI to Joliet, IL - Make it stand out Gosh this was amazing! https://www.lrfox.com/blog/mackinaw-city-mi-port-washington-wi monthly 0.5 2024-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c99fc7a9-f2f2-46e1-9e09-631f8ac60bd5/0815-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out We walked to town and saw a interesting way to incorporate solar panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ca237490-d51b-4b3b-9343-f85701ed4923/0819-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The boat can take so mwuch more than people. I heard from them later, they wished they would have stayed and hung out for the day. It was sporty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8142308d-4325-44c0-b696-43df9a11728e/0819-0.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The day was beautiful, we walked out to see how the Ranger Tug would be once out in the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4370fbed-3dfd-4885-9c02-0abc94b013ae/IMG_6564.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The route for this blog. Lake Michigan = BIG WATER! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6fb25781-802c-44ba-b7ca-0db02cc1baef/0812-3.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The Beaver Island Marina had courtesy bicycles so we rode to the little town. Its an interesting little island. The sign says Beaver Island Jail, built 1910 burned 1931. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/618230ef-0e8e-4f0d-81cc-e7eda054643b/0813-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Tuesday, August 13. We had the best water we would have on Lake Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4539cbd6-5baa-4800-8871-f990a250ab6c/0817-6.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out This is St. Mary's Catholic Church located up on the bluff in Port Washington. It was nice to take a walk after the long cruise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dfcf3e55-e6b8-4ccc-aca1-42cfb3770458/0812-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Monday, August 12. Karla took this photo as they passed under the Mackinac Bridge. We were a little later and didn't get the colors in our photo. Water described as rolly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b15a0670-eacd-4edd-b20c-eacb934a931e/0819-3.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Showing the rare blue super moon over the Port Washington Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7a684096-5eb5-4690-8fda-8437ee77e4df/0817-7.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Going back to town from the bluff we came upon a deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e5fef52c-17fc-4866-9f4a-9fa6c8e62910/0810-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out August 10th is also my birthday. I have a theory--it always rains on my summer birthday. We went to a nearby pub with Karla & Paul and they told the waitress it was my birthday. She created this out of 2 chocolate chip cookies. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f29dd690-2a39-4455-bdac-ac8cb7d0f952/0818-3.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The town was having a car show. This car has a bumper sticker saying 'I break for fish'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/abd15a0c-8055-449f-a068-b0a4302283d9/0810-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Saturday, August 10. Still in Mackinaw City as the wind and waves were expected to be even bigger this day. We walked to the nearby beach to see how the ferry was weathering the crossing to Mackinac Island. We heard the crewman on the loud speaker warning passengers that they will get wet on top. Sooooo glad we went the day before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cb44dc81-00ea-450e-9815-69a1a96cdd66/0817-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Our destination originally was Sheboygan, but as the water was semi calm we pushed on for 93nm to Port Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a1a136eb-7e85-4ab2-bb54-da0e6452741d/0813-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Our destination was Escanaba, MI to visit Darth's aunt. uncle and cousins. We were so relieved the 75nm would be such an easy cruise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6a32b145-8f9f-4a5e-bb66-85b6e47d327f/0817-3.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The wind did pick up! All of the crew on this sailboat were on this side seeming to put as much weight as they could while the sails gathered speed. We saw several similar boats sailing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/32a27d8a-ad23-425d-b06a-3017b084dd68/0818-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out The fish car on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dd01eaf1-0182-4aa2-ade9-d63606df8bb2/0814-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Pictured from left to right, cousin Dan, Darth, me, cousin Steve, Aunt Bev, Dan's wife Lori, Uncle Jerry, Danielle (cousin Connie's daughter) and Connie. It was so nice to see the family. They all traveled to Escanaba and we were thankful they did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/21a42be4-b5ae-4113-981e-0d85f300ed9f/0815-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Thursday, August 15. We left Escanaba in the dark to hopefully have calm water. That was not to be, this was the beginning of why I'm leary of boating in Lake Michigan. It was sporty, but the sunrise was pretty. Destination: Sturgeon Bay, WI 61 nm away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2f582dce-d9e7-4ab7-8731-919880edd979/0818-4.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Back out on the pier--water splashing over the bulkhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/26ab49af-cfe6-4e61-8d70-fda87c88ba69/0813-3.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out We were joined by cousin Dan and wife Lori. They took us to a delicious restaurant in town. We came back to a nice sunset and quiet marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c2c4e5ba-f880-409e-860e-676e071957c9/0817-5.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Though it was an easy cruise, 93nm is a looooong way. We were happy to arrive at Port Washington. This pier is one we walked to several times during our stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/000b20bf-03b5-4fe0-a703-da81e16cebbb/0818-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Sunday, August 18. What a difference a day makes!!! The wind came up with 30mph gusts. Not a go day at all! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2f509fa0-74c2-4f30-a2f2-3b95dc655391/0812-2.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Our destination was Beaver Island, 35nm away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fd1e4141-1bc3-481b-ae9f-95e88bf2a10d/0817-1.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Saturday, August 17. We left early, the canal from Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan was nice and calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/09933380-a04d-4cae-bfe5-43687f300e68/0817-4.jpg Blog - Mackinaw City, MI to Port Washington, WI - Make it stand out Our guys were staying steady the whole way! https://www.lrfox.com/blog/north-channel-mackinaw-city-mi monthly 0.5 2024-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/575dffbb-8e9c-4736-a51c-ee28ea49ebb7/0809-7.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out A plaque-on-a-rock marks the spot where 1980 Christopher Reeve meets 1912 Jane Seymour in the romantic time-travel film "Somewhere In Time." I remember watching this film with Anne when she first visited me from Wales in 1981. My memory is we had to get up early to watch it on Showtime--no DVR back then. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0d9b9bff-90bf-45c7-9c83-e2b3192abe4c/0809-3.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Photo of the water from Arch Rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6d5bb0f4-a21b-4f22-98d2-7b089ce6789f/0809-16.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Our ride back on the ferry. We were sitting on the top deck of the ferry and water was splashing over! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d329e31c-97b0-4f14-9129-f1baa25c2f2f/0806.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out One of 4 churches along the same road in the small town of Blind River. We walked to a grocery store and a Tim Hortons for a quick snack. Our only Tim Hortons while we were in Canada. They are pretty good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/785ef4d8-4666-4b1f-953c-8bdd02088648/0809-2.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Selfie by Arch Rock. We bicycled then walked up 207 steps. (I did not count--there was a sign at the bottom). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1e117771-c74a-46b2-b5f3-dc9fcba01466/0808.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Thursday, August 8th. We decided to keep moving and headed to Mackinac Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6194da21-bf2d-4ab2-97bd-cb29d199f5a5/0809-1.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Arch Rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8e9705dc-538d-41dd-bddf-783d4994b680/0809-15.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out M. Island was a fun visit for the day. There are 500-600 people that live full time on the island. I can imagine how quiet life is after tourist season is over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ed8a8d41-64f5-4140-bd87-2982ae6d5f84/0809-14.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Elaine and Bobby - always laughing. This was taken on a horse and carriage ride to the Grand Hotel. Sitting with them was their friend Jane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9c97f47d-de63-4bdd-b4f4-e01fdc8e69f6/0809-13.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out At the Grand Hotel, the wedding carraige. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/db15b9df-db4b-4299-b939-3d26c76ce954/0806-01.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out The docks were lovely as well as the sunset at the Blind River Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7b19a396-2a02-4a27-b113-74421ef2c024/0807.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Wednesday, August 7. Darth and I left before the other boats. It was a pretty morning but windy enough for sailing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/afda5612-11e4-465d-8760-b67213295b89/0808-01.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Our guys rarely have any issues with rough water--no one was happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a28766ee-a18c-48e9-9110-d5b0c8e0350b/IMG_6356.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out This shows the route from Kagawong, Ontario to Mackinaw City, MI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/23c815cd-34ba-45e6-9bdd-efdfcf62828c/0809-12.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out The Grand Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/52dce997-595b-4832-a7ee-a4882c7d6668/0808-02.jpg Blog - North Channel to Mackinaw City, MI - Make it stand out Mackinaw City's Transformer--we did not see him do a transformation though. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/trent-severn-waterway-to-north-channel monthly 0.5 2024-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e8fc52fb-f125-4b32-962d-55feb1d10e36/080 Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Same cottage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ef9c412b-5092-40c3-9505-91c8d8c6a64b/0805.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We try so hard to do these selfies. No one fell in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/28d80800-68b5-404d-b02a-fa887defd0ae/0729-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Our view. The lock actually got stuck for about 5 minutes while we were in process of going down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bdafcc7d-d73b-427f-be07-50573743a493/0801-6.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out One of the lock attendants took our photo. They love how excited the loopers get --they said locals just want to get through. We stand out but in a good way--they say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/461b1b88-ffdb-4578-b3cb-08e8571a2680/0801-5.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out It kind of looks like a roller coaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/41bf3de7-31e8-4ba6-88c1-60d20d4efa74/0801-8.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out And gently back in the water. It was over in about 7 minutes--but a highlight lock experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1b745a52-c670-4b39-a2a4-4b2e82807a6b/0802-02.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out After 37NM we anchored in this little cove known as Long Sault anchorage. It was HOT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8930a11f-ba15-43c9-a3f2-0417f928e630/0801-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Our view going across the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/08af52db-cb84-42de-a5b5-efd9521380ea/0804-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Our anchorage was just around the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bcf4ab55-e1a1-4a85-a2a6-f8412809aa83/0729-9.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out So nice to see a blue heron again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0f64e494-e79c-4ef2-9916-d3629c2e9a5d/080 Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Amazing cottages seen along the way. So many built on rocks in remote locations. Such private settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/47c1ff18-b0c7-4ce5-aad4-ca07d9a8ee7c/0801-10.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out This is looking back at the last lock on the Trent Severn. Lock #45. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d9150b76-d59a-4d58-beea-2ba3148e2301/0729-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We were the only boat locking down. It was a little unnerving pulling into the open chamber on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/15a35738-9b37-4265-916e-9eb6907f5528/0729-11.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out After locking down five locks (37-41) we were greeted with amazing flat water on Lake Simcoe. This lake is known to be 'sporty' but not today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7be1325e-b196-41c5-8e67-9087d732a23f/0729-6.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Almost down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/251ed4ec-9762-4841-9a14-6ec0ea0cb6d8/0731-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Always entertaining to see the cottages along the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/886c70eb-e441-4430-9bd8-9ec5bda697cb/0802-01.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We stopped at a popular reastaurant along the way in Parry Sound. Henry's --excellent fish and chips. And ice cream--of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a0d9ad6a-7f81-4680-abd3-87fb45116021/0804.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Sunday, August 4. It had been so hot, we decided to stop at Wrights Marina --we woke early and headed for a anchorage with a couple options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/65f1fb4a-a91c-43a8-bc8c-f09e1bf13635/0730-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Tuesday, July 30. This is the laundry line up--and only 8:00am!! When marinas offer free laundry and a nice washroom--its very hard to resist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b692314e-1487-4d47-b5c6-6de7db42d9ce/0802-03.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out It was a beautiful anchorage--water so clear we swam. So refreshing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/adf0c2b8-954d-4584-8c9f-43c47bd75b44/0803.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Saturday, August 3. We woke to this!! Keeping the blue light on during the night was a really good idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/da69503d-6da1-4035-9734-a0a0f71969f0/0803-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out This 'cottage' stood out. Not at all like any other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c40fa9b8-bf38-43bf-bfb3-9a2665a1d23b/0729-8.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out This is know as the Canal Lake Bridge (Hole in the Wall). The bridge is the oldest concrete arch bridge known to remain in Canada with a 1905 construction date, a date which is cast into the center of the arch. We were lucky to pass through in such calm water to get the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a18efd0a-1fd0-4cd4-a292-b602ddc9ac77/0801-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out All loaded and making their way to the chute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cf3b2243-c7cd-4ee4-8860-562ad0b6111b/0802.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Friday, August 2. We left early and enjoyed another calm day of travel. The Georgian Bay is known for its 30,000 islands. Water is amazingly clear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7177b800-bab4-446a-bff1-99368da6fb7d/0729-12.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out After five locks and 38NM we stopped at the Bridge Port Marina in Orillia, Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e259d868-f575-4b96-914e-cc2d3a7d0433/0731-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Wednesday, July 31. The water lilies are blooming. We have seen so many along the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f66cc83b-1246-4f4f-93d7-89749c8d2e97/maap.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b9c4fe67-bfa8-445b-80c9-9aa1617fede5/0801.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out The many wave runners would go first--I think to get them out of the way. One of the bigger boats, 'Sweet Equity' was first from our line up. We would go next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cfb23296-3602-4a9c-9f2c-19ffd6ec4451/0731-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out One of our looper friends alerted us that #42 was jammed with logs. This bridge was not far from the lock and only opens when the train schedule allows. We arrived at 1:20--and saw the estimated opening was 1:30-1:45. The cranky bridge operator thought we could have cleared the bridge. Ummm noooooo!!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b62035d7-db9b-4994-8b10-cfa2f056a27b/0805-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Kagawong is know for the Bridal Veil Falls. They are not too far from the marina. Another hot day--but the walk was worth seeing the falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1f9ac209-5630-42e4-bee5-b0d97718848f/0801-9.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Looking back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2a0f4249-7113-49ff-baef-342f4c85cd44/0729-5.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We spotted the two designated red chairs at this lock. After we found out they are not at every park in Canada, it was fun to spy them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cc67e0f9-6867-495a-936a-e3525be94183/0729-7.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out This day was so calm---and being the only boat was amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/27ed1710-1d09-4f9b-af8b-7476ff92a495/0803-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Even though we had alot of bugs, this was one of our favorite anchorages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d1e1cf57-f81a-453d-8ff2-05bf09ceda8f/0805-001.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Monday, August 5. We left early for Killarney. This was the lighthouse as we entered the busy town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5ff203a2-4036-4d17-bbb5-12a28b1e48d3/0729-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Such a beautiful morning cruise through this narrow rocky channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8790d3ad-cb97-431d-a604-dfa40d34d517/0801-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out It was shocking to see how far back the boat was on the lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b8ae431a-ccfe-4e70-b508-e3b622e9a5b9/0804-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We decided to go through Collins Inlet and find an anchorage along the way. The next day we would make our way to North Channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a5b69d52-e681-4769-a42f-d32b5ea7b28d/0730-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We planned to stay two nights. The rain didn't last too long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/94fcc8e3-5317-47b5-9758-6f328d5cf6f6/0801-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Now its our turn. We would be first to load on the lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9bdb02f2-645d-439a-a11d-4fdfb514a68c/0803-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out This is the Pointe au Baril Range Rear Lighthouse. One of many we see in Georgian Bay. A little history: In the 1870s, fur traders from Penetanguishene lost a canoe along the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, and it was discovered the following spring by stranded fur traders, who helped themselves to a barrel of whiskey found in the canoe. After some whiskey-fueled merrymaking, the traders left the empty barrel on the point as a marker, and soon thereafter French mariners started to refer to the place as Pointe au Baril, meaning “Barrel Point.” Cheers!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/df4b9f23-dbfa-4e74-aefa-7b0fa780d060/0805-002.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We stopped for a quick breakfast sandwich and could not resist the bakery goods. Off to fuel and make our way to Kagawong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6b4a08e7-fb2f-435f-be9a-a8fb2271b48f/0805-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/faf0a985-fa0f-451f-91f1-e6e3b69a472a/0731-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out We arrived after locking down 42 & 43 traveling 30NM. We joined the boats at the Big Chute wall ready to lock down in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/51c741bf-4232-4526-accc-e45ec7888336/0804-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Scenery in this inlet was stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c5000cc4-cd4d-4a87-8a61-c42c5a06e010/0801-7.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Going down..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/247f1038-5ac6-4aa6-b4a1-5aec451f6f4f/0729-13.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway to North Channel - Make it stand out Love the lighted Canadian flag at the end of the docks. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/trent-severn-waterway-kppsx monthly 0.5 2024-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a7f6425b-a27f-4f4b-ad07-ddbc3b20bdd3/0727-7.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out As we entered one of the highlights on the Trent Severn - the town of Bobcaygeon the canal had many similar homes. Imagine all the boats, wave runners, kayaks, paddle boards darting in and out as we came into this narrow channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/91276e9b-80d3-4c22-8a7e-1985c4f3be36/0723-7.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out This was our spot at the Old Mill Park-Campbellford Town Dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b834d3eb-3e9d-4172-a6a6-7e1d6f4a34aa/0727-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Saturday, July 27. We left early with Avalon and arrived at lock 27 before it opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e6ba6237-bbaa-4feb-ad8e-41b5fbb51155/0727-6.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out This part of the Trent Severn is popular for house boats. Looks like alot of fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7c70ce49-bc94-40ae-b1d6-85ba3b0881e4/0727-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out I see a winner of the segulls king of the rock game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1c1598e1-6039-4840-bb9b-e94d945260b2/0724-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Our spot below lock 20 across from Terrie and Richard (Avalon). This spot fills up so we felt lucky that a spot opened up just before we arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/54ce5ca3-2ffe-4ea3-b22d-6a4bb1858d39/0728-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We walked by the lock we would go through—this is the lock house above the lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6dabe558-6ffd-4d25-94e2-c3ee0d21428c/0726-7.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out And we’re off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9c92b894-b79f-45a1-bcb2-04618dbfe146/0726-9.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We locked through 6 locks and only traveled 8NM. It was hot. This is our spot for the night at the Lakeside upper wall. It was a short walk to ice cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/066b60fe-4f8f-40a7-aea0-024fb3b06ecf/0727-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Very scenic cruise. Love this church on a rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d4f5d554-79f5-4a56-a398-ef2fe233296e/0728-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Sunday, July 28. Bobcaygeon is also home to the Kawartha Dairy known for the ice cream I keep talking about. We did not buy shoes or clothing from a Bigley store in town but we did walk to buy a t-shirt from the dairy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/877fb9b6-d9fd-4a46-8634-234bcc99e7bb/0725-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6b61eed9-66e1-42bd-a837-2d67879b6a3d/0726-5.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Our view behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ed2c5084-1227-4c87-8ed9-be5165297f29/0723-6.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The town of Campbellford’s giant $2 coin right by the dockwall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7db57dd8-a1f4-4094-a8ed-17dd49433615/0723-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Tuesday, July 23. We left early and were greeted with calm, quiet water. There are many cottages and RVs along the Trent-Severn most have the Canadian Flag out front. Alot of folks wave and ask us where we are from—it’s a very friendly waterway. When traveling through communities the speed limit is 10km = 5.2knots so its easy to say hello when the channels are narrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ef93019a-195b-4f6d-872e-65d5d08643fa/0723-5.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We walked to the World’s Finest Chocolate Factory and took advantage of the buy 1 get 2 free bag sale. Campbellford Ontario has been home to the Canadian Head Office of World's Finest Chocolate Canada company since 1958. More info from Wikipedia, because I was curious, as most of us have purchased a bar from a young person selling them for a school or team fundraiser. World's Finest Chocolate was founded under the name Cook Chocolate Company by Edmond Opler Sr. in 1939. He started the division that produced chocolate bars for fundraising in 1949 and called it "World's Finest Chocolate". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/344abd45-ee46-45f4-ac83-298b53090634/map-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/068d1c5f-36d5-4fee-8981-50bd89235a7a/0725-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We rode our bikes up to lock 21 to the famous Peterborough Lift Lock—we wanted to check it out before going up Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9a4a8887-b8b0-46e7-89a2-22573d1fc020/0726-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We will lift up 65’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0809e8da-7cdd-40fe-98be-ab2e1967d879/0726-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Almost to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4b2fc082-fb6b-4dae-8a9b-4ba8b09236fb/0727-8.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We stayed at Gordon’s Yacht Harbor right by the row of houseboats that are rented out for vacationers. This is below lock 32—we lock through 27, 28, there is no 29, 30 & 31 traveling 34NM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1057956f-eea5-4cf4-b31d-af81ba2c3d00/0728-6.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Our spot above Rosedale lock 35. By far one of our favorite spots so far on the T-S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c4428409-2354-477e-a89c-2b6360fe7856/0727-5.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The homes built on rocks never get old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/59f39c0f-b7a3-42ab-b277-6696c2f386b8/0728-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out This is the Fenelon Falls lock 34—we could not find a spot and actually were not disappointed—too busy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8d3eae13-12f5-4675-b49a-499a9062cb13/0726-8.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We cruised by Trent University. There are several buildings right on the water. Very pretty setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/11c0ecb8-1949-49fc-b863-19bfa0273e73/0726-2.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Friday, July 26. Here is our view as we entered Peterborough Lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/762012a9-4d67-4136-93b5-4a295c46c177/0725-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We read that Parks Canada places two red Adirondack chairs in peaceful, breathtaking locations from coast to coast to coast. These chairs were at the top of the Peterborough lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5f450006-1210-4ce0-b480-801c20ca3885/0726-6.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b807fb5d-8692-4666-b942-195fa4ff1265/0728-5.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out And I forgot to mention the pontoon boats. There were three boys and an adult presumedly their dad jumping off the end of the bridge. Seriously—what could go wrong? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/39b507c5-40a3-4eb3-9ff2-e6947c93015c/0727-4.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out What a setting for paddlers and kayakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f0d2fe52-5260-4906-9a1e-ac5c6cd68c3c/0728-1.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out This was on a telephone pole on our walk. ❤️ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bb337855-c784-4685-9d36-940d90eb08a5/0723-3.jpg Blog - Trent-Severn Waterway - Make it stand out This is a double lock—Locks 11 & 12. A bit intimidating —especially when your imagination runs into full swing thinking what if the doors suddenly open. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/canada-trent-severn-waterway monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/914d8c97-98be-43a8-aa17-20142f7aa2b2/0722-11.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out There were 6 boats staying the night—all loopers. It was nice meeting new faces and seeing some we had met before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0f23696d-99e8-4355-b3ee-3229bb5e3936/0721-1.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The Canadian Geese are EVERYWHERE! According to google: Canada geese get their name from their range and from the Latin word canadensis, which means "from Canada". Some say that the geese are also named after John Canada, an ornithologist who separated the species from other geese, but this is debated. If I were John Canada I would not want to be connected to the poopiest birds ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/355779bb-abfb-4216-adcd-1bbf963fef69/0717-1.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out And a house on a rock island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/20c22d67-6ab6-467d-bbcf-0ab1998ec960/0718-2.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out St. Mary’s Cathedral. It was completed in 1848—the tour guide said it was the tallest building in Kingston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5a27e2e4-63f5-4ed3-8c81-5586cb5c2d1b/0722-7.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We stopped after lock 6—mainly because there was ice cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/37be39fa-d6c4-473e-95aa-e0ca0b828a5d/0720-3.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The town was having dragon boat races. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d3009693-fdcb-4959-8bad-a28734200ea9/0717-2.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Our spot on McDonald Isand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cb6df8e8-f129-42b7-9bed-fd03cfc1a931/0718-1.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Ferry boat along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5730d0a2-761f-4b91-8767-bff3a3dd5916/0722-1.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Monday, July 22. Early morning sunrise. We left at 6:20am to stay at the bottom of Lock 1 to await the opening at 9:00am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d9b41e07-efb2-4ec2-979f-c5b72672d852/0722-5.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Sometimes its necessary to raft to the larger boats instead of locking up on the oppisite wall. This day we locked up 6 locks with Katie and Darryl (Bella Rumore) and enjoyed getting to know them throughout the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a7020201-1472-4d91-a188-9975d96b12b3/0722-4.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The doors are hand cranked open. The lock hands are local students and we enjoyed chatting. They always ask where we are headed and will say if they have room for moorage if they know. If they don’t know they phone ahead and find out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8111fbbd-e65a-4220-bb1c-21c227e5d533/0717-3.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out We went for a walk on this little island—both of us wearing sandals. This sign was after we walked across to the other side. Eeks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b8d78af2-4b68-4b9e-8c0e-61640c19d2b6/0718-3.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Queen’s University—beautiful buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/942b1ffa-127a-441a-82d9-5d6557a04954/0722-2.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The bridge says Welcome to the Trent Severn Waterway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/797a8700-4929-42d9-8483-faee1880b857/0717.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out On the way to McDonald Island—a gazebo on a rock island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4dbec8bc-2d1f-4156-8a6c-5259a043f9e3/0718-5.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Would love to see the inside of this old home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/23a3b004-cf5c-42ac-807a-774654a7c491/0721-2.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out Had to take a photo of the lovely showers. Also the marina had free laundry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b3b9c1e2-109e-4c1b-8497-b58606ea2aa6/0722-8.jpg Blog - Canada - Trent Severn Waterway - Make it stand out The boys parents were sitting right by the boat. We were relieved not to be responsible. It was hard to watch—-but fun to listen to them enjoying. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/st-lawrence-river-cont monthly 0.5 2024-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/85c2851c-39c7-4f1f-bff2-c0d4ecc8e5dc/0714-1.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out There are over 320 antique boats on display in several buildings. No photo but the hydroplane display in the Morgan Building included a photo and history of Bill Muncy—famous hydro racer in the 60’s & 70’s on Lake Washington and many other locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/091f7083-2a65-4ae1-a6d8-5347d60023be/0716-5.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out This was also from the Sport-Rehab room—invention from ACME—a stove top above a refrigerator. This invention did not catch on—the refridgerator would heat up every time the stove was turned on. Ok…when was this ever a good idea? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3f6cacc1-be75-4777-933a-5e1a3259654e/0716-9.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out Hard to see the rates—there is a Royal Suite that has been modernized and available to rent and stay overnight. The tour guide I spoke with said she stayed there one night and it was amazing. The owners extend a free night to the tour guides as a thank you for their work during the summer. If a couple were to stay—it would cost about $1,200 a night and up to 6 guests can stay—paying more for each additional guest. This includes a catered cold plate dinner in the evening and an extended tour. In the morning a continental breakfast is provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fd099880-26e6-4083-bd5c-0c6486bd523a/0716-4.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out There were three booth like seats in this room with games at each. Per our tour guide, they were designed for guests that endured long train rides to sit back and enjoy the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b1363db3-0479-4866-926c-f774370e1db5/0716-10.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out After the Singer Castle tour we returned back up the river to the Keewayden State Park. This was highly recommended by Karla and Paul (Current Plan) who are way ahead of us now. We were glad we took the extra day to tour the Singer Castle. Now we will be heading to Canada to start the Trent Severn Waterway and continue making our way back to Peoria, Illinois where we began our loop. This part of the loop is becoming the most beautiful scenery and in our minds it feels like we saved the best for last. We will enjoy, but also we both are looking forward to returning home to family and friends. We want to hug our loved ones! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/12047a4b-1782-41ef-8ac5-e3495fbd26de/0716.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out Monday, July 16. We were not going to take in the Singer Castle whish is another 10 miles up the St. Lawrence River. But….. Deb & TJ (First Light) said they enjoyed it more than the Boldt Castle. So we set out early to hopefully dock at the guest dock and take in the tour. The cruise deeper in the St. Lawrence is beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/87377703-12e9-4d6a-ab1a-0fe531904acf/0715-4.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out Last bit of history —this is the Power House: The original Clock and Chimes Tower were created as a smaller reproduction of the Westminster Chimes in London, England. The silver chimes were purchased from one of the John Wannamaker’s stores and stood between 12 and 14 feet tall. It was said that the chimes played every half hour and that they could be heard for four miles across the river. The Power House also suffered severe damage after the tile roof was accidentally set ablaze by fireworks in 1939, which left the building exposed to the elements until it restoration in 1990 and also destroyed the chimes and original clock. The restoration involved the installation of tile found in barrels of the castle’s foundation and the creating of a new stone bridge, complete with stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/681c5a43-fb5c-482b-ab93-366eac37f6a5/0716-2.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out Yay, we got a spot and a fellow looper Bernie (River Rat) in a 27’ Ranger Tug docked behind us. The three of us were on the first tour of the day. This is Singer Castle on Dark Island—brief history: Business man Frederick Bourne purchased Dark Island in 1902 and had designed and built the castle originally known as “The Towers” for a cost of US $500,000. Tons of granite quarried from nearby Oak Island were brought over ice and water from 1903-1905 to construct Singer Castle (at the same time Boldt Castle was being built, Oak Island employees were saved from layoff after Boldt stopped because of construction of Towers.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6d0e348d-7861-40a1-b833-b8283320d416/0715-3.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out The grounds surrounding the castle were beautifly maintained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d7dd8912-7b1d-4883-9fe5-8c96a76b08be/0716-6.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out This was in the Sport -Rehab room. Creepy! Imagine being exposed to light this way for tanning. Not sure who invented it but it did have potential issues with electricity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8b84cbac-3df5-46bc-9951-ff6fc14f8528/0715.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out Monday, July 15. Destination was 9 NM away to Alexandria Bay Municiple Dock. From here we would catch the Uncle Sam tour shuttle to the Boldt Castle. Darth updates his captain’s log daily. Total trip miles of our loop as of this entry is 4,512 NM! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aed5850d-bab2-477d-9121-31ed41fc9e7b/0715-1.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out This is Boldt Castle. Construction began on Boldt Castle in 1900 at the bidding of millionaire hotel magnate George C. Boldt as a tribute to his beloved wife Louise. Boldt Castle was designed as their summer dream home. In January 1904, tragedy struck. Boldt telegraphed the island and commanded the workers to immediately “stop all construction.” Louise had died suddenly. A broken hearted Boldt could not imagine his dream castle without his beloved. Boldt never returned to the island, leaving behind the structure as a monument of his love. (this summary was taken from the Boldt Castle site) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3b10168f-d697-48ac-a1a1-7f3ae97a85bc/0714.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out This is the La Duchesse, 106’ houseboat built in 1903 for hotelier George Boldt manager of New York City’s famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The houseboat was in continuous use as an elegant summer residence until she was donated to the Museum. It was very impressive for the time it was built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4df99735-01ff-4738-93dd-5e657edfea73/0716-3.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out This is the entry way. Mr. Bourne loved the book Woodstock by Sir Walter Scott. “The Towers” in the book was the inspiration that Ernest Flagg, the architect whom designed this structure, had after also reading the book. The Castle was named the Singer Castle as Mr. Bourne was very high up the chain for the Singer Sewing Machine company. There were several Singer sewing machines thruought the castle that have been donated. Our tour guide said no more sewing machines are needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4317e4b5-6ef6-4de9-9459-a53f4b43ee3b/0714-2.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out We walked up the street to St. Mary’s Catholic Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7cd7d3a3-7656-4a00-89db-648aa596127e/0716-7.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out A ship was passing while we were on the tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b30b8ad3-161c-4402-b52d-592e07ef7956/0716-8.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out I loved this room—originally it was the servants quarters with an ensuite bathroom to share. Later it was used by the visiting families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/45f7b3ae-2d83-488b-8b5c-07e0ea1acfdf/0715-2.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out We were not on a guided tour. Guests are alowed to meander through and read snipits of explanation. The first two floors were finished—we were able to walk up to several levels—almost to the top. There were brief explanations posted along the way. More history from the website: For 73 years, the castle and various stone structures were left to the mercy of the wind, rain, ice, snow and vandals. When the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority acquired the property in 1977, it was decided that through the use of all net revenues from the castle operation it would be preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ea55aa86-6be0-4d6d-a2b6-352e78319453/0716-1.jpg Blog - St. Lawrence River, Cont. - Make it stand out There are many islands with single family homes like this one. We spotted the residents on the deck—probably drinking coffee watching the boats pass by. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/erie-canal-st-lawrence-river monthly 0.5 2024-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bbbf3f23-a1ae-47c9-8b3d-822e4cde0900/0707.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Shade arriving later in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cb131797-7ad1-45b9-87e7-791f061ad6f8/0711.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Thursday, July 11. We began our day with lock 2 just down from the Phoenix dock through lock 8 and stayed in Oswego, NY. Long day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/067ac1b9-164d-4ff3-a358-af04e1128c28/713-1.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Saturday, July 12. We walked to the pancake breakfast offered at the Community Church. It was part of the French Festival’s festivities of the day. We took in everything! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/891ccac6-d2c7-45ad-89fa-89bbe5b14ed2/070 Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out After arriving in Phoenix, NY we walked up to the local ice cream shop —of course! This is lemon cheesecake, highly recommended by the young lady serving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/131e6aec-634d-4943-be12-77cff8646e56/0708-1.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out We love early morning cruises. We were heading north, destination was only 19 miles away to Ess Kay Marina in Brewerton, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1713c5f3-235f-4a7d-99ad-f5ffc06176ff/0708.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Monday, July 8. This was a very calm morning at the Sylvan Beach dock, we pulled out early to get the best water as we went across Lake Oneida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/957eca79-9bcd-4647-a766-b336219a1af2/713-2.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Back at the boat we were greeted with another local. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7c004ece-1462-4f33-8055-6d8a15e0cb2b/IMG_5528.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out The body of BIG water is Lake Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/51f4747f-3ab1-44ad-a1e2-431b0c5fdfe0/713-7.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Our boat neighbors. We enjoyed their company and got a tour of their sailboat. It’s surprising how big and roomy it was inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2b1f3e6d-5242-47a9-a8c8-263af6986917/0708-3.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out I didn’t get everyone by a long shot. This was a huge docktail/pizza/whiskey tasting looper gathering. The next day, some of us would be heading north on the Oswego Canal, while others will head west and continue on the Erie Canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/469526b4-beca-4c96-bca8-befba7af7e12/712-1.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out The Village of Cape Vincent was incorporated with a population of 1218 on June 14, 1853, making it one of the younger communities in the State of New York. We walked the streets and there are many picturesque homes along the way. This was one of the prettiest small towns we have seen so far on our loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4940e04f-8f76-49af-882d-edd9382dabe6/713-3.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Taking a selfie I’m trying to show the crowd attending the parade. Chairs were lined up and down the street —some were 4 rows deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1bb7aab5-6794-40da-9822-912a7c4b232c/713-4.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out One of many marching bands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/19037ed0-84ce-44ec-86c8-4498fa71debd/712-2.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out The ladies in the water are at least our age. They swim every day in the summer off the dock we were staying at. The water is clear and surprisingly warm. Yes, I took a dip as well. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cefd5ddf-38ec-4fa0-9518-b3446c63bdcc/071 Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out This is the book exchange library constructed to match the dock house. Phoenix does not charge to dock here—although donations are accepted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ab4a94c9-45b1-48f0-bac5-7aa9fa2a2355/713-6.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Too many parade shots? This was the Chamber of Commerce volunteers that organize the French Festival events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/818eab34-85cc-4cc1-8e85-f6b724e64016/070 Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out In Phoenix, the city dock is ran (with supervision) by the BridgeBrats. A young boy about 8 ran to the dock and offered to catch our rope. I thought maybe he was with his parents until another boy about 10 came up as well. Then a gentleman explained the BridgeBrats program to us. This program was started 15 years ago by a beloved community member Cathy Lee, who passed away earlier this year. The kids learn leadership and teamwork skills as the older kids teach the younger ones the importance of keeping the park grounds clean and welcome visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/129e7fb3-8059-454c-8ac8-8fdf0f77f79e/712.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Friday, July 12. We had an easy day cruising our first Great Lake. Lake Ontario to Cape Vincent, NY up the St. Lawrence River. 43NM altogether. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bd9c2304-7aa8-4cec-8400-75957ed18ee6/0709.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Tuesday, July 9. We left Ess Kay Marina and headed North up the Oswego Canal to Phoenix, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e3950511-8749-487d-8613-0ae6804b9ec4/713-5.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Spiderman—on the drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f69d46f8-afea-4191-9cf4-23897880a700/0707-1.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out There is a story about the chicken pitchers—dating back to the early Renaissance period in the Republic of Florence. Two italian families were rivals. The Medici were the most wealthy and powerful family in the republic, with their only rivals being the Pazzi family. The Pazzi were trying to take power the only way they knew how – by getting rid of them all! The Pazzi decided they would succeed the night of a party the Medici threw—and sneak up on the family after they fell asleep. They would have succeeded, except they had to cross a yard full of roosters to get into the village, and at the sound of the intruders, the roosters began to crow in such a frenzy that it woke the Medici family and their guards! The Medici’s ordered their artisans to create ceramic copies of the roosters to be used as wine pitchers, and gave the pitchers to all the peasants of the village as a symbol of good luck in warding off danger. That’s why it’s now an Italian tradition to give a rooster pitcher to friends or family as a symbol of good luck and to protect them from danger! We learn so much on this trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0ffed946-e376-4126-bad6-3fcbba073060/713-9.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/93c79422-0235-46ff-ba6c-a9741e16ffdf/IMG_5329.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out Wednesday, July 10. Soooo Tornado watch is one level(we have seen before)—this says Tornado Warning. We walked to nearby boaters to find out exactly what does this mean—It means there was a tornado spotted. Gosh I feel for folks that deal with these—the uncertainty would not be easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d327a15d-ee4d-4612-b1df-cbc7cdcec515/713-8.jpg Blog - Erie Canal - St. Lawrence River - Make it stand out The folks from the town gathered along the dock to watch the fireworks —we really loved this stop. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/albany-ny-erie-canal monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b3f7a809-9ae3-4670-af5d-c1a343198363/0701-morn.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Tuesday, July 2. It was a beautiful morning. Jame had a meeting, we all wanted to bicycle and see the area. Consensus was to stay one more night during this important coffee meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/df831a6d-ece8-460e-b909-137e013e0661/0625-2.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out We walked up Lock 2 and found this mule. Mules and horses were used to power canal boats. Attached to the boats by a rope, the animals walked along a towpath next to the canal, pulling the boats behind them as they went. Teams of horses or mules worked in shifts. When they were off duty, they rested inside a stable located on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c7bd7e88-dca5-4228-b26d-1cc49a539312/0629+.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Saturday, June 29. Arthur’s coffee shop—-these are welcome coffee’s. J&S have arrived! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f029ecb-c725-4fa2-89cf-59514d3f45c0/0702-6a.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out We had a very nice ‘docktail’ gathering with 7 boats along the dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/72413d98-84a9-43d6-acb1-3de8345c4ce6/0630-.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Darth and my job got easier too with our added boat hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9ea09348-3399-41ee-b36a-5226f931627e/0627.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out While provisioning—-THIS!! Super light and yummy beer I discovered last year—its seasonal, I highly recommend. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cfb9111a-54ad-43bf-8588-ca163ad792c9/0630-3.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out The four of us walked across the bridge in Amsterdam from Riverlink park. We found the town very pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/411f01b7-2527-4563-b3b9-075a85b4064f/0629-.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Its blurry—but the plaque showed the former location of the Brewers 1969 in Seattle. The Seattle Pilots!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f4b17529-abf3-4968-b663-237877204782/0625-3.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out It was an interesting walk up the canal. It was HOT—our destination: ice cream-of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/76b5105d-b724-4f7b-9594-442844f19460/0630-1.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Here’s Scott—its hard to take decent photos of the person in the cockpit—we all took turns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5673b7d6-666b-418f-9de1-1c37d05d10a0/0702-7.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out After ‘docktails’ Scott started searching for pizza—after knowing all places were closed I said I would pay $100 if he could find a place open. Note to self—-don’t give Scott a challenge. He has not seen the $100 though. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/afa24292-cf24-4666-86b0-62aab9caa5d5/0628-4.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Waterski show. They were great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8ad57837-bd76-42c1-98f1-3f8c7c6d9b31/0629-1.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out We stopped at Canali’s Italian Restaurant—DELICIOUS!! When we arrived back at the marina the rain stopped—briefly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4f22a853-09b8-4f7e-a298-4429c37c69ab/0628-2.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out This dock was pretty crowded later in the day. We felt very lucky to get a spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/de5ad9bb-e0fa-4944-a834-220cd1af3126/0702-1.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out This graveyard was on the property—it was interesting to walk the grounds of this historic site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e8b25fef-e669-4b71-b290-ae13bf27efd6/0628-5.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Super firework show! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cc5cf048-1502-455d-bd06-7b6a071f8a82/0629.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out It poured down rain, since J&S rented a car for two days—Scott suggested Cooperstown and visit the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum. It was alot of fun. Great ride through NY to get there too—beautiful part of NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/09b3a687-0a8e-458e-ba2e-4522dfced36b/0630-2.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out At the Riverlink park there is a bar right by —we had a fun evening getting to know Rich and Nancy, (Relief Valve). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1e1a2611-c9dc-4926-b844-2f4b662519fd/0626-1.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Warterford, NY is also famous for the first American woman to win an Olympic Event. This was at a park by the bridge we took to provision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0e43d48b-340f-404e-9696-11a670b21c02/0701-2.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Very dramatic approach to Lock 17—our final lock for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fcba4fd3-e362-4c05-9b05-f788f4ea2afe/0701.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Monday, July 1. Rich and Nancy checked with us to travel together starting early. It helps the lockmasters when boats arrive together, plus our destination was the same, Little Falls Rotary Marina 6 locks away. Looks like some serious strategy is being determined enroute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f947753b-ac6e-4742-8865-aa6165e0c480/0704.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out At one of the stops Jamie ran to get ice. Mrs. & Mr. had just provisioned and in addition to the refrigerator, they had food in a huge cooler. Jame was able to take a photo of the boat as we pulled up to pick her up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5b0163e4-3937-4379-a969-67c39d3a15a0/hhome.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out We rode the bikes to the nearby Herkemer Home. Unfortunately the buildings are only open Wednesday - Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/92075a3e-b2de-4bca-a4a0-aa0c6196e132/0628-3.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Reenactment—very loud! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aa355f0c-02c7-4a98-bf24-bfe9100fd1c0/0625-4.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out The Troy lock is known as Lock 1, Lock 2 begins at Waterford, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3b225618-9bed-488f-b990-769b94301de4/0702-4.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out We continued to bike around Little Falls. Everything except the grocery store and CVS drugstore were closed on Tuesdays. No ice cream on this ride. : ( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a6e5f662-e736-4890-9826-09f5b95d98fc/0625-1.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out On the way to Troy lock. Starbuck Island has nothing to do with Starbuck’s coffee-being from Seattle, I had to google it. 1823—Valentine Starbuck, the British master of a whaling ship, sighted the island, which was previously called Volunteer Island. Now it is known as Troy’s newest luxury apartment community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/feaed5b1-e447-47d3-8d7a-ce3239d5c2a1/0701-2+.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out This is a popular spot for rock climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ea615026-61bf-41b0-8ee3-e01ec8f2f60a/IMG_5300.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out We are Westbound! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/32627bbc-9709-4919-8ce3-674add226cc7/0628.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out This is Jumpin’ Jacks just down from where the boat was. If you order 2 hamburgers the order taker will yell something—but not 2 hamburgers. If you tip —the cashier yells SUBWAY and all the workers yell THANK YOU! Burgers were delicious and ice cream served from their building nextdoor was also delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/896807d1-d356-4b34-9e45-abf34ee23909/0701-4.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out J&S slept under the dinette table—in the ‘cave’. It started on the first night when rain was predicted. What isn’t shown are the 7+ boxes of supplies-tools etc, life preservers, folding chairs, vacuum and leaf blowers, laundry bag, miscellaneous items we must have, all had to be taken out of the cave every night they were with us and re-packed in the morning. These two are so easy—they intended to ‘camp’ but really this worked. Yes—Jame is pretending to sleep. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eb0b1c20-bc48-4854-9dbe-2126b3f4d208/0626.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Wednesday, June 26. This is a Kadey Krogen Manatee-1987, the boat was introduced in 1984 and only 99 KK Manatees were built. Sarah and Ted named their boat Manatee when they bought it new. This is their 34th time doing the loop! It was a pleasure to meet these two legendary loopers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/479b05da-3195-43f1-9797-273ff4f63cd2/0630.jpg Blog - Albany, NY - Erie Canal - Make it stand out Sunday, June 30. J&S took us to Wallmart for more provisioning then returned the rental car. We chose Riverlink Park in Amsterdam, NY for our destination. The locks only had ropes so we adjusted by holding onto them—here’s Jamie. It actually seemed easier. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/new-jersey-new-baltimore-ny monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c62b8b5f-01b4-49e7-aa02-ea114095c355/0618-4.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out The evening was topped off with this sunset at Half Moon Bay, Croton-On-Hudson, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/561cfdb1-49a2-4a37-bf4f-b6c963f27099/0618-1.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out The statue is called “Water’s Soul” by a Spanish artist Jaume Plensa that depicts a woman with a finger to her lips. The way it faces the NYC skyline makes it seem like the woman is “shushing” the NYC skyline. I googled it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ec523a78-2a9b-45d5-b0a7-a3ae053b594b/0621-5.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out We made it back to the boat right before the rain hit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2f43fe09-e44d-4c19-bb63-23aa7ca377b1/0621-3.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out We took a walk and these two were either fighting or courting… not sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3c1326b9-7f6f-450e-a5a7-bd5e44837921/0619-4.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Esopus Meadows Lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3e508240-a343-4c6a-a698-56e6e9e8df3f/0619-7.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out After docking at the marina, we dinghy’d back to Loose Moose and visited with Kathe and Bonnie. We originally met them coming down the Tennessee River last November! It was so nice to visit with them after so many months. They will be crossing their wake very soon—for more about their adventure they are on FB—Loose Moose on the Loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/59110193-e71d-41ec-b6fb-7891609338d1/0621.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Friday, June 21. We moved to the Hudson River Maritime Museum and learned about the famous Hudson River vessel the Mary Powell. The Hudson River Maritime Museum (HRMM) was established in 1979 and preserves, interprets, and celebrates the maritime history, traditions, industries, and communities of the Hudson River and its tributaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/84f8c2ef-a709-4f21-b6d9-470e7fdd6fd7/0620.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Thursday, June 20. We dinghy’d back to town and walked up to the highly recommended Half Moon Bay Coffee Shop. This is a cranberry orange muffin toasted. It’s delicious and apparently a thing in NY. I will always want my muffins this way from this point forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8094e318-a7cd-4d0a-9bda-e5aac55c7405/0622.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Saturday, June 22. A fellow looper took our photo as they cruised by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/16380328-2eb9-4291-a985-948a991aad5f/0622-5.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out We arrived at Donovan’s Shady Harbor just when the sky opened up! This marina is just outside New Baltimore, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/326ffd9d-7398-482b-9991-3a62c1d47dbd/0617-1.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Many Loopers coordinate taking photos of eachothers boat in front of the Statue of Liberty. We were the only pleasure boat passing by—our selfies from the bow didn’t quite work out — BUT here she is the Statue of Liberty taken as we passed by. Truly a gorgeous morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/adb724c5-ed05-4cff-95df-9d5e39fbb630/0621-1.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Still hot outside—yeah we had to do this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f3753d40-68f3-452f-bce2-bc22f1bb285e/0620-3.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out This was on our walk in town. Such a great idea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/92b84806-558e-4a1f-88c3-acd90c8cab43/0622-1.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out We left the dock at the museum and headed up the Hudson to Donovan Shady Harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f8f8f48f-b5ec-4f71-814f-c97f347f5a79/0620-1.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Really don’t like to complain but oh my goodness its HOT. Just thought I would share the visual. We love our west coast weather! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/65dd20fb-da13-44e1-a3e6-d1c03d731cb6/0617-3.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Yep, this had to be done. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f3174c06-8eef-41a9-829c-1c3635339fee/0618.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Tuesday, June 18. Our goal was to get up and out of Hudson Bay before the many commuter ferries start their day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/53b54d8a-ce85-4992-af52-def9be45d19c/0618-2.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out -More than 50,000 people use the terminal daily, making it the ninth-busiest railroad station in North America and the sixth busiest in the New York area. It is also the second-busiest railroad station in New Jersey, behind only Newark Penn Station This is the -Hoboken Terminal is the last survivor of the great Hudson River (New Jersey) waterfront stations still serving in its original function. We dodged the many ferries that will come out of this terminal as the morning commute gets busier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/419524bd-a725-4eee-b855-520d3ccf06a1/0623-1.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Sunday, June 23. We stayed one more night as the wind picked up earlier. Our next destination would be Albany, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dbe869bc-22cd-46ba-a563-c73d7f63a566/0617-5.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Getting back on the ferry on Liberty Island was challenging and hot—for everyone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ed086575-a1fa-4ed5-8814-8fb548c5f8e4/0617-6.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out We took the ferry from Liberty Island to Manhattan and walked to the World Trade Center & the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. We wished we booked another day at the marina to spend the time needed to see all the exhibits. We both felt being in New York gave us a deeper understanding to the horror and helplessness of the people that were there that sunny Tuesday morning. Knowing what we know now—we recommend the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and go when it first opens for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b5ae5588-1c65-41a7-8e77-dd77be8f7412/0617.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Verrazzano Narrows Bridge with NYC in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/12079043-ab79-4d43-a970-6f7a2009377b/0619-6.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out The is the Rondout Lighthouse. Our destination was the Rondout Yacht Club about a mile in from this lighthouse. Kingston, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d1b76c2e-c0ae-4df2-9b21-d753f43d3014/0621-4.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Church along our walk—our phones said there would be a thunderstorm….. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9d454bda-1127-404e-a31b-ece3fee906b5/IMG_4977.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Going up the Hudson River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/83f088eb-1ee7-4619-a6fc-821b07de5e90/0619-3.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out The scenery drastically changes going up the Hudson. On the West side we saw alot of freight trains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/68b7e83e-c862-4a39-88b4-a48a00f2dbee/0619.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Wednesday, June 19. We cruised by West Point-US Military Academy. Very impressive from the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6bd568d9-f5b9-4cb8-b819-13f83970ea28/0618-3.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out View of Manhattan is now behind us. Fun fact: Name of the elementary school I attended was Manhattan Elementary in SeaTac, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e989b781-dc1d-4772-ade8-d656863aad52/0620-4.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out Back at our boat we were greeted by the locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d0ba0ff1-6a89-4152-aa50-5fbbc92f1026/0622-4.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out This is the Hudson Athens Lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f7dac37f-e5c9-45fe-a8cb-c464f0b92c6c/0617-2.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out And here we are on land. We took the Ellis Island/ Statue of Liberty tour. Private boats are not aloud to dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e94c16cf-5d31-4914-9f49-61dd1db1cd72/0622-6.jpg Blog - New Jersey - New Baltimore, NY - Make it stand out After the rain we enjoyed a dinner at the onsite restaurant. This tug and barge combo shows how calm the river was and the day turned into. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/solomons-md-new-jersey monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/77140caa-b4a2-44d7-8dc9-6ded21ce9637/IMG_4604.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out This ended up taking two days. Oh well its done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8ef14ee6-b56a-4c8b-9e36-13dcd7c7fd62/IMG_4638.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Monday, June 10. We left Rock Hall early for Delaware City and spotted this eagle on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/402955f0-22f9-4950-bfa5-bca24dabe96c/IMG_4589.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out This is what caught my eye as we rode the bikes past—also because it was shady and a very hot day. To our surprise they let us take our bikes on the path inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e7406c0e-3797-4a06-b4b5-95e1a3609f08/IMG_4633.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out We went to Rock Hall after a very squirrelly cruise from Annapolis. This photo shows a snorkel mask Darth had to use to free the fender roap that wedged under the boat. We didn’t know what it was caught on and thankfully it was not caught on the prop or the thruster. I wish I had taken a photo while Darth had it on. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8ec42f0d-070d-4389-9bda-cb62564876b7/IMG_4619.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Museum kitty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7f7b10c3-35be-49bc-85b5-9f0c57f3038e/IMG_4705.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out About an hour later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3b5b1b89-3089-4172-a7e5-0757686a22a8/IMG_4618.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Saturday, June 8th. Annapolis. We walked to Baker’s & Co. for coffee, then to the Annapolis Maritime Museum. This museum focused on the changes that has occurred by over harvesting oysters between 1860 & 1920. The effort to bring back the oysters and the value they have on cleaning the water was well described with various exhibits. Also they have a great photography display by Jay Fleming. His photos of Chesapeake wildlife and fishermen were extraordinary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9985f0d9-9aa2-4312-b890-2a40837a3a9e/IMG_4661.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Utsch’s showers. These doors cracked me up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/698fd847-2d03-4a95-965d-5e5fc02100dc/IMG_4629.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out This plaque is in the Memorial Hall. This tour was excellent, we thoroughly enjoyed seeing the grounds, the chapel, dorms, and athletic facilities. We learned about the traditions, mascots, and student requirements. The tour guide explained how hard it is to get into the academy and what plebe life is like. The dedication each student must have truly stood out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/da0ff9c9-ed5d-4c0a-83aa-760f97148d41/IMG_4596.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Wednesday, June 5. Packing shaft replacement day! Hooray!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/265d4b91-4c57-4f90-8f39-411cc7088e19/IMG_4634.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out I took the marina’s coutesy bike to a nearby grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2b5fcf5f-f50b-4ebe-b4d5-8d3324ccacb8/IMG_4609.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Thursday, June 6. Boat back in the water next to our sailboat friends Hillary, Bryan and Hersh. We have enjoyed their company and Casey from Tika since we came back May 29th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f9a8a8a-453f-445f-830b-9e883a6aaa47/IMG_4675.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out This is Atlantic City. We anchored at Rum Point Basin—without any rum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c27b8442-b133-4dfd-817f-5c5d7ad135c6/IMG_4648.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Tuesday, June 11. Obviously water was easy. This ship was intimidating to see though—is it turning? Are we far enough away? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fe96fb12-d841-486f-8f08-bef8e82b06ca/IMG_4688.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Thursday, June 13. We decided to go on the inside as weather didn’t give the same calm day conditions. Our destination was Captain’s Inn at Forked River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f3742260-e98e-47cd-b11a-5f4299b210de/IMG_4664.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Wednesday, June 12. We are heading to Atlantic City on the OUTSIDE. This is the kind of water I signed up for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1c3bba54-5e3a-405b-a64c-815ae6a55b8f/IMG_4703.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Storm alert. Thunder - lightening -wind gusts. It came and went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/036b10ff-402f-4ee4-8c94-de6bd18b9e20/IMG_4662.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out All tied up secure at the Utsch’s Marina at Cape May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/54dc4308-392d-41fa-a622-5b3acd72da1d/IMG_4585.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out There were several little creations mixed in with the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0dc32cd3-eddf-4bc8-af0c-584ad4aa5047/IMG_4625.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out After lunch, we walked to the US Naval Academy and stumbled on the 3:15 walking tour that had just started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d751fb7c-1b10-413f-b6b0-e77f3da29cfe/IMG_4632.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Sunday, June 9. We left Annapolis and passed these two osprey. It never gets old seeing these nests on the channel markers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/80712621-6825-4268-96f5-edcd78d5b60d/IMG_4640.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Arrived in Delaware City just in time for a walk to ice cream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bc7e9678-b384-41ab-b0e1-aeec8e36f18f/IMG_4671.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out It was so calm in the Atlantic Ocean we were able to cruise from the command bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4f453727-f9c9-4159-b1c3-721187b1adbe/IMG_4581.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Title of this sculpture is: Man with Beard. I wonder how long it took to come up with that name. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4e89fad6-8649-40b7-85c3-58513910c38f/IMG_4626.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out This is the USNA Miller Chapel. The tourguide brought us in to see the Crypt of John Paul Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3cfdebba-85e9-42f3-a0c0-1bc952b84a08/IMG_4713.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Saturday, June 15. We left Manasquan at 8:00 after checking with a boat already on their way on the outside. We made a quick decision to go for it. It wasn’t like the first time in the Atlantic. It was ‘sporty’. The worst part was after Sandy Hook and in the Lower Bay in New Jersey. Being beamed by yucky waves is not fun. We decided to stay at the Moonbeam Great Kills Marina. We arrived at 11:00 am and rode the bikes to a nearby grocery store. The fellow boaters are wonderful—full of advice and friendly. Sunday, June 16. We are still here—originally we were going to anchor behind the Statue of Libery but the wind picked up. We are feeling very confident we will leave early tomorrow morning for Liberty Landing Marina in New York City!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b6b2c84b-98ef-467f-bb57-3a13bc03b9d1/IMG_4583.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out I loved this portion of the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9e69d3d7-af2c-4b47-ae93-13d27f41cf82/IMG_4684.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Captain’s Inn ended up being a fun stop for us. We chatted with a lovely family—Bill who was 86, his wife Rosie-83, and their daughter and husband who brought them by boat Kathleen and Jeff. The story of a duck and a kitten that Bill had was priceless! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b996ab4d-e642-4eb2-933f-2eef3661afb3/IMG_4695.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Friday, June 14. We left Forked River for Manasquan to position ourselves for our next jump that must be taken on the OUTSIDE to NYC. We enjoyed a walk to the Jenkinson’s Boardwalk a short distance from our dock with no frills at Captain Bill’s Fuel stop. This is not our boat… but it is cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e0bc9d6a-53e4-4b49-8e4e-99ef015e99ac/IMG_4711.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out We have gone 306 nautical miles since our last blog post! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/de4a21d2-7cb8-478b-8637-15f18d39bd5c/IMG_4643.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out We docked with several boats. Tim the owner, gives a daily presentation to boaters with recommendations of how to read weather for navigating the cruise from Delaware City to Cape May through Delaware Bay. It can be tricky. Lucky for us Tim was all smiles and said you all need to go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a71c53ed-6bba-4483-8f8f-b7d605d54e50/IMG_4611.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Friday, June 7. We left early this morning with Annapolis as our destination. We found it interesting to see crab pots marked with flags. They sure are easier to see as opposed to the Florida crab pots that are small round and various colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4b0b29b6-8dee-45c6-a46b-6bce19096f19/IMG_4641.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - New Jersey! - Make it stand out Nice chairs at the marina side by side. Just saying. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/solomons-md-bs34e monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d41c4d7f-0e79-4488-8295-43644b2a1f8c/0601-1.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - and still here… - Make it stand out This is the Drum Lighthouse which was decomissioned in 1962 and moved to this site in 1975 to be restored. This screwpile, cottage-type lighthouse is only one of three remaining from forty-five that once served the Chesapeake Bay at the beginning of the twentieth century. A volunteer gave us the history of the lighthouse keeper, it was interesting to view complete with furnishings of the early twentieth century. According to the volunteer, family members were allowed to stay on these lighthouses. What an experience for the families of a lighthouse keeper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/033901d4-3e77-4f14-8e53-b4341fefd6e9/0531-1.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - and still here… - Make it stand out The history of the East coast continues to amaze us and realize there is so much we don’t know and never thought of to research. This “On Watch” Monument is a bronze sculpture commemorating the World War II Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/821cb46d-4f11-43a9-8b8b-2cd9eba796f3/0603-2.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - and still here… - Make it stand out Tika is a Camano Trawler. Funny that folks out here pronounce Cam-A-no as Cam-ah-no. We set them straight. : ) It’s CamAno like the island. A little history, these boats were designed and built by Vancouver naval architect Bob Warman in 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e0f4d392-bbd3-4362-ad17-75c84b2d4c87/0603-6.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - and still here… - Make it stand out We enjoyed last night’s sunset while chatting to our boat neighbors Hillary & Brian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/915d07eb-a400-43ee-8bf1-88d5478bbf74/0603-4.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - and still here… - Make it stand out There may be more of this if they can’t do the shaft packing soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bdfe4c2f-2dc5-42d6-a9a4-bd648c6df4c5/0603-1.jpg Blog - Solomons, MD - and still here… - Make it stand out Tuesday, June 4th. Still early but we already were told no maintenance for us today—-tomorrow will be our day for the pullout. Hopefully….. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/norfolk-va-tosolomons-md monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/26e3656b-824f-4bb0-ac48-ed2c160a33c2/0506-2.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out We used Regatta Point’s courtesy vehicle for a quick trip to Deltaville. Came back and the weather was taking a very dark turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4d05e97c-7238-4a99-a154-19681f6df58e/0505-1.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out From the battlefield, we walked up to the Yorktown Victory Monument. The monument stands as a symbol to the French and American victory at Yorktown, October 19, 1781. From here we walked to the quaint street in Yorktown. We found out from a bus driver there are only 200 people that actually live in Yorktown. There are cute little homes/townhomes that rarely stay on the market for more than one day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d62546d8-f7f5-448d-ac90-2f5b6e233a9f/0507-2.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out These are not pieces of cardboard as Darth first thought. By the time they passed and he realized they were stingrays, I was too late to see and take a photo. Paul and Karla, Current Plan, were a few miles back and she captured the stingray pack as they swam by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/55a63223-177f-43ad-b2b2-ba0f7a886711/0508-1.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Our spot at Calverts Marina in Solomons, MD. We planned to come home mid to end of May, but once we determined the boat would be safe here, we booked a flight home Thursday, May 9th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/49d753c5-b917-4e96-9d63-180cd694d807/0502-4.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out This mermaid is ‘Blind Justice’. And she has been photo bombed. History of the mermaids in Norfolk: Mermaids have graced the city of Norfolk for twenty years now. Norfolk attorney Peter Decker (1936 to 2012), known as "Uncle Pete" throughout the community, introduced the idea of Mermaids on Parade at a breakfast with 300 business and civic leaders at Nauticus on November 30, 1999. The idea is credited to his wife Bess who was inspired during a visit to Chicago at the height of that city's Cows on Parade. There are at least 80 in Norfolk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9e94d6bb-d98b-4923-837d-c441e9663da9/0506-4.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Our location is the blue dot from the Storm Tracker App—we were fine. The country suffered much more than we did as this storm passed through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/51ad61ec-bad6-4501-bfc8-d9a1f0eccbb0/0505-2.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out In Yorktown—yeah we had to do this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a804cea7-0220-4618-9a2b-30352fadca76/0504-4.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out The gardens were in full bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1fdd7c7d-e060-4247-87c8-4bc1407cf68d/0505-4.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Park Ranger Linda Williams gave an excellent review about the Yorktown Battlefield, and the strategic moves led by then General George Washington. The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. She said her talk would take 45 minutes which seemed long but she had all of us engaged by her knowledgeable telling of the battle—it was a very quick 45 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2ce9aad7-5227-4cdb-9887-5db26bb4ebe6/0504-2.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out The garden at George Wythe House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0756d63d-b66d-405a-8238-6ad5e40f0de1/0506-1.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Monday, May 6. We traveled about 40 miles to the Regatta Point Marina at Deltaville, VA. The water was perfect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bd39367e-ce01-4770-a8e0-40da0f2e6abc/0506-3.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out This photo is showing how much the lightening was lighting up the sky—-eeeks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/98f1f4e8-bd1d-4941-83ef-22d7482ce61f/0502-2.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Aircraft Carrier in Norfolk, VA. I don’t know which one and could not determine by google. BUT, I do know that Norfolk has the largest Navy base in the U.S. and it was awesome to cruise by many of the Navy ships that were being worked on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5a5b4442-6792-4a96-94f1-e263c81b7110/0507-1.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Tuesday, May 7. What a beautiful morning after the storm. We set out early to go approximately 63 miles to Solomons, MD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2c577612-ac8e-46b9-9f28-02dc54f80f35/0507-4.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out And another first, we were hailed by the Navy to move out of the practice range…. oops and roger that sir!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6071fafd-00c1-4a0b-866c-b9b504d2d1d2/Map.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out The map shows our tracks from Norfolk-Hampton-Deltaville and now at Solomons, MD. 11th State!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d42ed885-8099-4bf8-94c1-3b6ac5c794f3/0507-3.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Water was amazing all day—we cruised up top from the command bridge. Something I didn’t expect on the Chesapeake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fb39d9bc-f435-465b-8c08-f234d8b3e9ea/0504-3.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out The Courthouse. The audience participated in an reenactment of a typical day in court during the 18th century—from tax evasion to gambling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/db2e615c-e327-4660-ab1c-eab038b53c6c/0502-1.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Waiting for the train to pass by so the bridge could be lifted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f3d8aa6c-9736-4afa-b316-9b1bae5447c3/0504-1.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out There are so many reenactments at Colonial Williamsburg. These were all highschool students ending the march with Yankee Doodle Dandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c893bbfc-4198-42c3-8089-e0d2e2a46103/0505-3.jpg Blog - Norfolk, VA to Solomons, MD - Make it stand out Darth said I had to add this photo too. Imagine if female leaders were in charge wayyyy back then! https://www.lrfox.com/blog/the-dismal-swamp monthly 0.5 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4a1b5cde-0ed4-4cdf-ade8-8f1fdf29df8c/0501.6.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out This free dock (with power!) is right before the Deep Creek Lock, which will be our exit of the Dismal Swamp in the morning. Docked overnight included Stinkpot and boat with nice family—can’t remember their boat name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9ece6951-f75b-4edc-bb89-be3a59c3a916/0502-1.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Deep Creek Lockmaster’s office. Plaque includes the completion of the Dismal Swamp - 1805. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6fca2e3b-5111-45fc-88b6-d4bba45d19d5/0502-3.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Elizabeth River enroute to Norfolk, VA. Drastic change of scenery—still a beautiful day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f71912b-a3af-4ce0-993a-4ddbb2633af0/0430.4.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Fun chatting with these fellow loopers. (Stinkpot, Sol Mate, and Tiger Paw) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/62d2b6db-3651-453b-b197-c53f243a8be6/0430.2.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out We stayed overnight at the Welcome Center with three other boats. This is also a rest stop for cars off of Highway 17. We had many visitors during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/01fea2f0-7ecd-4618-b60e-10826dc44875/0429.4.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Monday, April 29. We anchored just before the SouthMills Lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/08841843-17b1-450c-9116-8fabacee307f/0501.4.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out SNAKE!! We saw a few as we cruised through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f5310e65-0c95-4031-9fbf-1dc292ff8187/0501.3.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8692655f-0866-4045-8eee-02e56cf2fac0/0430.3.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Walkway at the visitor center. We stayed on the boardwalk after reading the warning sign noting there were snakes and ticks— so wear long pants, shoes and socks on the trails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f5345b68-3e76-4123-8620-f33ea3d02e98/0430.1.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Tuesday, April 30. Right after locking through the lockmaster drove a short distance to open this bridge as we entered the Dismal Swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/05520e33-90d1-4eea-861e-29b6a443baab/0429.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out The straight lines seen between Elizabeth City, NC and Norfolk, VA are known as The Dismal Swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/43f956cf-6d62-4d87-9220-753f060736d8/0501-.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out A local resident has designated himself as the Dismal Swamp Commander. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ea1f37ff-8754-45a4-b30f-d11b37a14c41/0501.1.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Thursday, May 2. VIRGINIA!!! This is our 10th state on the loop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4fe9d210-ad39-48e5-998a-1d1c63b0a475/0501.5.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out We were the first boat to go through and enjoyed these views all day. It is recommended boats give a mile in between eachother to allow any logs that may be disturbed to settle. We did not see or have any issues with wayward logs this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/18e7bdec-744b-4a8e-bef9-3143577a1d18/0502-2.jpg Blog - The Dismal Swamp - Make it stand out Departing through open gate. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/charleston-sc-to-elizabeth-city-nc monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a5ac12ab-3258-47c1-b48e-d7b6cdf41408/0425-2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Loved these igloo bird houses along Beaufort’s shore. In the background is Shackleford Banks where the descendants of Spanish mustangs that were tossed ashore in the 1500s shipwrecks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3a47b66d-6bd5-45f4-91fd-b5735119e355/0429.1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Monday, April 29. We met Karla and Paul at this cute coffee shop and toured the Museum of the Albemarle. It was a interesting museum of the people and events that shaped the community. Next destination will be Norfolk via the looper’s famous cruise through the Dismal Swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5223fa9f-cd9d-4d63-992d-7206877f8cc1/0423-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Moonrise in the anchorage at Mile Hammock. There were 14 boats anchored for the night—we all would be making our way through Onslow Beach Swing Bridge that opened on the hour only beginning at 9:00am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/35451bb8-cf69-47b5-9cef-d197855484a6/0422-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Our last sunset at Carolina Beach State Park. We completely enjoyed the restful 5 days we had, plus many conversations with fellow boaters and campers that would walk the docks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/314a87aa-a642-4193-a792-df0345bf2e8a/mapjpg.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC April 15 - April 29. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f62d9148-d346-4b0b-8123-0c7e966a14ca/0428.1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out This is the Weeksville Dirigible Hangar in Pasquotank County in NC on way to Elizabeth City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0f72f67b-8bb6-475f-bced-669ab2ac0ebb/0419-6.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out After our bike ride we stopped at Good Hops just for the name—and the beer was good. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/231c333c-9300-4261-8b20-354c838778c4/0424-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Wednesday, April 24. This DANGER sign was right by the Marine Base—apparently there are times the waterway is closed during target practice. We could see tanks that have been used for practice—-the condition of the tanks proved that practice works! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a2ce91ba-201f-4411-85b6-64f05fd2c833/0420-2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Karla and Paul (Current Plan) helped us celebrate Darth’s birthday. They had just returned from a trip home and had a rental car. We went to Wilmington and toured the North Carolina Battleship. It was a great day spent with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/de6e906a-e741-44d1-bb14-5505b7096413/0424-2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out We love to cruise up on the command bridge. Wednesday was windy and cold, the waves werent too bad at this point—they did get sporty though and we went back down to cruise from inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b64ec6d6-c47b-4570-867b-c2255878a252/0415-2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Monday, April 15. After 36 miles we stopped at the Leland Oil Company Marina in McClellanville, SC. Highlight was walking to the 1,000 year live oak tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c2830ae4-765e-4252-9658-d4a949e6279c/0423.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out The homes along the way never get old to look at. The two osprey are nesting on top of the pole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f5fb8177-72bb-4a08-8a58-fc07a74c45cb/0422.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Monday, April 22. We rode to find the trails in the park with more carnivorous plants—action shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0d971e7d-8a89-4555-8c07-25e65f7d3a03/0428.2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out This is so true! Elizabeth City has at least 3 different locations of free docks for boaters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b1548c96-5ad7-4b63-b6cc-f1979c3621cc/0419-5.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out We continued our bike ride to Kure Beach and spotted a filming crew. A crewmember ran over to us and asked if we would continue down the street and to NOT look back at the camera. Hmmmm—-the actress in purple is Zooey Deschanel, and the title of movie is MERV—I think —after googling. We are both wearing yellow—walking the bikes, in case we made the cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/12523227-0283-46e8-a1f5-4541a83fe977/0425-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Thursday, April 25. Walking through Beaufort, NC. We stopped at the Old Burying Ground established in 1700; and read the notes on 20 graves from the town’s historians which provided a self guided tour. We toured the NC Maritime Museum with relics from the Civil War. There was a huge display including arifacts from Blackbeard’s vessel and an holloraphic show of Blackbeard at his desk. A small child walked by and backed up saying the man is angry. We enjoyed listening to his grandma explaining that he wasn’t real. They did a good job with the displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/59e16962-97cf-4be0-8265-696fb6980432/0417-5.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out This was the free dock we stayed at in Southport at the Provision Co. restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/64581ca8-80b1-41aa-bc1f-a056aa022286/0426.5.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out The wind calmed down and we enjoyed a beautiful sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ced2b949-9610-4c4d-afd0-e4fd62686861/0415-3.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Looks pretty good for being over 1,000 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/813445bd-e477-4a52-9b57-ac0ea41eee51/0417-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Wednesday, April 17. Left early from Osprey Marina to Southport, NC, 56 miles away. Sunrise as we came out of the marina’s canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e2e9e440-59e8-4caa-8ccc-2ab221c955a2/0416-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Tuesday, April 16. We fueled at Wacca Wache Marina then arrived at Osprey Marina near Myrtle Beach, SC after traveling 57miles. We did not see any alligators—but this sign was right by our dock! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c51e1f02-05be-459c-a89c-96816ace31ce/0415-1a.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Pretty church near the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b58fe170-fef1-4dad-8383-e28d8a17a4bd/0418-2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Our spot at the State Park. Bikes were used right away for a quick grocery run to Carolina Beach. The amenities were wonderful with laundry, shower, and a lounge with wifi, puzzles, games, and books. Such a great deal— boat slips are only $24 per night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f204541-fe8c-4791-a769-03ed610d2b5c/0428.3.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Gizmo from Current Plan is smiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8fca217f-287e-4f35-908d-bfbc5d9d0d6f/0420-1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Saturday, April 20, Darth’s birthday began with a quick morning pumpout. This photo was taken right before a major spew when the suction attachment detached. OH man it was stinky and not a very nice birthday present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d013a4cb-ea4c-4954-836a-7818ddccca67/0421.1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Sunday, April 21. What a difference a day makes. We originally intended to leave but the wind and rain changed our plans. We booked two more nights and moved to another spot as the park had reserved our spot for a boat due in later in the afternoon. We had about 6 minutes between rain squalls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/038625f3-861a-497a-a058-67456d26cf78/0426.1.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Karla texted me during our sporty time. There were several boats heading for similar destinations. We all were fine—and we all talked about it later agreeing that it was worse than expected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e9311f0c-7c56-487d-bd0d-7c11485f987a/0417-3.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out This home is well known in looper world. The couple are harbor hosts for Southport, NC. When we motored to a nearby restaurant with a free dock, Robert C. could see us from his porch and radio’d inviting us over to their porch. He and his wife Kay are also at the AGLCA rendezvous giving destination briefings. We attended the one last November that was loaded with their favorite stops from Ft. Myers, FL to Norfolk, VA. We have used it all the way through for ideas where to go and what to see. We stopped briefly at their home, and as shown in the photo there were alot of folks at their porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a92361ab-545d-401a-a749-30b750edf396/0426-4.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Our destination was Belhaven, NC; 60 miles from Beaufort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/caf0f943-ad4d-4cc0-ae5c-1b2b0c895a2c/0419-2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out This is the Venus Flytrap—a state symbol for North Carolina. I was expecting the plant be a little larger like Audrey Jr in Little Shop of Horrors. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/650aa8d0-23fd-4c56-9ea1-784af36fe65e/0426.2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out Friday, April 26. We had two bodies of water that provide challenges along this part of the loop. The first onle was the Pamlico Sound. Not as bad as when we crossed the Gulf of Mexico—-but we were in for a ‘sporty’ ride which ended up to be beyond sporty. There was definitely complaining from me, truly taking blame for not reading the wather better. Absolutely no complaining from Darth. Which honestly is comforting that he stays calm during these fun times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5857ad79-dd1f-4a64-b981-ccc55cab03f2/0429.2.jpg Blog - Charleston, SC to Elizabeth City, NC - Make it stand out We stayed at Mid Atlantic Christian University’s free dock. They don’t have power or water but they do let boaters use the showers in their gymnasium. They were wonderful showers! https://www.lrfox.com/blog/beaufort-sc-to-charleston-sc monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/883d1499-4168-4345-9795-da4b16e12ea7/0413-5.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out Our spot on Marriott Courtyard’s dock. There was only enough room for a few boats tucked in behind the mega docks in Charleston. We had a quiet peaceful day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/febf6eab-6e31-47ee-b4cc-962d3acac662/0413-1.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out This home is for sale: $7,999,000—includes the dock! Actually the homes/mansions are beautiful and entertaining to see along the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a7c6a06c-801f-4300-b234-e754a9744fb5/0414-10.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out While walking through we could hear jazz music and poked our heads in the church where a band was playing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1d12401e-da66-4b4c-9c21-c7cc48d71c7e/0414-3.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out The park ranger asked for help to raise the flag from all of us on the boat. It was a great way to begin the tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ca9aad37-e8df-42df-bbd4-aa2f63e90074/0414-6.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out The college is the oldest university in South Carolina and the 13th oldest institution of higher learning the the US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/301e2d48-866b-4148-9bc9-0ff45bc7d577/0414-1.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out Sunday, April 14. Our day began early as we scheduled to take the first tour of the day to Fort Sumter National Monument. We heard about the famous Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit cafe from the nice couple on Rainbow Row yesterday. Oh my goodness they are huge and yummy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e06cb0f2-88dc-4d2b-a1ec-7775b937fb21/0414-13.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out Back to our serendipity that happened from meeting the couple on Rainbow Row. She shared this map with must see destinations. We decided to go to the Old Slave Mart Museum as it was still fairly early in the day. Unfortunately, they do not open on Sundays. So looking at her map, we walked to the Dock Street Theatre as I remembered her saying it was the first structure in America built exclusively to be used for theatrical productions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8e167513-10cd-469f-8c96-1f4fe5765c3f/0414-12.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out We made it back to the boat as the sun went down to prepare our next cruise up the ICW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5712ad47-7136-4922-8597-a9103b175f08/0414-11.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/23f89372-8a7b-4041-98a9-c5cd2416aa70/0414-4.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out I stood on the spot as directed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a40e8e2f-c0d3-42af-b9e6-d83165f0f453/0413-4.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out These colorful homes are known as Rainbow Row. They were built in 1740 and used by the merchants that had their business on the ground floor. After the Civil War, this area was run-down and considered a slum. In 1931, Dorothy Porcher Legge and her husband Judge Lionel Legge purchased the section of houses on East Bay Street. Dorothy decided to paint the houses on this row a pretty pastel pink to make the area look nicer. As time went on, other residents began to paint their homes various pastel colors as well. There are other speculations for the various pastel colored homes. One was so drunk sailors might find their way home easier. Another was was the various hues were the merchants’ way of indicating what types of items they sold there. ANYWAY, all this was described to me by a nice lady that we ended up chatting to her and her husband for the next 30 minutes. This chance meeting was our serendipity in Charleston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d2c61752-0de3-4f7f-b64e-3ddd8015d2f1/0411m.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out This map shows our route from Beaufort, SC to Charleston, SC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/956977c5-1281-47e2-95d2-2400e0a24f2d/0414-8.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out After this photo we entered the garden and found it was a graveyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4b8560dd-cd0b-4fb2-b47e-00c1ae2c4f4d/0414-7.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out Back on King street I was completely impressed with this Girl Scout advertising method to boost her troop’s cookie sales. A box of Thin Mints were bought—of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d717d133-e9b7-4f23-81a7-719692d9fe22/0413-2.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out We see alot of abandoned boats that look like they got into trouble with the constant shoaling that occurs. No telling when or if they are even recovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ad079374-6aee-434f-9e84-2b23f005efd4/0414-5.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out This photo actually has a spot designed to get the perfect picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9803054a-6f20-4617-8728-31b178a4d1a3/0412-2.jpg Blog - Beaufort, SC to Charelston, SC - Make it stand out Along the way we googled what the towns or sites were. This is fuzzy as I zoomed in— but the home is where they filmed the movie ‘Notebook’, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. Or maybe another home nearby—all I know is that we were close. And this has two chimneys on top similar to the house that Noah built for Allie in the movie. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/savannah-ga-to-beaufort-sc monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dcd39124-934c-4034-bffb-f3b9ee5b4300/0408-6.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Factory Creek Anchorage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f36b6c9d-cd5f-45ce-81a3-dff90207de12/0411-3.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out This is ‘soft shell crab’ a treasured dish to this region as the season is short. I’m told there are different ways to cook them. You can eat the whole crab! Being from the northwast and eating Dungeness Crab—-I can honestly say without apologies there is no comparison. AND, if you ever find yourself in the Pacific Northwest and would like to try crabbing for Dungeness Crab, I highly recommend contacting Anglers Unlimited in Anacortes, WA! : ) Jamie & Scott Propst are the best at fishing, crabbing & shrimping in the PNW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/27a8adbc-74f1-41f8-9d2c-e2b453f2a1cf/0409-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Homes are beautiful in Beaufort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c4a3d9b9-dee4-4998-8b56-4a504d4dd0ef/0410-3.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Low country Produce donuts, they are fresh, warm and delicious! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/63795bee-5491-40d4-b7f3-c89f3d3201a3/map9.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Our cruise from Savannah (Thunderboldt), GA to Beaufort (B-EWE-FORT), SC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/921c7801-9515-440b-938d-e4440a7e1ce6/0410-8.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out The weather was turning so we opted for wood stove pizza and celebrate our anniversary back on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/417ce586-fa8f-4aa4-8500-08153d93341e/0410-5.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out One of many of the beautiful old houses. The tour guide told us the Haint Blue seen on the porch ceilings may be there for a couple of reasons. Haint is the Gullah pronunciation for haunt -or spirtit. A restless spirit caught between life and death would find a dwelling to haunt, but they cannot cross water. Legend says that haints tend to be mischievous and will wreak havoc on the homes family. Tricked by the blue ceilings the spirits will avoid the house. Yes, I googled this—its a thing! ORRRR the color is said to prevent bugs….and/or the blue has a calming effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/61f663c0-124e-4036-a906-51c0f0839aa7/0409-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out The live oaks line the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/93a7fc9e-f5c3-43d9-b67f-11c755e9e620/0411-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Darth Vader not doing well—-had to do a double take as he’s floating in this abandoned dinghy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/58c7a719-4caf-4a21-991c-15df427c4fc8/0408-5.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Eclipse! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2882da97-9fb2-4895-80c6-bb0fd399834e/0408-3.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Such a nice day dock Beaufort offers boaters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2e344d5d-4fb4-48d1-b7fd-617a2cff2156/0411-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Thursday, April 11. The rain and wind arrived! The wind gusts were 46mph. When there was a break, I did laundry. Some of the best information is received by doing laundry! Lynn and Regan (Hesperus) and Carol from (North Star) shared destinations and whether the weather would allow us to leave the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/163fc7ea-2996-48ae-a5c5-553d5fcc3512/0410-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out In addition to the big blue zapper received in Savannah, we ordered another tennis zapper, bounce (unscented) recommended, the purple bottle has listerine, witch hazel and tea-tree oil—found this recipe on the internet, two local sprays, off, 3M in the green can—highly recommended by a dock hand, and a thermacell. Oh and the small little purple/white bottle is soothing to the skin after these enemies bite! My best defence is Darth. They take one look at him and leave me alone. Or as Darth says—they say ptoooey! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/83b9a846-dcfc-443a-b604-35cea8606928/0408-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Barge on the way to Beaufort—we haven’t seen many barges since our time in the rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8886e7bf-041a-4228-b626-8be7249dbd2b/0410-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out One of our favorite restaurants in Beaufort—Low Country Produce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/09246b6f-0184-49bd-8109-83056af6e55d/0407.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Bull Creek sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c9ed4a23-1ebd-46a7-b769-8a136dadd1c0/0408-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out Aton as we entered the ICW from Port Royal Sound. Seriously popular with the birds!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/088fdfe3-6991-4390-bc8d-88ba933335b4/0410-4.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA to Beaufort, SC - Make it stand out We went on Emma’s Golf Cart Tour. It was so much fun. This is from the neighborhood showing the marsh land out to the river. The tour guide said he used to fish and play in these growing up. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/savannah-ga-tp7a6 monthly 0.5 2024-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/96a4ca7c-b133-4e7c-93cd-0d2652797e4c/0403.4.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out We were tucked in a great spot and the storm blew over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c37d6233-ed74-41a2-869d-1dd516f23712/0403.2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Not quite a gully washer but close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/44a00746-a206-410a-b4b2-5c72da22e28d/0404-5.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Savannah is loaded with history. We enjoyed the stories and information provided by the trolley tour. Our final spot was The Sixth Pence Pub. We decided it was time for a ‘trolley’ beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/485e4c5e-5abe-49d5-a57c-62fca2de08ad/0405-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Artistic selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5cf0740a-55fb-46ce-9d6d-3538ee4784ec/0404-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out We were told the feather at the beginning of Forest Gump was floated from the Independent Presbyterian Church Steeple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cbf14897-bfc3-4a52-a517-52770bcc9fbc/0404-3.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This is Madison Square, named after James Madison, fourth president of the U.S. There were students from the Savannah College of Arts & Design sketching the subject in fron of the crouching man. The ‘SCAD’ as the trolley driver explained, is credited for bringing alot of design and restoration of old buildings and using them for school facilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2e8db50a-d2ba-4912-9af1-8f14bce87430/0404-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This is Johnson Square, it was the first of the squares to be laid out in 1733. It is named after Robert Johnson, colonial governor of South Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ab91da4a-fa54-46e3-97c6-b5ed471c631b/0403.5.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out The marina was so calm Wednesday evening, hard to believe we had a tornado warning earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3db655cd-9c0c-418b-a33d-63c44b3ea10b/0406-4.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out A huge treehouse with a chandelier along our walk back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/67a87906-7e35-49c0-8ddc-fae208163d84/0406-5.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Also on our walk. Too bad the ‘Finches’ restaurant was closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6ce27449-bd19-49fa-821a-01cd55d37462/0405-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Tybee Island Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in Georgia. Completed in 1736, fell due to a storm in 1741, then rebuilt the following year using stone and wood. Darth saw the sun was in a perfect spot for this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3bfbd5ec-c9c5-4fd7-8277-f8cedb9a131e/0406-3.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This is Little Gracie Watson. Her statue is 125 years old and the most visited. She died of pneumonia two days before Easter when she was six years old, and her monument is based on a photograph given to a new sculptor in town named John Walz. So much was said about modern medicine we have today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b8012be4-5d70-4a81-811a-c980363c51b4/IMG_3830.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Our tour group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e9d6906b-adad-489f-af4d-ed54a1fcbacd/0403.1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Wednesday, April 3. The morning turned out to be a stay near the boat day. Yikes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bfccc553-65d5-4d2f-aef2-15fb9a508fda/0406-1.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This was the family plot for songwriter Johnny Mercer. On the front and back of the bench lists many of his award winning songs. Moon River, Jeepers Creepers, Charade—-and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c0428981-eb0c-4ddc-bd6c-5e5fa86e0a01/0406-2.jpg Blog - Savannah, GA - Make it stand out There were a few northern cardinals that kept flying into Gracie’s grave. This was taken on the next plot site. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/st-augustine-to-savannah-ga monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/110464e6-670f-403c-b109-64123434d36b/0325-6.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out We walked by the Cathedral Basilica during the Royal Knighting Ceremony. This is performed every year during Easter Week by the St. Augustine Royal Family to bestow knighthood upon residents of St. Augustine who have been selected based on good civic deeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/86cffa4d-3f90-49ff-925d-1902e461a95a/0331.1.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Easter Sunday, March 31. We left for Duplin River 33.6nm away. Had a quiet night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b82ad4b7-ab73-4b6d-a820-ab49439ba773/Screenshot+2024-03-14+103037.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f0834086-939d-4897-8990-95cd23e48e09/0406-path.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Our path from St.Augustine to Savannah. The blue arrow points to a spot we had to go around a buoy so close to the Atlantic and it was NOT fun! We had a brief beam of 10’ waves! Ok—maybe a slight exageration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8b36ca44-4d7f-48f0-b1a2-479d9e0dda3a/IMG_3829.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Hells Gate is between the two islands in the Ogeechee River. We went very slow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a3e15a57-ba9d-4f1e-a291-ae155573a36c/0325-3.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Darth is in the tower from the fort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d73ec252-b0a1-4453-af95-39251c38241d/0324-6.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Great day to change the oil. The city marina has an oil disposal recepticle—so conveinient for boaters wanting to do this service on their own. This is one task that Darth would love not to do—but the cost to have it done was in the crazy zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8c27600d-e9f1-4144-866c-33786c01f625/0325-2.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out St. Augustine from the Castillo de San Marcos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/685e56e0-9625-4511-b64a-46fac17f1b85/0328.7.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out 6:00pm squall outside our window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/29e6c029-b27a-4258-9ec1-b051cf266ab4/Screenshot+2024-04-03+191524.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/201d2483-a3ff-4269-b5a7-d93c9a5ec6b8/0330.1.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out We walked to the nearby park in Brunswick. These two little ones were so adorable. I asked their dad if I could photo them —he said they always stay together like that—big brother watching over little sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/931f33d5-ed69-4ab9-b79a-c9286d839fae/0326.4.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Free dock shared with 8 boats. 5 were loopers—Island Time, (who we originally met in Alton, IL), Xtra Cheese, Legacy, and 80’s Lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/232a81a1-137f-4ae4-8dd3-637aa26c31c5/0328.8.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out One hour later—before sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5a5d77d4-5432-4ed5-8a0a-3109c5490341/0324-5.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This would be a NO GO day. We spoke to some of the boaters that were on a mooring ball seen in the photo—it was a very rough day for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2be754fa-f695-4eeb-ac02-d287960c8120/0328.4.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Carnegie Mansion. We had a wonderful tour of the 22,000 sq ft mansion. Truly amazed at how well the home was preserved. The mansion was built in 1898 as a wedding gift for George Lauder Carnegie and Margaret Thaw. The family valued the island and their time spent with family and friends. Extravagant, yes— imagining the wealth of their time was mind boggling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9ef06bec-2693-41c3-b0d7-e06f29a2231d/0401.2.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Darth is feeling better. : ) We traveled another 38nm to Buckhead Creek. There were two other boats anchored. This anchorage was noisy with enough wind to have constant splashing waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c2217ec4-6c34-4156-92dd-2593c2a49470/0324-4.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Saturday, March 23. Our spot at the St. Augustine City Marina. Reconnected with Karla & Paul to celebrate Karla’s birthday in the coming week. Wish I took a photo of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b4e065f8-c017-41fe-a9f8-9c60ba5e8b35/0326.5.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out We enjoyed traditional 5:00 docktails —-until we could no longer stay out with the ‘no-seeums’. It was a lovely group of folks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c60f1ee2-7d5d-4496-9c35-8905fd842bd8/0328.1.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f4e3290-5d1c-4b5b-8d3f-a29febc92d60/0327.1.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Amelia Island Marina—-the clouds looked pretty dark, a squall followed and left just as quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/81995078-e3b0-496f-97a7-271738ad9760/0401.1.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Monday, April 1. Same location at sunrise. Of course on the East side of the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/38317888-79d3-4585-88a5-8c9c7fa527dc/0329.1.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This barge was heading out to sea as we made our way to Brunswick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a4b0f99c-8e4c-4dfc-ba3d-364992a8f337/0402.2.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This is along the Skidaway River (right after Moon River) as we make our way to Savannah. Absolutely loved this cruise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4758f14d-47d8-4874-b477-5d3f286991f8/0402.3.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Southern mansions like this along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6143dc32-6420-4291-bb02-82f9d8259277/0328.3.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Same horse after he stood up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c5981c93-88f0-41db-bfc9-be9072185e09/0402.4.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out We are very excited to have this bug zapper. The no-seeums are no joke. We had the thermacell for outside but these little pesky things don’t stay outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/44abf6c3-8874-42c7-a9fa-fe9e0ecd529e/0328.2.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out This is one of the ‘wild’ horses on Cumberland Island. I thought we would see a herd of horses galloping along a sandy shoreline. But this guy looks happy in the front yard of the mansion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fab3cd64-5b07-4d11-a644-3a5db82ec20e/0325-4.jpg Blog - St. Augustine, FL to Savannah, GA - Make it stand out Another view. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/north-offort-lauderdale-to-titusville-fl monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a3a467ad-afec-43bd-b716-d2a66db724fa/0313-4.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Osprey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d0eed879-0da1-429f-b9eb-f67d16e45b7f/0313-2.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out On our way to Stuart, FL. These fishing boats are very popular in this area. Wakes are 5’ when they pass. Some slow down—nicely—-some don’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/46a59da0-fa3c-4cf7-b86b-421a52ce960d/0315-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Darth and I walked to downtown and came across a few interesting sculptures along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3c961440-2ef0-4abc-b7ec-1259a17e7ed9/0318-2+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Front view—the dock goes just halfway to the salon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5d88ae5d-5968-4417-9b6e-ab21749384d2/0314-2+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Current Plan at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d6c6867c-80cb-4fd6-8283-2ebfe86af9db/0317-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/18c8c5ce-8cdd-4820-b4b4-510fd40f74f0/0316-2.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out We spent the evening with Karla, Paul, Rick & Laureen from No Rush. We didn’t take a photo of us but this was the sunset from K&P’s boat. We boated with Rick & Laureen back in November on the Tennessee River, it was nice to catch up with them. They completed their loop and are selling their boat —a Camano Trawler. Ironically, they are moving to Port Ludlow, WA —very small world. We hope to connect again when we return home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1e995ec2-a342-4505-8c90-d3d3a2abbf10/0314-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Best mocha so far while on the great loop at Sunset Bay—Gilbert’s Coffee shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/64fa2178-b076-4eaf-b5d2-34b4c6775657/0315-2..jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c5c9b329-9462-4290-baa2-e792529d8815/0318-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Notice the poles. We squeezed in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1ecce8ac-cec3-491b-98c2-4fce8ab46c9c/0321-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Such a treasure Barbara is—mom would love that we visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a55fb034-2157-4be1-bcef-9c104d6d3918/0316-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/54a6682c-0e90-4231-ac68-198ca3901445/0317-2+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out It was very hot at Vero Beach so we dinghy’d in and had a meal at Riverside Restaurant a short walk away. Along the way we spotted this Doggie Library. The top is reserved for Clifford (the sign is hard to see). : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c13564cd-058e-47c0-b9d7-5f3b5587091b/0312-3+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Gizmo (Current Plan) is such a great cat. He lets both of us pet him—we are honored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/68053079-e35e-4240-9f67-7f1f7efa6aac/0312-2+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out We are not professional selfie photographers—for the record there was only one beer each. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/27c76021-e2f4-4ad6-8810-1603b748c51a/0317-3+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Vero Beach mooring field. We did not realize we would be rafting to another boat. The boat’s captian Robert had looped many years before and was very nice and helpful when we rafted to his boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a9d5e6f9-b5d6-4b29-b573-b1ee266cc2a5/0312-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Back to the anchorage. There were alot of boats that were not occupied. After we said hello to Karla & Paul we found one of the boats had drifted way to close to our boat. After resetting our anchor, a man popped out of what looked like a long term resident in a non-moveable sailboat, and yelled at us saying we were too close. Not wanting to be bad neighbors, we reset the anchor again. This time we were close to the park that locals fish at 2:40am and talk quite loudly. I was glad when it was light enough to leave in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fe69a813-6f46-4261-9c61-3ee9f1486347/0317-4+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Our sunset at Vero Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/00bf9ef1-6406-476f-9fe4-75f2f2115d4f/0319-1+.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out Highly recommend the onion smash burger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e646901c-615c-402f-a527-598dade81131/0321-2.jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out The arrow shows the rocket. Squint!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5563b1c8-bf6d-494c-bb34-e63636f825d2/0315-3..jpg Blog - North of Fort Lauderdale to Titusville, FL - Make it stand out This would never get old to watch! https://www.lrfox.com/blog/florida-keys-northbound-icw monthly 0.5 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1416a50a-dc63-4bda-9ca2-9f3ceb6d9821/0311-6.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out So many condos! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c8a851a4-de57-422d-b3ea-338123d36dfc/0311-5.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Venitian Causeway Bridge—first of many that we needed to wait for openings. Clearance is 12’—we are 13+’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1288873d-87ae-40b1-a9dc-0e9bbde1e666/0308-8.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out No room sadly…. imagine the missed opportunity for their music. Not a looper boat. Can you see the multiple outborads? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/177f330b-860f-4be4-a016-6ab28b9c871d/0311-11.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Woo hoo! We are Northbound on the ICW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d0227944-2ca2-409b-808d-a0b22edfe65b/0309-1+.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Sunrise at Boca Chita right before we left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3828284e-1d41-4a35-8311-772915a32650/0311-7.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Florida International Terminal, Fort Lauderdale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ddad6228-61e5-4f0e-bd73-e15330b61388/0306-2++-+Copy.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dceeea6c-0990-4464-a4fe-19cbc6095098/0311-1+.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Who remembers the phrase—’How sweet it is!’ ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fbf49d0d-1774-4abf-bb0e-d518b2136e73/0311-12.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out This marina had loads of similar private yachts. We never saw anyone out and about on them—we did see what looked like maintenance and cleaning crews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/67f91b66-4ddc-4608-b997-81c93704257e/0308-4.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out This boat pulled up right in front of us after the park attendant left. Oh my! Thankfully, they left shortly after everyone went to the beach for a birthday celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cd7a8e56-6fe6-4682-9a65-ceb82e9167bb/0310-2.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out We rode the bikes to the beach. It looks cloudy, but the temperature was very hot and humid during our stay at Crandon State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f3b81e2c-6385-4cb5-a3f7-4eb32d874702/0310-3.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out While waiting to take his boat out, this fisherman became very popular with the pelicans. This boat launch was highly entertaining! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7c6b6a20-ec70-48d3-98d7-5a329af4bec4/0308-6.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Two little girls were sitting on the canon, blowing bubbles and chatting as the sun went down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/57c84891-552a-44a9-9dbc-e8c3bed290cc/0308-5.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out When we arrived a park employee made room for us. He also gave us a brief history of the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/08a6dd4e-eb8c-401e-92fd-5681010e2bb2/0311-2.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out So much to see going through Miami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e0379584-86c3-424b-9268-a1b6d59714ca/0311-4.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Dodge Island—cruise ships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b20399c6-466f-4a2a-b4e9-ac48a689e895/0306-3+.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Sunset from Marathon Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b6f051f2-54e8-4252-9f18-423be040420b/0308-2.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out Morning sunrise from Long Bight Key. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2996702c-30ab-484c-8839-4ba22e287538/0311-9.jpg Blog - Florida Keys - Northbound ICW - Make it stand out This is the Celebrity Beyond. Guest capacity 3,849 of your closest friends! The length is 1,073 ft, beam 128 ft. We really appreciate our 29’ boat. : ) https://www.lrfox.com/blog/everglades-city-florida-keys monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fa6a7263-8109-444a-ad61-49799efaf34d/0304-3+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Later in the day we were invited for docktails with fellow Loopers out on a sailboat that was anchored just outside the marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eee5427d-354a-4f89-be9a-fddf1dfcc6ed/0306-1+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out A sand exhibit at Bahia Honda’s Sand & Sea Nature Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/806ce1cf-96a3-4067-8a8c-767650050433/0224-4.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Zipping through. There were 5 of us on this tour—one passenger asked if there are snakes. Yes, however if the guides see them on the ride they normally would be on the overhanging trees. What kind of snake? Pythons. Oh we could have skipped that knowledge—I couldn’t stop looking to see if I spotted one as we zipped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c47d2ef1-c349-4805-a9b4-f4dd1801f478/0302-2+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out On a bike ride we walked on the Atlantic side of the park and saw several of these jellyfish on the beach. They do sting—I’m told-not from experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/da26d256-e87a-49a6-bf00-68e8478deafb/0229-2.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out We rode the bikes to get another view of the sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/01a88abb-0b49-4353-a92b-c6c411418432/0225-3.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Darth and I dinghy’d through the mangroves at Little Shark River as ‘they’ say its a must do. We laughed when we both shared we couldn’t help staring up at the trees for snakes….back to the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ea9f4df2-1636-4882-9b64-f6b5728e7baa/0228-4.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Darth and I toured Ernest Hemingway’s home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5d68b269-54c4-407a-85a6-606c4b494764/0305-1+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out This is a manatee swimming between the boat and the dock. Very entertaining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/849d0317-af90-48de-9345-fe44eed4e4d8/0228-3.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out We actually stood in line for this photo. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f1b6a2e8-baab-4bc3-8e1a-39741d82ea96/0302-1+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out This guy did quite a few slow passes and sometimes with his friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0039f0dc-82f7-4335-a6f0-78ff4ca2f895/0224-6.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out We toured the museum and spotted the actual crab pots they use for the famous Stone Crabs the city is proud to say they are the Stone Crab Capital of the World. They are very good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a4919da1-9b2a-465e-97d3-8e8b8849f1e3/0229-1+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/734791c8-ad17-479d-96c1-33b6bb62ee6c/0224-2.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Our first and so far only alligator sighting in Florida. Not sure how to tell this is a male alligator, but we were told by our guide that the male alligators don’t attack humans unless they can’t find a mate during mating season—OR they are hungry. Hmmm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bc4fccad-d608-46e0-ac38-db9836b0555c/0302-3+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out We walked up the bridge the following evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3f63cca4-f094-4ada-b211-bb3654282b9a/0226-2.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Working our way across the Gulf—no land in sight at this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4906617d-ac06-4268-94eb-778bc4418cb7/0227-02.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out These are amazing sites right on the Atlantic Ocean. The shower facilities for campers and boaters are top notch all the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/91625449-5ec0-4bd2-963a-47e9c4d1a4b8/0224-3.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Brian our guide. Going very fast but keeping us informed using the headsets. He was great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e72eefc1-f328-4faa-bd85-e621830dc8c0/0225-1.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/55e27378-53eb-47ec-b234-5e426450fb9a/0226-4.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Our resident manatee at Bahia Honda State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/490a4557-0d85-429a-8e93-235a89f42708/0228-5.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out The polydactyl cat was not bothered by the 15 people on our tour. We saw many of these cats roaming the grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eaa49d8a-387b-4d80-b1fc-e6e3f7c63249/0229-3.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out These three folks sound off on their conch shells at sundown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fdab9f0a-bb2e-4b42-a7b8-ebbfcf0de7a8/0304-1+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out And we had our own private aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e0f59925-ab5c-4bbe-9419-616035b45bdb/0226-1.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out We were very early on our way and watched the sun come up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1b5418e1-301f-4f9f-8166-3f477c6cd06a/0229-4.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out This is the Bahia Honda Rail Bridge that connected the Bahia Honda Key with the Spanish Harbor Key. Originally part of the Overseas Railway, the State of Florida purchased it after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it for automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. After a replacement BH Bridge was opened in 1972, two spans were removed for the safety of boat traffic and to prevent pedestrian access to unsafe parts of the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d4831f6a-7b82-4ff9-aec2-668fda645dc2/0228-2.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out This is Darth—which way should he go? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3014b73a-46fb-4a0e-9a6f-1c40febc75c0/0304-2+.jpg Blog - Everglades City - Florida Keys - Make it stand out Monday, March 4th. We said goodbye to Karla & Paul. We still had another two nights before we would begin our journey up the Keys. We hope to catch up to them along the way. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/cruising-towards-the-keys monthly 0.5 2024-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/54188dd8-6a73-4892-9b6e-2a3e21258766/0214+CH+Anch+ss.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Sunset at Cape Haze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cf05ade6-e028-4fe0-be7a-e8adddc56c60/0216+CabbageKey2.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Yep, this is our mark. The bar provides a sharpie and tape to add to the collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/afa389f0-5567-46c7-a74d-4b67bc45bd0b/02183jpg.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out After the walk the rain came back and fog. We stayed put. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e9d610d5-9dc1-413f-8539-6109a0a07a1d/0215+Cayo+costa.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Cayo Costa beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e45f1d35-5ac1-4c5d-bb76-a9e95a3604d7/0219.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Sunset on the morring ball. The water calmed down during the night. We had dinghy’d to provision from a Publix grocery store—just down the way. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/af020195-5ee6-4869-99ad-1f3c2ba877b6/0215+Cayo+costa2.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out This is a whelk (edible marine snails) egg case washed up on the beach. This is new knowledge for me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/60dde4ea-af5a-4bba-8852-8fbbfc730289/0214+CH+Anch.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Birds eye view from NEBO. Yep, we are surrounded by homes. After we anchored, 3 sailboats and 1 catamaran came into the cove. Surprisingly, there was plenty of room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6c18f764-4746-47f0-8680-ecf909a6326e/0222ajpg.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out We dinghy’d to Current Plan for docktails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ca81432b-433b-4101-a49d-e621d0582d3a/0215+Cayo+costa4.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Very peaceful anchorage at Cayo Costa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5869d8d8-aa86-41fc-9b09-f56373fde2e3/0218.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Morning walk to find shells that may have washed up during storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c049f60c-df43-4075-b862-f9cb58900839/0216+CabbageKey.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/012006dc-78d0-40d8-98fd-74563e394c91/0221.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Rose Marina on very swanky Marco Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b8963668-aeac-4b7b-881b-303a6ec8737d/0216+sunrise3.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Sunrise at Cayo Costa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ab072b3f-3ceb-413c-a12a-782d3f6c4bb6/0220ftmy.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Tuesday, February 20, Fort Myers Beach. No luck on the porthole fix—off we go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b781fcf1-3fcf-4cf3-9356-c784436ccddc/0222anchg.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out Brian (Lady Jane 3) has a drone and shared this photo of our anchorage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7896aeb5-6ba7-4784-a1cb-88f7bcc6e54d/02182jpg.jpg Blog - Cruising towards the Keys - Make it stand out We found a butterfly. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/st-armands-circle-sarasota-fl monthly 0.5 2024-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/787d1346-a653-413d-8d1c-fc9b124a6946/0210c.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Ok… dog lovers—2 questions: 1) Would you? 2) Did you just search Amazon for one…or maybe two? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dfab95b7-0332-468f-aef5-6e8cd9419e27/0213.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f37a3c44-e4c2-4ad8-80dd-967b6733224a/0208anchor.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0736d175-c8d0-4caf-8801-7d431393f3e2/0209.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out This sweet lady pictured owns the home behind the wall. She created the rock garden during covid. There is a sign that says: ‘Kindness Grows Here, Take a rock for inspiration, or Leave a rock to help our garden grow!’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/122552ae-293b-423e-8bc5-540ea44ec8c3/0213a.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Last sunset at Marina Jack’s. On to Cape Haze in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aaea3a41-0944-4e88-bfdb-b775fe6480f6/0209b.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Birds on Lido beach. Fyi—-I did not scare them into flight. Honest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/71b0a21f-e2d9-4610-af8e-d33ab6900c23/0212+circus.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eb0bef85-7a77-494c-805b-aff67d777bce/0212+Ca%27+d%27Zanb.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out From inside—I was trying to show that each window pane was a different color of stained glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/142c13f9-7207-42fa-aa85-d8bf7d354b1c/211.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out The dock at Marina Jack’s. Superbowl Sunday’s Kansas City fans. There was alot of honking at the end of the game with alot of happy boaters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/64534a0e-3d36-4761-88cc-f9c15a5be043/0212+Ca%27+d%27Zan.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Ca’ d’Zan (House of John) seen from the water looking at the back of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fea635a8-b89b-454b-b3fe-98650c7dbbe1/0212+Ca%27+d%27Zana.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Turning around from house, Sarasota Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e5614e56-c7aa-48cb-a35a-3be8ad926eec/0212+circus5.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Last photo—yes we enjoyed our day! Highly recommend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cc1172e2-3a1d-4c38-9ca2-deff8a592bd7/0210.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Our spot on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c2ff9f51-76c4-45bd-9d35-db98da7b3a89/0212+circus3.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bd355971-67ae-4bd3-a5b6-36d06bf74533/0210b.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Love watching the hover board kite flyers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9d696acf-9831-4487-b73f-8732af4b176d/0212+circus2.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f7380fcb-e893-4390-aceb-82497e81a052/0211sr.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Last sunrise in Otter Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4c00ac2b-2340-451f-91da-941d6e3455a6/0208anchorsunst.jpg Blog - St. Armands Circle & Sarasota, FL - Make it stand out Sunset—very calm anchorage here next to Otter Key. Looking forward to exploring St. Armands Circle in the morning. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/gulfport-fl-st-petersburg-fl monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9050279a-9d96-4d83-a6a8-577f37d3d501/0207.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Gulfport beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cad524b1-1268-4d22-a280-6fc6c7a8d4d7/0203.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Does the dog love his shoes? Or?????? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e6eca3b3-61d9-4bd6-8a45-7a8b89e1cc1b/0202c.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out The dome behind has a 360 degree exhibit inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e3feb9a2-d589-446b-8ad8-ede8b81364d4/0205+morning.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Our view from inside the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0d9cd678-00ea-443c-ad89-1306096e5fc6/0201c.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out White egret landed on the boat—Darth couldn’t resist honking the horn. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7b03fcab-ca3b-43b3-bcd3-3d472a5c7b2a/0202a.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Outside Dali’s famous mustache for photo ops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b5863569-6d2e-4c85-bbd3-9e446e9e91c5/0202p.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out I had just had a dream of riding a horse in the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1655104f-f8c2-4036-8b69-744c882183b1/0203c.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Hammock bunk beds! We tried to imagine how the one on top got there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/435c46b6-c684-4f96-8605-9e65045ba806/0202.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out This was set up for the Honor Ride for veterans on Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8fe575f6-e283-4351-9b42-b2f7ab33427d/0202b.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Inside the dome. The show consists of Dali’s artwork as well as his story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8ec52fe7-6cfe-4765-b1f9-42e2b8cb4696/0207b.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out These are Monk parakeets. When I tried to get a photo, there were several on a power line—but ofcourse flew away before I took the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/281e0b56-84c4-4d2f-b712-2c81f7e5b1e9/0203e.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out It was a fun day out and we were glad to return to the boat. I’m sure Ms. Egret was happy to see us too. No honking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2cf1650f-43e4-4872-845c-0535130025da/0206.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Later Monday we were able to go for a short bike ride and enjoyed a beer in the outside patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b2c89a3c-dd19-40cc-afb9-c21c67fe94de/0203f.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out Sunset at our dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/06d21934-4917-4e40-855d-5356f6d409e8/0203b.jpg Blog - Gulfport, FL & St. Petersburg, FL - Make it stand out This guy was really good. He was playing ‘What a Wonderful World’ when I took this photo. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/steinhatchee-fl-to-gulfport-fl monthly 0.5 2024-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/71e39c7a-ec3c-464b-a889-b65e80836e55/0128b2.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Our favorite sponge shop after visiting nearly every one on the main street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7864087b-cad2-4c99-9a4c-ee2e32329867/0131c.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out This photo shows the Don CeSar how it looks today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/400e710b-251a-4b99-8ca5-0e3325efdd2d/0131a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out The view in front of the boat is the Don CeSar Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b0fd08db-0969-4759-947c-0ea206e561b1/0123.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Such a beautiful morning. The pelican was kind to fly in the sunrise photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/03225797-36e4-4a57-9ebc-3d81894d790f/0125f.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out My attention was set on the pelicans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c013febd-0ef6-49ee-be08-1f28864a9d1a/0127d.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Blond pelicans at attention— they really are fun to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8007aca7-b6db-49c6-9902-9006d66adf18/0130.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out This is a free dock to stop at for McDonalds and a quick grocery stop if needed. The only request is boats leave after one hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fffff36b-0c8f-4fb8-8d52-7240f2580eb3/0125c.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out The evening was beautiful with the moonrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/21500708-c4b5-4b6a-b991-f5a9543f2c0a/0201h.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out One of two beach side swimming pools that we saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e6ab55ec-32ac-4bce-ac38-3bd014cec60c/0123a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out A little later we were visited by this manatee in the Steinhatchee marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d70e4f68-2b42-4fb3-abdb-8a238c2511d2/0127a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out People everywhere!! This is Florida. Fun seeing everyone enjoying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b668a15d-1d37-42a8-89ba-e2d59e90db80/0128a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out One of the many boats with sponges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5ea5020e-6cb4-42ba-be97-03e0d63f2480/0125p.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out There were more pelicans than are shown in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1c300a82-de1a-4d22-a9ae-5ee8d2c75579/0128.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out This is a great bus service that stops at nearby small communities long the way to Tarpon Springs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/87760da3-bec3-4516-af2f-12210661b178/weather+0121jpg.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Sunday’s weather shows too much wind and way too cold to leave just yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/52a13067-4e3c-4a93-a8dc-592eb5ec7dd8/0122b.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out VRBO? We saw many places for RVs, small cabins, and just about any place to hang one’s hat during scallop season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/58005966-258c-442c-ad77-04cfba80ecc2/0122a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out We chatted with a gentleman who feeds these cats every day and sometimes at 2:00am when they meow by his window. There were so many spread out as he put food down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0d3c88f7-acb1-4bee-b418-83ebfd8e0338/0127c.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out On our way to eat at ‘Bait Fish’ and then walk to Pier 66 for the Saturday evening market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/36a06a79-4148-46f6-8192-452048077d40/0131b.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out We dinghy’d to shore—it was pretty windy. Me: Are you smiling? Darth: Yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f668b420-ee8c-4e34-b9a9-3ab8f82a0c53/0201a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Amazing to see how it looked without all the hotels that are there today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5cdf7d25-f4bb-4d68-b21b-e23bf118a30b/0127.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out We saw the shark boat many times go out. We could hear the guide say ‘keep track of your hats…. the boat only goes back for hats if you are still in them.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/34069714-b207-4187-86b0-545213384bd9/0125fa.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out This is only his head! And I’m told Tarpon fish do not have teeth—oh really—at the moment I did not have a heartbeat!! This is from a video Bobby took—I should have known when they said he needed to take a video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6fc09cd7-793d-4590-8c54-fba20cb2d1b4/0122.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out This is a Live Oak a common tree in Florida. This is Spanish Moss growing that is typical in older Live Oak trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b80c5cec-1bd6-4601-8737-8bd6a54e377b/soup+0121.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Sunday before the playoff games. Mixed bag of fans—it was cold so we all were back at our boats by 7:15pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/059ee4b4-9d3c-4ff2-9aaf-4d97f8ca0b6c/0201b.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Anchorage was right after passing by this island full of pelicans and white egrets in the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9aa644ee-a413-404b-9e29-464e8bd6dd31/0201.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Inside shop—Uncle Andy’s candy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/68533dd8-c8c1-4b99-b87e-abceb02073f9/0131.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out After cruising only 14 nautical miles we decided to anchor with the two boats at Boca Ciega Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7a191a6f-a9dd-4156-ad2f-29208706fbd0/0125fa1.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out This one pelican is the only one allowed on the dock. He is like a pet and waits patienly for handouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aeb86b5c-a111-4419-9561-e95351e161d6/0124.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Taking the motor mishap in stride we stayed with Bobby and Elaine for a delicious spaghetti dinner made by Elaine. These two are troopers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e83028a5-99c2-430a-ab1b-6e94a9fd1785/0124a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Yes, Snickers is a trooper too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7d0253c7-fd27-40d8-b5aa-51bb643796b7/0126a.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Such a different view! We have entered a popular destination here in Clearwater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bb992bef-adc0-406f-a23a-cbb2e5ffe952/0128b.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Elaine found out where the locals buy their food for lunch. It was delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5623f3aa-8a67-4511-8bfa-32456de9343b/0127b.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out Love the turtles on top of the beach water stations for getting sand off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d8810826-8868-4153-bd03-02c527c0dae4/0128c.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out We have a pelican guard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d5e8ce32-a6ca-4eb5-a576-a9e448e59df5/0126.jpg Blog - Steinhatchee, FL to Gulfport, FL - Make it stand out We had a dolphin join us for a few minutes—this shows also how foggy it was. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/shalimar-fl-to-steinhatchee-fl monthly 0.5 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/765ccc18-88ff-4037-86e2-9c95cc070d1f/Jan15d.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out This was at the Half Shell Dockside restaurant by one of the marinas. We had a nice walk and dogs were welcome so we didn’t leave Snickers behind alone at the dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b153a54e-4343-4c8c-8435-c007f593add8/Jan16b.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out This is not a car wash! It did feel like we were in a washing machine though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/19c3a780-1882-4ca7-9587-82539296e63f/Jan18f.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Shown are relieved and happy loopers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d4e52f19-c0d6-4552-b3d2-77b1499d2f7a/Jan18e.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Celebratory wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c818e437-9d5b-4a6b-b423-447cdeceee81/Jan20a.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Darth in his bright easy to see coat for the bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b68bc031-3e75-439e-b572-2d568078fbcd/Jan20.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out McDavid’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aed4e237-8188-4e58-8039-66103d46236c/IMG_2282.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out The sun came up over Dog Island. The water an easy 1-2’ chop as predicted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aa600649-f04f-4d6a-9d54-a0f6949062a9/Jan18b.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out A fellow looper took a photo of our boat as we rock and rolled. The video really shows the waves a little easier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ed2f2dc2-18cd-402d-8984-184cd6a00345/Jan13a1.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Our view from Two Georges Marina the evening before we left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1f614222-42a7-4348-b222-bdb12349aea8/Jan18a.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out This was the photo we used to show our path to family and friends when cell service would be available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ca892662-8dc9-405e-b0c1-5e6447f508bb/Jan18.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Our view as we left the channel. Right after I took this photo two dolphins popped up. I stayed for awhile hoping they would pop up but no… they did not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6214c226-f056-4155-af51-bf30235027bc/Jan18d.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Osprey at the channel marker to Steinhatchee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2191eeb2-fec4-4dfb-b247-b5965d89849c/Jan13c.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out More fixed docks. It’s a challenge so far getting used to tying the boat to poles and short docks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ebc3ee4f-8e83-4ee0-a141-ea4d54009153/1037863l.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out I did not take a photo with our boats tied to the dock. This photo shows how it looked Tuesday before we left—but it does not show how low the water was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d5b8d657-c176-4239-96a7-2323f92a6698/Jan19a1.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Sunset Firday night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/63370fdd-7b66-42db-b0a5-dee0b5360a86/Jan15b.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Homes along the canal. They seem very isolated in this part of Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5dd3ea1e-8c96-4a29-aba1-6c5401958e5a/Jan17a.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Marina in Carrabelle. The upstairs in the building is large room the marina reserves for Loopers to meet at. We are side by side In Cahoots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f05d274c-1d97-4e51-9cc0-162f80ef1d4d/Jan20b.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Mr. Heron has been replaced with Mr. Pelican…. or Ms. Pelican. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b514f716-c368-4b15-98ca-d85c27ba9697/Jan19.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out The Steinhatchee Marina at Deadman Bay is wonderful! We were met with dock attendants, moorage only 75 cents a foot, power, water, showers and enough room for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d96aa400-6484-4928-a070-f8b33a9c2fe6/Jan15a.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out These are Slash Pines that hurricane Ivan in 2004 did alot of damage to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/230a2658-cd6e-436e-9189-5d681210ec2d/Jan18c.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out Just when the waves calmed down, the next challenge is to avoid crab pots. Seen above is a red one that would be about 60’ away from another red one. The colors range from red, white, pink, blue, and black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2b21c709-c168-4ba8-9f42-6529c35a12c1/Jan13b.jpg Blog - Shalimar, FL to Steinhatchee, FL - Make it stand out A zoo along the way…. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/back-to-the-boat monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a130cc49-8aba-4cee-a8c3-871a21d2e0fc/0112.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out The beginning of today’s storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/414b83d3-48b4-4af8-bc53-6fb443e65c7a/you+m+the+call.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out This chart is updated daily from the America’s Great Loop Cruising Association for consideration. We also look at the NOAA forecast and several weather aps. This is to have as much information possible to avoid (hopefully) a poor weather decision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/43e39cfd-c05f-491a-b7f6-cfd2c68d7181/Doug%26C.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Darth securing the boat with extra lines as a storm is predicted on Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b30a35e9-da22-4b58-a9e0-ffff9c0dc1b8/big+ben+r.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out This chart is also provided as samples we may use for our own decision making. Red means NO-GO for all boat criteria. The Ranger Tug information matches our criteria—both Darth and I can handle more, but using this as best case scenario of wind and wave height has wiggle room if conditions change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ce240589-c34e-4472-b082-c0a4ea41c2ab/Old+F.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Boats secured—time for ‘Old Fashion’ drinks made by Bobby and Doug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eb73a893-2dab-4d92-83c0-9bb69143add4/mr+blu1.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Mr. Heron was glad to see us this morning on our walk before the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b66f9e53-c71d-4fb0-b616-ebdbe47e1926/canal.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Wednesday in the canal—sunny skies predicted and water not too bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c13a5abc-0b6e-41f7-9fab-8bb14e4124ad/Duck+res47.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out One of the three canal ducks fell between the sea wall and the dirt bank. We were not able to reach the duck —during the brainstorming it finally wriggled its way free. This was well over an hour of watching the duck try, give up and try again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c92900ca-6c8c-4a88-b8b4-732e26cafa09/Duck+3.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Reunited and it feels so good!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6bc0126c-1ebd-42aa-a1a2-fdf915045520/0111.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Thursday sunset from Two Georges Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8c69ca3a-de6e-48b0-9ed6-6794f623e212/snick.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Snickers was not excited for the storm either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5d468a13-47e1-47ec-aab0-0bd4fd587b13/cross2.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e893ce88-2333-41cd-9282-dcbfe2b8d3c5/weather.jpg Blog - Back to the boat - Milton, FL - Shalimar, FL - Make it stand out The word TORNADO is not something seen in Pacific Northwest forecasts! But ok…we can do this. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/home-for-the-holidays monthly 0.5 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e9a993fa-e36e-448b-bc6a-16f4a255aef2/IMG_2103.jpg Blog - Home for the Holidays - Make it stand out I will dream of this when we experience cold weather back on the boat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f1a3e993-6bfc-4285-b4f2-509d527c8d1f/IMG_9748.jpg Blog - Home for the Holidays - Make it stand out It was low tide when we docked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b496d660-4a30-47e8-9aff-3915dadfc0ed/IMG_2010.jpg Blog - Home for the Holidays - Make it stand out This tree was expertly decorated later by our 5 year old granddaughter. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c3439a9c-d586-4413-98c6-6310fe870bc5/IMG_9745+%281%29.jpg Blog - Home for the Holidays - Make it stand out Doug & Elaine helping us dock, Bobby on camera duty. : ) https://www.lrfox.com/blog/tombigbee-waterway-to-gulf-icw monthly 0.5 2023-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f1a3be0e-3e93-4eca-8fbf-75cf9c8b0d12/1130g.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Gulf shores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c3821233-22be-4bd1-a8cd-ca5f4e9af1b9/1128_mobile.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Mobile, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b4bee0e1-868f-4343-9363-c13eccf4f17d/1119.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Very sunny morning—this was Fulton Lock, first of 4 locks on this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/44cc968d-1da0-4315-8882-a79dfa751999/1124+KF+marina.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Taking off from the docks at Kingfisher Bay marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b7f1ebf8-42bd-4d13-ba70-44dc7934578a/1128+FH+ice+c.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Fairhope float is expresso with ice cream. Of course we both had one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/84b89ee2-77d1-4750-afb5-5dcd1080b144/1128+FH+dock.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out After crossing Mobile Bay we arrived to dock with a fixed dock for the first time. The end of the side dock stops at the end of the boat’s bow. Very interesting getting on and off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3de96cf9-2064-41a9-bb1f-43be57e3b4ab/1128+sunset.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Sunset from Fairhope Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c9d87196-6092-4a3b-8540-bd05fd3ae87b/1124+lights_m.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out First of about 14 floats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/692df0f8-e3e5-49a4-82db-417f10386065/1122+Rtlsnake+anch.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Rattlesnake Oxbow anchorage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/78555815-4cb5-496e-9275-d566ad485cf7/1128+FH+town.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Fairhope town is two miles away. We needed the walk. Loved the way the town dressed up the building to take letters to Santa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ec45bdec-d556-4c72-9da3-50c9db824598/1125+bashi.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Anchored at Bashi Creek with Loose Moose and No Rush. Traveled 62NM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b467a5ca-5090-4694-929c-358f19cf259f/1124+lights_3.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out I loved the Loch Ness Monster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0719b175-886e-4aab-9184-1c5c81bc2d96/1128_brg.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Leaving Bayou and entering the river. Hello Tug! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/009c645e-96e9-4cba-adda-4f3b8bdb6b64/1117.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out The fog began to roll in just before arriving at Midway Marina on Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/27708a73-5320-4e6a-a12c-299d06b31062/1125+early-lock.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out We were at the Demopolis lock by 6:20AM to lock down the 2nd to last lock. It was so cold but another beautiful sunny day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ad08d2ae-4720-4b73-9dd2-a31cb646152c/1129+HP+marina.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Sunset from our spot at Homeport Marina. Home of LuLu’s restaurant owned by Jimmy Buffet’s sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/767faea4-46ca-4297-b47a-697ee7e131b6/1120+rain.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out This was a gully washer for sure! Our spot was under cover which provided a nice safe spot for us during the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c37b0eb8-9eda-43c5-ae93-48f0262fc352/1126+Salt+crk.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Loose Moose and No Rush at Salt Creek anchorage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a51beb9f-91c5-41a6-ae4e-39942313f712/1120+Col+home.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out This is Homewood Gardens built in 1836. All the mansions we saw are occupied and alot of care is put into restoring each home. The have markers in front with the year the mansion was originally built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/83493054-f72d-4605-acf3-94e0eaacf385/1129+head+to+icw.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out The Gulf, here we go to new scenery and adventure! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/be170b05-e000-41ef-8451-8f3cfd2bda78/1128_mobile_.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Very busy in Mobile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0e4b9cf9-e640-4c84-9371-d545fcf39d88/1124+bashi+dinner.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Kathe and Bonnie invited us all to share potluck dinner on their boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/453607a0-ae48-417c-833c-d61425523766/1120+Col+Univ.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out The University opened enrollment to men in 1982 after a court case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, the policy for only enrolling women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th ammendment to the US Constitution. (yes—I googled this) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eb12c436-ab48-47b5-aaa2-9af58939baab/1129+go+fast+on+st.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out A ‘go fast’ boat on steroids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/da671f60-be91-4aa5-8c04-da7f37f801a3/1130+a.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out And a storm is coming… we made it back before we heard thunder rumbles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6139cd93-5995-42d2-9d4f-6996332b607a/1122+Epes.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out White Cliffs of Epes. Formed around the same time as the famous Cliffs of Dover. These cliffs are made up of microscopic algae shells that drifted to the seafloor around 80 million years ago to become a massive chalk formation that spans three states. (yes—google to my rescue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f8c19062-10b1-4d2d-8143-fe839971bc40/1129+enter+chn.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Easy travel day to the Gulf ICW. Birds were showing us the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ef278bb0-c13a-4877-bdab-603cced56cb7/1121_Upper+C+anchor.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Bobby and Elaine rowing to our boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/238ecb89-c560-43ec-a37a-78b22a8d68f8/1130c.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Sadly the pier was closed….it was fun to ride to though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/636bf9fd-b8d0-4823-9b6f-7a25ef58ce7c/1127+bayou+anch.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Big Bayou Canot. I read we might see an alligator… but we did not. It did feel like we were on the Jungle ride at Disneyland though… no banjos were heard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d456e15b-8f06-4985-80a2-54bd9d34fc03/Aqua+1114.jpg Blog - Tombigbee Waterway to Gulf ICW - Make it stand out Aqua Marina sunset https://www.lrfox.com/blog/ditto-landing-to-joe-wheeler-state-park-aglca-rendezvous monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3469aae1-78d8-4b35-9af1-e2cee19ca14b/JW1103_4.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out This skeleton was on the Christine. When I asked if this was part of their Halloween decorations, Kris said oh no—this is our skeleton crew! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a6a516d7-b90a-4fc6-8d8a-9f5da30c35f8/Lock1.JPG Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Our boat was towards the back(blue arrow)—the Bass-’go fast’ boats were up front. We locked down almost 100’ in Wilson lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e72e5d39-01de-44a8-a5eb-e867c635c8f6/Lock2.JPG Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Another view showing the Bass-’go fast’ boats. We are under the blue arrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bf0aa1fd-81ea-42d5-a19d-ff48393d6d8e/1031.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out There were no swear words heard…nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d26e122c-2ca6-4994-8f7f-73bc455c065a/ditto1102_heater.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out And now the electric heater needed fixing. Yes—the $20 heater was fixed without purchasing any additional parts. Of course it was….its the challenge and a Castan thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c0aeb6a1-c9cd-43a3-9c4b-b6e128c105f5/Lock4.JPG Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Our inside view—just beginning our 100’ drop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5ee6f6a7-ecad-4b79-966d-cc39b06ddbc9/ditto1102_2.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out No one was attacked while taking this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d374ffcd-fc60-477f-b626-220a4fd876d3/florence.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Our constant companion Mr. Heron at the end of our dock in Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2d09842c-c7c5-4fea-ac38-af1412e61e49/JW1103_7.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Love this one—Sweet Dreams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/32522216-974f-49d7-ae19-a7816b526471/JW1103_3.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out I called our boat the baby boat as we were docked in between Christine-left (Kris and Rusty) and The Lower Place-right (Charlie and Robin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/28398b0e-0e2e-4c0e-a290-01797fffe731/Lock5.JPG Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Almost done….. its just so amazing how the lock system works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b1a5c90a-2a65-462d-b015-bed5a4a73a8b/JW1103_9.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Our sweet friends Cheri and Pete. We would be saying goodbye for now to them as they attend family. Hopefully we will see them in the future along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/56a3b312-6b45-4a2b-85b4-35db8f9460c7/JW1103_5.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Joe Wheeler State Park is a beautiful location and we enjoyed sunny days during the rendezvous. It was followed by a downpour the last day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/efcb3918-f1c6-425f-8266-0cade6becae2/ditto1102.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out The bike route next to the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/434c5abe-fb46-43a5-bdb5-1204818cd135/us.jpg Blog - Ditto Landing to Joe Wheeler State Park - AGLCA Rendezvous - Make it stand out Cheri took this photo as we were leaving on Friday. A little drizzle after a week of sunshine. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/going-down-the-tennessee-river monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0308999e-3933-4a1f-bdc6-5a3f1ba46e23/1028+shellm.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Saturday, October 28. Morning sunrise at Shellmound. We got up early and locked through Nickajack—39.5’ down and headed to Goose Pond Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1bceea45-9e5c-4df8-b439-0a9b2b264808/1025boat+from+walnut.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Tuesday, October 25. Our boat and Soulmates boat from the Walnut walking bridge. Buildings in background are the River and Ocean Aquariums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4677ba62-748d-46fa-af06-aaa8e0d4543d/1022+trees.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Sunday, October 22. Locked down at Watts Bar (62.1’) and headed to Shady Grove Marina. This photo shows the beauty along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5dcdde58-3a01-4f71-8051-531de85d5055/1025walnut.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Walnut Bridge. According to the Historic American Engineering Record: ‘The bridge was apparently the first non-military highway bridge accross the Tennessee River. It connected the predominently white city on the south side with the large black workforce on the north side. The bridge served vehicle and pedestrian traffic for 87 years before the repair costs forced the city to close it in 1978, The bridge was restored for pedestrian traffic only in 1993. ‘ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9159dd6e-7574-4c7f-bf32-2b9aa44b3782/1026+williams+is+row.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out We left Chattanooga to anchor 7nm down river behind Williams Island. This photo shows a group of rowers getting ready for the Cattajack paddleboard/kayak race to be held Saturday. We opted to leave before the river got extremely busy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4698085d-d6f5-40cd-89f3-1a625e11a4da/1026+moon.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Moon at Williams Island anchorage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bd270e4a-d72e-4d2d-ae3a-bde2a60fb4d6/1025_darth+at+PP+battlefieldvw.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out View from park— Tennessee River we will be cruising after we leave Chattanooga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d73b1046-c184-4b50-beb8-90cbb105b978/1025_darth+at+PP+battlefield.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Darth and I walked up the rode from the Incline RR landing to Point Park Battlefield on Lookout Mtn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d1a70f37-485c-441a-80e6-a16e90740090/1029+fish46.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Sunday, Octorber 29th. Man fishing in a kayak behind our boat this morning. It’s 80 degrees and we are headed to town with Cheri and Pete via courtesy vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/53469e1d-563c-49a9-963b-6a2ed19b83c8/oct+23+TNb_.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Mr. Blue Heron in front of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/23988f73-ecc2-4ebb-9253-171204c1c106/dixie.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Anchorage at Old Dixie Cove right before Watts Bar Lock. What a difference from the day before—no wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fadb1221-af13-4836-8258-938447498458/1025+incl+go+down.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Incline Railroad to Lookout Mountain. It’s a little scary riding backwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fe6552eb-d013-43a9-8b63-9df1ff41406d/1020+wind.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Friday, October, 20. The river is able to produce BIG WATER when the wind blows 30kts! Crazy to see white caps like these on the river. We opted for another day at Terrace View Masrina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/817116fb-9da6-4795-a191-895d28315dec/1025+whsk2y.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out We toured the Chattanooga Whiskey Distillery, With whiskey tasting at the end. We bought the Chattanooga Whiskey 91 bottle and ofcourse t-shirts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d930eea8-455d-4ef0-82ee-96193b0e87b6/1028+goos4.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Goose Pond Marina. Cheri and Pete from Spring Fling also arrived and we ate dinner together at the Docks—restaurant across the road. Fun night! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ad7b5b92-ad70-48af-b136-5fb9eb83e2d7/Chat+choo.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Yes, Don & Sue—we had to go see the Chattanooga Choo Choo. : ) We missed you both as we also ate at Feed Table & Tavern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4e1f7a34-ff42-42d3-b596-cd263b337d09/1025+aretha+fr.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Our coffee from the North Shore of Chattanooga at Aretha Frankensteins. Great choice for breakfast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d5b02273-dbb3-42e5-a551-9178c1490953/1027+nebo_1423.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Photo sent through NEBO app from another looper on Bama Breeze. They said they were heading to their slip in Chattanooga and had just completed their loop at Grand Harbor. We never met them, but they were kind to send us this photo. I’m in the back taking a photo of their boat and sent it to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b3d86869-27c8-45d0-9dfe-71bf81816fdc/Sunrise+1027.jpg Blog - Going down the Tennessee River - Make it stand out Friday, October 27. Sunrise at Williams Is. Time to head down river some more. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/exploring-tennessee-river monthly 0.5 2023-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dca1f64f-3f40-4494-8e55-07d877ec9b27/Oct+15+Concord+2.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out Concord Marina, the night after the crescent moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e325ccba-cd54-4f78-b43a-1fe229cb229d/Oct+17+Tellico_1.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out Tellico Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f9890f54-6554-4302-a7ce-bd8b82f2ebc4/Oct+20+cr+home.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out As we continued toward Fort Loudoun Lock, still on Tellico Lake, I couldn’t resist one more shot of a huge home. The red bushes are surrounding an infinity pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/22ca2569-0dfe-4115-baa4-fb5a15eccfae/Oct+20+home.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out And now we are back on Tennesse River. Such a contrast! Time to keep going back down the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/625af6ab-3e09-445f-ae3f-d27be89f735a/1019+morn+anc.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out We anchored one more night on Tellico Lake and woke up to this sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d17f7e6a-0c72-4009-80bd-573e093ad8ca/Oct+18+fog+birds.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out This was a very foggy morning outside Fort Loudoun State Park. I sent the photo to Dave and he did the following water color interpretation. He has an instagram and yes I’m his mom—-but I think he has a real knack for drawing and watercolor. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8435edf4-e14c-4c51-8142-e806282c2175/Oct+17+Tellico_3.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out Tellico Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/86187425-37ff-43d6-acaf-d0f2c2179f29/Oct+13+man+fishing+-+Watts.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out After Watts dam—man with his dog bass fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/474e3b69-7653-4a41-85f2-2fc3cf31a0c2/Oct+18+dinghy.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out Coming back to the boat after we toured Fort Loudoun State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7d94c9d9-8df2-4630-b1fc-2533a02ae918/Oct+15+Concord.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out Bike ride in a neighborhood in Concord, TN. Darth is fuzzy but he is shown on the road. The houses were all brick and many decorated for Fall. What I thought was interesting was there are no fences in the neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/259714db-c6e8-49b1-b49f-8fa592d67f90/Oct+18+fog+birds_d.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out By Dave-instagram: daveh20color Check it out, his artwork is truly amazing. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/93113244-6b49-453f-a169-ac641a248b47/Oct+18+fog+lifted.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out The fog lifted —birds flew away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3acbacb4-68e0-42ff-9d2f-82313170fa22/Oct+18+fort.jpg Blog - Exploring Tennessee River - Make it stand out There is an reenactment of the lives and battles held at the fort. This gentleman was giving an interview of the importance of teaching local 4th graders at the site. The buildings in the background are reconstructed showing supplies, cookhouses, bunk houses, artillery, etc. and quarters for the soldiers. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/life-on-the-loop monthly 0.5 2023-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e0154b49-9f25-41d0-85c7-9a8907962984/IMG_1148.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out Captain Darth’s Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5d591dc4-495d-4840-9246-2290781fdfde/locking+down.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out Locking down. Darth positions boat, I tie off the stern, then tie off bow. Darth turns engine off and lets lockmaster know we are secure —using vhf radio and takes the stern tie while I take the bow tie as we lock up or down. We’ve got this!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1cdf2b7b-9e93-4a83-b88f-7684a2acf1ab/1012-blue+heron.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out This guy is following us!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/740eb512-b905-4ce9-8ec5-941a978a6551/Frontboat.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out Navigation station. Guys still with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/359f0a61-d83e-481c-b3b3-ba5c887f08bd/vberth.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out V-berth. Surprisingly very comfy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2dc41b85-fc18-4d94-8145-6b2d4856f463/kitchen.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out Galley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6832faa3-13cb-40f8-b282-943b4d21d6da/IMG_1118.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out After locking down doors open, lockmaster sounds the horn signaling we can leave the chamber. Darth contacts lockmaster via vhf once we clear the lock chamber. I retrieve fenders, ropes as we slowly motor away from lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/85223bf4-df80-4ff1-9c1c-ca9ed77b38b2/salon.jpg Blog - Life on the Loop - Make it stand out Salon—and cockpit. Darth working on his log and bunny ears. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/chattanooga monthly 0.5 2023-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/38f6fb29-7db4-4492-a72a-50d583f790a3/d%26dch1011.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Darth and Don on top of the Wilder Brigade Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3bb09ce9-89d1-41ad-8713-54540e73bcce/s%26a+aqu1010.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Sue and I —and a few fish. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dc7dbbda-61d2-43ee-9e10-08f81224298e/walk+br1011.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/603678c2-d4cb-48dd-8ba5-f4fdfee32388/butt1010.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Butterflies were all over and all different colors. Darth got a nice close-up of this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d696fa93-19ab-483f-90d2-57a1c34bbad8/SD_lookout1010.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Sue and Don Lookout Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/33ceea9a-0dd5-4f69-88bc-81cfe6f5e028/lookouthair1010.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Lookout Mountain—I think my hair is one with the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0f677366-2b99-4353-a9fa-f6e4c324b99a/andyfish1010.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Yes, I am a fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/830f0f58-0737-4e15-8ed1-6115c637a306/look1010a.jpg Blog - Chattanooga - Make it stand out Hang gliders assessing the wind. And they determined it was a no-day. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/joe-wheeler-state-park-shellmound-campground monthly 0.5 2023-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f64da91d-61b5-45f2-9b26-143a2724def1/smilelockup_gunter1006.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out We will not bark….we will not bark…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/86ac2e74-40d9-4863-add7-8b203268f734/meow1005.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Great place if you are a cat. Cannot imagine what it must smell like inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/78f61950-b461-40ba-800e-e34ec3cf0b65/river1008.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Very quiet day on the river right outside Chattanooga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/05644b22-af28-490c-be0e-8114cfe71ddb/shell+mound+1007_.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Sunset at Shellmound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a8332aa9-af47-482b-8dac-473dae8a2671/fish_1006.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Go fast fishermen…still have not seen anyone in the act of catching a fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/776b66f5-80a8-46c6-ba49-5da47532651f/RR+Bridge1005_.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Bridge in lift mode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1947dc89-a51f-4d21-bade-c213be121890/1008.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Early morning fog right as we left Shellbound park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c5a7469b-09a5-4e9c-983b-4b94e7eab6f6/after+ditto+1006.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Painted Bluff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/50bdc07b-87d0-408b-b48e-2a8e531a50e3/cells1005.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Cells for barges—these must have been in place a long time as there are trees growing on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/993b4247-f9f2-4297-a5ba-19666a5f42d4/path+to+goose1006.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Goose Pond Marina entry way lined with lilipads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d361f43d-ceb4-459e-ab69-377a8e60d87d/RR+Bridge1005.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Train crossing before vertical lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6ec87b6f-d3c8-464e-ad13-a542bae32b50/shell+mound+1007.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Photos of wedding couple on adjacent dock right after the wedding ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cb791cd1-8392-4fc3-a4aa-e2f86717ec64/go+fast+1007.jpg Blog - Joe Wheeler State Park - Shellmound Campground - Make it stand out Go fast boat. : ) https://www.lrfox.com/blog/grand-harbor-marina-joe-wheeler-state-park monthly 0.5 2023-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0fc70ca3-9f3f-4bbb-9d42-1bf9803d5e6b/Gr+Harbo_suns.jpg Blog - Grand Harbor Marina - Joe Wheeler State Park - Make it stand out Sunset from Grand Harbor’s dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/281bf18f-6283-4b6b-9148-f70b87bbcefb/Shiloh_1002.jpg Blog - Grand Harbor Marina - Joe Wheeler State Park - Make it stand out Shiloh National Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/469f5207-2294-41f9-a3ee-3151a5c361b7/Gr+Harbo.jpg Blog - Grand Harbor Marina - Joe Wheeler State Park - Make it stand out Mr. Blue Heron was not to be disturbed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0665e80c-8ebb-4f3b-b4ba-4206a2deabe9/count+c.jpg Blog - Grand Harbor Marina - Joe Wheeler State Park - Make it stand out This is a Golf and Country Club we passed by this morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f445443a-8c6f-4c06-938e-082d2bee41a0/sun+r+1004.jpg Blog - Grand Harbor Marina - Joe Wheeler State Park - Make it stand out Sunrise after Wilson lock. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/grand-rivers-ky-grand-harbor-marina monthly 0.5 2023-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5558b4e6-1bd7-474b-a06b-e7217dcbffab/Sat0930_1.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Can you see the boat house? It’s a drive through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f58925d6-1b7f-4b09-99dc-3df8ec9beab5/Fri0929_1.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Just a short climb down to the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d9d95f96-8013-461d-9a9e-6b6db818339b/Fri0929.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Along the river work in progress—-digging up sand/rocks getting ready to send on the barge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/192ab35a-ee83-4736-91fd-b28aea3d9b02/Thu0928.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Hedge apples—being from Washington state, I have never seen these before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/89461a4e-2938-444e-ab76-a16be483015c/Fri0929_03.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Appeared to be summer cabins along the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/981cb13d-d740-4890-a62d-eec5ff15800a/Thu0928_1.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Darth and Osage Orange Tree? Google informed—now confused why they are called hedge apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/930c0144-0f7e-49cd-b8f5-683e3fccbbda/Wed0927_1.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Danville Grain Elevator and part of washed out RR bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c0b5b1d9-54ba-44a5-ad9a-e2713cbe2e8a/Sun1001_1.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out This shows the water level line this morning along the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7d4d9dac-cf56-4377-a37c-037aa75c4d65/Fri0929_04.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Clifton Marina. Arrived after long cruise and enjoyed the dock restaurant for food and wonderful music from a local singer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c5e698f3-db6d-461d-80ad-003dc9b070b0/Sat0930.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Little cabins along the river….wow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/55ad69b6-fbc3-4d49-91f9-40421903d812/Sat0930_2.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Anchored behind Diamond Island for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/03c6deef-a4af-439a-82bf-2a91db521f97/Sun1001_4.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5170f29b-fca6-411f-8ada-df08224d5bdc/Mon0925.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Ready to bicycle to Grand Rivers from Green Turtle Bay Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6bfed827-9a75-4972-bc9e-e5100f5de079/Tue0926.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Paris Landing State Park-Marina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/953de19a-6cf7-43c4-a2c1-4b4c154ed367/Mon0925_2.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out Inside Patti’s 1880 Settlement Restaurant—no photo of pork chops or strawberry butter. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/35bffb60-f8b4-447a-9935-1babab9c4356/Sun1001_2.jpg Blog - Grand Rivers, KY - Grand Harbor Marina - Make it stand out The audience at Pickwick Lock. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/alton-il-grand-rivers-ky monthly 0.5 2023-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0ac40468-912e-40fd-8744-d35d7144ff9e/Hoppies.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Hoppies Dock, Kimmswick, MO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6f5e2c65-087f-4c4a-a5c6-d76383fdc5e3/boy+quilt.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out This quilt is made of little tiny pieces of material—the stitching was amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0ad2aced-6d4c-49ac-914e-266737e8cd18/Paducah+bbq2.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out BBQ on the River in Paducah, KY—this doesn’t show how big the crowd was or how good the smell of BBQ was! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/61f9072a-9ff1-49ee-b662-cb95361d393c/KeyLime.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Ok—maybe too many photos…. but seriously could you pass up frozen Key Lime pie dipped in chocolate??? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2ce39bdc-f20e-49d6-87c1-e10a67ae5694/Thirsty+T.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Thirsty Turtle drinks….really not sure what all was in them…. but we drank and enjoyed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cf678d95-4567-40ea-bcef-d94becb79595/K-D+turbine.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out We counted 42 turbines—they are massive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4eb5a95f-8ccc-43be-a0a0-262b6fb971f6/Diversionjpg.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Little Diversion Canal anchored for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6bc7e247-bc4c-4177-b002-c29c5607e6ec/P-G+Cumb+Quarry.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Cumberland River Quarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4155e7dd-59d5-467e-a7db-7581d752a52f/Kaskaskiadock.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Kaskaskia Lock wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/842b0c58-4ac6-43bf-b16d-7d85700cffd2/Kaskaskia+sunset.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Kaskaskia Dock wall at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f5a95bc-1fb4-4b4a-9bf4-c59a450eeb06/quilt.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Another beauty— https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/dd3e4ae2-29df-4cc4-a6d4-190ba3f13464/A-H+St+L+Arch.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e44cb871-44dd-4bd4-8745-a5afa54556f8/Barkley+Dam.jpg Blog - Alton, IL - Grand Rivers, KY - Make it stand out View from the Thirsty Turtle looking back at the Barkley Lake Dam. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/dropping-the-lines monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f819aaed-d51c-41e4-94a4-f027e2a38e4d/DL+Flag.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines Taken at the Peoria Boat Club dock right before leaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bde37707-1452-47c4-bbfc-d8c8b9e0c530/beer.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/838d4bca-7709-40c7-9177-3529177f4124/GD+concert.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines - Make it stand out Jake’s Leg Band, seriously thought more men were dancing alone than women. Just an observation. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c66dcd40-0528-4864-b716-3b718dee2ff6/Quiver.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines - Make it stand out Quiver Island anchorage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1027a189-48b9-4ad0-83f3-848354b4c5c3/Our+lady.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines - Make it stand out Our Lady of the River Shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/db7512ec-5e00-4825-950a-4202f44fd9a0/Mel%27s+brisket.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines - Make it stand out Mel’s brisket. For the record we had leftovers—so good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a13f44e1-e49a-4f5c-8150-94088c91476d/Mels+dock.jpg Blog - Dropping the lines - Make it stand out Normally this dock would be full this time of year. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/the-drive monthly 0.5 2024-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fef7bac8-bdd7-42b1-abbb-cc20e965f18e/Guys+begin.jpg Blog - The DRIVE! - Make it stand out Lego guys originally started from Lou as a gift to Papa for Father’s Day. When Shinyu and Hayu visited, they made lego guys representing them. Then Darth got input from Dominic and Jordy for their guys. The Lego guys stayed with us during the loop and return trip home. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/packing-complete monthly 0.5 2023-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0f2efae4-0e12-47af-b974-f87396d007c8/Boat.jpg Blog - Packing-complete?—we certainly hope so! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.lrfox.com/blog/go-time-is-approaching monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://www.lrfox.com/blog/fishing-the-space-coast-s8w8m monthly 0.5 2023-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/979d3cde-68cd-45b4-ae24-8bc3d00ebe5f/02987CB5-22CB-465B-A327-809D625A396D.jpeg Blog - What Do We Bring? https://www.lrfox.com/blog/casting-for-redfin-8nl2m monthly 0.5 2023-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/72b8991a-d7c5-4bf5-a2df-a4329f244716/CC70E0AA-8EA5-49D2-9F57-CAF27080998E.jpeg Blog - Where Do We Start? https://www.lrfox.com/about daily 0.75 2023-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7800f0c4-bc1f-4862-b3bc-607b82408733/IMG_1550.JPG https://www.lrfox.com/gallery daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1683824855896-18HRVVVIWWN97RSHU1BJ/20221228_134240.jpg Gallery Framing for the extra room on the back porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/31bd8a9c-94cc-4c57-abd9-0afdaa06fedf/20230918_135839.jpg Gallery 9/18/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7204fc7c-9872-4586-aaa4-b79cfc1d1f31/20230928_135805.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d9e62068-8b6b-44c4-9006-b184600f552a/20231008_184820.jpg Gallery 10/8/23 Had to show you a Chattanooga Duck 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/31aa8ac4-fa91-4807-b825-7ca556049f41/Screenshot_20240115_095349_Boating.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Float Plan Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4e94fb88-3c12-4821-99ec-2c1229c40bf3/20240116_134846.jpg Gallery 1/16/24 Apalachicola FL to Carrabelle FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/24390db5-4383-498e-b279-cb4fc3d2543c/Screenshot_20240117_193507_Boating.jpg Gallery 1/18/24 Float Plan Carrabelle FL to Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/80aadebd-fe8c-4b08-8f58-fd6306bb619b/2024-0124_Log_1.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Log Steinhatchee FL to Crystal River FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e5eeb89d-3af4-4434-ace6-b2c813b45448/2024-0126_Log_1.jpg Gallery 1/26/24 Log Crystal River FL to Clearwater FL 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f9a6b22c-97a3-4695-8c04-dc2f1e8b3b5e/PBC_critter.jpg Gallery Peoria Boat Club's groundhog--his name is Grumpy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/308a6414-b452-4f8e-94e9-083a578bf45e/20230919_185417.jpg Gallery Kaskaskia River Lock & Dam. 9/19/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8dc1c486-29c6-4954-bcc4-d203f3cb746e/20230928_140149.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6ee2961d-4b16-4085-ae56-4eb6df539e0d/20231010_101207.jpg Gallery 10/10/23 Yes Andy had to have Fish & Chips for lunch. TN Aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/668d7a58-c15e-47bd-a783-71d9e41ae8db/20231025_093949.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Walnut Street Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8ac655a1-d000-47c9-b5b0-93f1ed86acd2/20231128_095525.jpg Gallery 11/28/23 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/66633c6c-b36f-44e5-8513-0177886a5f1c/Nebo_2023-1204_2.jpg Gallery 12/4/23 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4059d46d-dce9-486c-a78b-8f0bb3adccbd/20240110_143013.jpg Gallery 1/10/24 Milton FL. Doug & Cheryl's backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0fd8cb8a-1b8c-481d-880c-26f9fcc07326/2024-0114_Log-00a.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Float Plan Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/646d46f1-38a3-4bf0-adfa-405582f1080c/20240115_093510.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b4d0bee0-f87c-4156-91dc-4c9e174e71e1/20240116_134901.jpg Gallery 1/16/24 Apalachicola FL to Carrabelle FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/338b2688-e846-467c-b70d-74efe0575a93/20240118_103829.jpg Gallery 1/18/24 Carrabelle FL to Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/463be5da-a0ae-460b-a142-6ef964d73883/2024-0124_Log_2.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Log Steinhatchee FL to Crystal River FL 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7167ee3f-6705-42ab-97cb-dbe49143a3c6/2024-0211_Log_2.jpg Gallery 2/11/24 Otter Key Anchorage FL to Sarasota FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7d30c9d5-4014-4c37-a4c6-f40432bc4206/2024-0214_Log_2.jpg Gallery 2/14/24 Sarasota FL to Cape Haze FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4179913a-e32f-4083-9152-840605819700/2024-0215_Log_2.jpg Gallery 2/15/24 Cape Haze FL to Cayo Costa St. Park FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4ff688ea-0feb-4b67-b4b0-fee4f516beb4/2024-0216_Log_2.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Cayo Costa St. Park FL to Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d858300b-a469-43ce-9d62-7323a7878fa3/2024-0222_Log_2.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a4f11124-12bb-4cca-a002-a7516c5c0ee0/2024-0223_Log_2.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9183efb2-8bad-4328-938e-bde55d4c975b/20221004_102852.jpg Gallery Deck before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5fc66599-f38d-412e-a7bf-339c56bdbc51/Guys+begin.jpg Gallery Guys made by grandchildren and nephews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fecfd136-ac0e-4802-9e98-71bf26e605ae/PBC_slip.jpg Gallery Peoria Boat Club dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f8c2c5f4-b570-4b18-9df2-ef22a2190e35/20230920_105139.jpg Gallery Really enjoying the command bridge. 9/20/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fc9d988a-cc49-4b0a-a5db-448bb1bac44e/20230928_140229.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/112916b4-b7f7-4f04-b9f7-a4ad57418565/20231010_123634.jpg Gallery 10/10/23 TN Aquarium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/74632616-16b8-4a51-8d7a-d5e92107e7a7/20231025_094018.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Walnut Street Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a29e4631-159f-4c97-9f59-c73ffe1ed14e/20231128_0955246.jpg Gallery 11/28/23 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e43672b9-7a76-498a-b628-ac157471602c/20240110_143014.jpg Gallery 1/10/24 Blackwater Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/97c704f7-e775-4de5-87b6-b86f1ce485e0/20240114_083717.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2cd44d44-377b-4fdf-85c2-3f838dab5d06/20240115_093529.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d4d2efb0-9bb8-454b-ab13-d9549feb02b0/20240118_170854.jpg Gallery 1/18/24 Carrabelle FL to Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7a352d89-2f4b-4023-a9f9-7e52d62674a9/2024-0124_Log_3.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Log Steinhatchee FL to Crystal River FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f94eb981-b221-4352-9b33-9f51bc467f5c/2024-0126_Log_3.jpg Gallery 1/26/24 Log Crystal River FL to Clearwater FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9cece425-fdf4-4488-8789-067d5ea6e0a6/2024-0130_Log_3.jpg Gallery 1/30/24 Log Clearwater Beach to Boca Ciega Bay FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0130c03d-182e-428d-8541-3f06185782ea/20240131_160306.jpg Gallery 1/30/24 Boca Ciega Bay FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cd684d0b-44c8-4708-8f05-9feac14b49f8/20240202_120349.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/caa72ed4-ce1e-4efd-af16-d52158ae1686/2024-0208_Log_3.jpg Gallery 2/8/24 Gulfport FL to Otter Key Anchorage FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d68eccc6-9747-4ad0-a03a-863c7eab8b15/20240212_110527.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/595f1731-e55d-45f0-8337-2f3317683665/2024-0214_Log_3.jpg Gallery 2/14/24 Sarasota FL to Cape Haze FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fd670f81-5613-4d20-aabf-747c4521a52d/20240215_180856.jpg Gallery 2/15/24 Cayo Costa St. Park FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5f6391fd-f24a-4b89-a594-f750f60f3ed5/2024-0216_Log_3.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Cayo Costa St. Park FL to Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b1147316-63bf-4c4d-a4ec-ce9bc13c28ee/2024-0220_Log_1.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/343b31c6-59d0-441d-bcc5-6610cbe3e603/2024-0221_Log_1.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f088eddf-ad4a-44d9-b41d-82833e13bd6a/20240222_113222.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a83c404a-b37c-475d-839f-f05bc1f8e56d/20240224_091608.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a72ff3fd-844a-4f3f-b3eb-82f98389d6cf/20221116_150708.jpg Gallery Wine cooler out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/50f68c41-8119-493d-ac3e-f4b19fd9e84a/launch.jpg Gallery LAUNCHING!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e4fc528e-0c47-4008-9215-eb77631e5dcf/20230920_112101.jpg Gallery Missed me. 9/20/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ba6cd1cb-5a05-440c-8330-d95aae6be9de/20230928_144143.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0bf4efb4-f18f-4bee-b404-1ca7f4457f37/20231010_123840.jpg Gallery 10/10/23 TN Aquarium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8cd5f7d8-ccbe-46c0-9163-1525d24cb2a3/20231025_094024.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Walnut Street Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/35c981cd-f381-4f45-b71e-7794615dafc3/20231128_070222.jpg Gallery 11/2//23 North of Mobile AL. Mobile River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a368bb92-8816-482b-a476-5e9cb28ed93c/20240110_145853.jpg Gallery 1/10/24 East Bay State Hwy 281 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/375c8ee0-407b-479b-a163-ec3072bf549c/20240111_115723.jpg Gallery 2024-0111 ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8e450f88-4895-4092-a610-ec3de2a11e53/20240114_110637.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/29678a04-cea2-4b9e-8f82-645053cf11c4/20240115_100658.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3976c3b1-60c3-43aa-87cc-08e27dcdef9f/20240116_135342.jpg Gallery 1/16/24 Apalachicola FL to Carrabelle FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/49a5099f-c7b5-4f80-bfa4-8d03c07add90/2024-0118_Log-01.jpg Gallery 1/18/24 Log Carrabelle FL to Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a2a18328-4a6a-48b9-8c20-47ac3f78f206/2024-0124_Log_4.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Log Steinhatchee FL to Crystal River FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8d175690-1395-43a3-8018-fcbd72b420a5/2024-0126_Log_4.jpg Gallery 1/26/24 Log Crystal River FL to Clearwater FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9414d402-4f8d-4be3-8620-25efb61bb552/20240131_164001.jpg Gallery 1/30/24 Boca Ciega Bay FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/64171c1d-7e34-41dc-9788-609c66ebb4ac/20240202_120442.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d82df7bf-4dff-44d1-84d2-9ff393c967b1/20240208_104559.jpg Gallery 2/8/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c56aff52-b869-4099-99d7-990a063eaf3e/20240212_110602.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ce852995-7ef0-45ff-a228-ab0da462b648/20240214_180939.jpg Gallery 2/14/24 Cape Haze FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9602f40a-85a5-41d7-ac84-8958f7c46494/20240215_180930.jpg Gallery 2/15/24 Cayo Costa St. Park FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fe3ca3be-0679-4b63-980d-910a6bbb4ae9/20240217_123828.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5a217ad4-302d-44e0-b0db-e671247e16eb/2024-0219_Log_1.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL to Tween Water FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b04b9eac-553d-478f-9391-78e1d2695c8f/2024-0220_Log_2.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/ce29685b-7f20-482f-916f-03399d795c3d/2024-0221_Log_2.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2567f771-7e6d-4af4-b74b-c12f36d3140b/20240222_113837.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e639768d-02ed-424f-ad8e-db47c8506f8e/20240224_091712.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/46e462f0-a3a2-4cbe-a175-23637a02e43a/20221004_113420.jpg Gallery Deck After. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d33bb13d-7cf2-48d5-9176-a89c7245d6b0/Truckstop+cuisine.jpg Gallery Truck stop cuisine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7d5bfb51-79b2-4cbf-96da-f53ff33e75a4/20230920_123717.jpg Gallery 9/20/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/39cf3cc8-b967-4ba4-a646-feb1a5d3ce0b/20230928_144641.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c4ef1221-a00a-459f-b442-fc7f544257b1/20231011_124443.jpg Gallery 10/11/23 You can not grasp the size of the Chickamauga Battlefield without being there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8538bbc8-a9ce-497d-a382-7d0d65093149/20231025_094031.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Walnut Street Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9da6a66f-2ff1-4366-8524-2ef077584706/20231128_095256.jpg Gallery 11/28/23 Port Mobile AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bf5845c3-acba-40da-8177-ef9bbb62f4ae/20240110_162003.jpg Gallery 1/10/24 Seville Harbour Marina, Pensacola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/444a3c4c-3c4c-4a4b-add3-8abdae8d7a9c/20240111_120631.jpg Gallery 2024-0111 ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f8cc3bf3-8c4f-4d54-8138-11a8a59bcfaa/20240114_111430.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e5f24911-58d2-4b91-9985-82d4683918f5/20240115_100808.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b762829c-da5d-4534-99f9-582a0d7ba22c/2024-0118_Log-02.jpg Gallery 1/18/24 Log Carrabelle FL to Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a0f57008-065d-429e-8794-a386b773fb41/20240125_111213.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Crystal River FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c3b32ef8-d0bf-4180-aea6-3cf75f06fd48/20240128_124509.jpg Gallery 1/28/24 Tarpon Springs FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1d30e30d-092c-43f9-937d-22987f12eb62/20240202_120621.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/008c2f4f-5f37-4aa0-be65-f1f0d1a296d3/20240209_191128.jpg Gallery 2/8/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2240c046-c64b-4f60-8df2-ca24d36cc26b/20240212_115838.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6c491d01-5c5e-4c72-b355-0aaede4b55ca/20240214_180947.jpg Gallery 2/14/24 Cape Haze FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8366628c-8e98-4cac-a17d-dd6035180656/20240215_181615.jpg Gallery 2/15/24 Cayo Costa St. Park FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/35f5f81c-026a-4be2-9f23-2b1315b696dd/20240217_123834.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a6d2cbbd-e261-4afc-9365-47e27c5ec150/2024-0219_Log_2.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL to Tween Water FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/45e29f0e-2192-42c9-b2f1-fa49af4bdadd/20240220_105110.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d5399b20-3fd9-4c0a-bd1d-2e931b4cbcde/2024-0221_Log_3.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0018f349-2f00-41b4-9fec-ef0c94a03ede/20240222_141205.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6ffc062f-45bd-46e3-a6bc-bdff82d0d86d/20240224_092017.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a82f6b8b-657d-42da-9cdd-8c5dfd8f9a47/20221116_150042.jpg Gallery New Pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f0600fff-a0ce-4366-953f-801e76097a41/Peoria+wine.jpg Gallery Celebrating the drive is over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1c80aba6-fc1e-4e5e-8af8-6eabf3bd6944/20230920_130656.jpg Gallery A fixer upper. 9/20/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e4758bb9-f6e8-4495-99ca-30b1d15467c2/20230928_133739.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f16d2f58-e263-49ee-a884-dad31c9c0235/20231011_130841.jpg Gallery 10/11/23 Chickamauga Battlefield. Plaques and Monuments from the states the soldiers came from on the site they fought and died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4a765ff5-aae1-4935-a549-b0b53a8da36b/20231025_094037.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Walnut Street Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2f83d18b-b4f5-4077-8b2e-dba1b59f578b/20231128_095524.jpg Gallery 11/28/23 Port Mobile AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fdf84dbe-8d46-4a4b-9956-b6401a1140b9/20240110_161821.jpg Gallery 1/10/24 Seville Harbour Marina, Pensacola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fb017f61-01b9-4b06-804a-f67caa9ffa81/20240111_125120.jpg Gallery 2024-0111 ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5c2f67fa-b9de-4ff3-8d5b-9a0b6d6bb4f9/20240114_130353.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e8ed430c-13d5-4782-a8cc-0264cd27c04c/20240115_125112.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/60106e69-d2c1-4ded-a0b3-30f280851a59/2024-0116_Log-01.jpg Gallery 1/16/24 Log Apalachicola FL to Carrabelle FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/17282a45-3c01-42dc-b94a-8d2387cd977b/2024-0118_Log-03.jpg Gallery 1/18/24 Log Carrabelle FL to Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/73509282-1774-44fc-b3ea-920e012c4736/20240125_111248.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Crystal River FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/3aba7da4-6d9a-483e-b3b6-f730265b12fe/20240128_134944.jpg Gallery 1/28/24 Tarpon Springs FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/09d0e4de-8942-43eb-a188-d6d6dd88045a/20240202_130048.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/640f1a66-20f8-4bd9-b353-599aabd51f0e/20240212_132501.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5a5d803c-4856-4cb6-9f1f-e72f1499fd93/20240214_181547.jpg Gallery 2/14/24 Cape Haze FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cd819bd7-ea9f-43fb-9ce0-40f02ac1699b/20240217_123920.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/4664618d-6d93-4d41-85da-8ebd712ba12d/20240219_124300.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c3ba3ec9-ed23-488e-9f22-45a857a6b6e5/20240220_130647.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/92281085-99c9-458f-a6f9-2759bfa45256/20240222_141622.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/499c9ded-355d-4716-9240-20c8e8aa7ed7/20240224_124238.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b9acfeb8-210d-4e23-9298-12e8be285b71/20230220_125747.jpg Gallery New Pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/98fed819-2676-4b12-bbd8-fa432c0a5477/IMG_0340.jpg Gallery Tire shop.....two hours means 4.5 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/efc3a5da-58a9-4a72-ac01-519ebf52dfb9/20230923_2818001.jpg Gallery Leaving Paducah KY 9/23/2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/742c2f0d-cbba-4f57-a107-5ebee363b4e1/20230928_135748.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2b7a54cd-f7c3-4f59-ad77-b93d71114ee6/20231011_130845.jpg Gallery 10/11/23 Chickamauga Battlefield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/96f21795-212d-435e-baca-8276f87f810f/20231025_114419.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Walnut Street Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eb937f68-346e-4189-a240-ab030ca3be85/20231129_124100.jpg Gallery 11/29/23 ICW Gulf Shores AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/45b13662-2a62-4487-b281-110bce13f103/20240111_130713.jpg Gallery 2024-0111 ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a0a072e4-a063-442f-a366-c0a97c0c1565/2024-0114_Log-01.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Log Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a690c674-638a-4a62-95f0-4c874f504d8c/20240115_134936.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f72729c0-211b-4d09-8e3b-a932bdb63362/2024-0116_Log-02.jpg Gallery 1/16/24 Log Apalachicola FL to Carrabelle FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8c8e219e-b1dd-47fd-8ffd-9ae8c3742e1e/20240119_180727.jpg Gallery 1/19/2024 Stienhatchee FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/642a082b-ed66-4e04-9220-33f8220e70fd/20240125_150424.jpg Gallery 1/24/24 Crystal River FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6b700e59-85df-4daa-b1c0-29ea584aa301/20240128_135626.jpg Gallery 1/28/24 Tarpon Springs FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7127e774-f0cf-49e6-9fad-f5728c1d2676/20240209_125830.jpg Gallery 2/8/24 Otter Key Anchorage FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/81e4159f-1180-4db7-a552-667d60d20fbe/20240212_132513.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/34b16cf8-8e63-49f2-877e-b19d77f9aeb1/20240219_124518.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Captiva Island FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/fc4cfd26-ffd5-4b4d-8f34-48205f794d90/20240220_130718.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f108034d-cf6a-4121-9b32-66070eddd873/20240222_185135.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f46d7d4-7146-4eba-bf5f-4a860e6c5a9c/20240224_124255.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b68af84a-d5b3-4649-98c6-e6b5de2b7bc2/20230810_193304.jpg Gallery Our Hogs ready to roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/900e4620-f2b7-4473-8b56-52b758692568/flat+tire.jpg Gallery Tire peel-yikes! lucky we caught this we think right after in happened on bridge over Missouri River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/cb345f45-3f9e-4a23-a605-cde0cef2ec87/20230928_144428.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Johnsonville TN St. Historic Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a177c85a-165c-41b2-9206-93246f32ff38/20231025_150153.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a517d313-c310-4b9b-92f3-731a96a88a9b/20231130_141149.jpg Gallery 11/29/23 Gulf Shores AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2713b957-4d42-4167-8c0b-3804c71c4afc/20240112_102959.jpg Gallery 2024-0112 Shalimar FL. No go day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0e6b80ca-8d25-4ad1-83d7-eda99f48b400/2024-0114_Log-02.jpg Gallery 1/14/2024 Log Shalimar FL to Panama City FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/832a0af6-ca06-4c2d-9f48-16133b209d25/2024-0115_Log-01.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Log Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/250b987a-6f74-42d4-bdd9-1407c8ed57f0/20240202_135914.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a0adb00c-fb61-4e93-9215-89756c7b9a1e/20240212_132541.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f61e54ae-778d-4cc0-a117-e676ae975d0a/20240219_145840.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Tween Water FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9803604c-5630-4cba-9db2-f4d1807c1ad3/20240224_124315.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c552372f-2fa3-49e0-81b0-5d9a5688e3d4/20230827_104225.jpg Gallery Foldable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/8e529981-e944-4022-909d-e24a44a5061e/20230909_150217.jpg Gallery Truck and trailer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a527cf6a-5bad-4b7b-b266-46952c3681cb/20230930_170700.jpg Gallery 9/30/23 Andy will you get me a dark beer please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b38de82b-7fa1-49bb-9333-6da7ad6b520a/20231025_150649.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d5fc7bb1-527d-4691-bdfc-0c82d9afed53/20231130_141235.jpg Gallery 11/29/23 Gulf Shores AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bfac8fec-b12a-46ca-aed7-cb61b51b8b02/20240112_104919.jpg Gallery 2024-0112 Our Blue Heron & I trying to figure out the tie down on the Go fast boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/05a38f87-007c-4b0b-8dd7-5828ab78d7ce/2024-0111_Log.jpg Gallery 2024-0111 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/34638bf6-e042-4d8a-ba69-260062bfa01f/2024-0115_Log-02.jpg Gallery 1/15/2024 Log Panama City to Apalachicola FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c793e3bc-cef3-433c-a31f-67d9ec39314b/20240202_140035.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bd951a6d-fa30-4cba-9ee6-31dfbae7dc29/20240212_132615.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e5736d72-0b82-4bdf-8c32-5eddfebf6783/20240219_145843.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Tween Water FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d5044ac7-8dda-4bea-bc50-5f0ba736cc7c/20230909_171022.jpg Gallery Bent fender after tire peel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/84a7d00e-b056-4305-9914-6466c6760aa9/20231002_113248.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Shiloh National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9d2fb42a-3ab5-4b00-954b-a0cae5d162cc/20231025_150852.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/53cb812e-2058-4c41-9e14-76d898a64962/20231130_125823.jpg Gallery 11/29/23 Gulf Shores AL. Found Uncle Ron's car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bb8a6499-5082-4af8-b8c9-4ff39b548968/20240112_162546.jpg Gallery 2024-0112 Two Georges Marina (Slip A16) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/91fd6038-a6e3-40be-a9f8-1f728c452947/20240202_143731.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b03d28ab-1c4e-4db7-aa8f-ad9b968cf3aa/20240212_132645.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/963b562f-92cf-4082-a8c0-797f49dade97/20240219_145915.jpg Gallery 2/16/24 Tween Water FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/7789a4e1-7d4d-485a-be10-1433df90d6af/20230912_170747.jpg Gallery Storage spot for truck and trailer in Peoria, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/77a1640f-a761-4fa4-9096-5569ed00e4b1/20231002_113346.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Shiloh National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/19b5cc39-277f-427a-8186-318787c4d0cc/20231025_151148.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/432891cd-1c6a-449f-aac8-d64c39b8f31f/20231203_124004.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e2bf4b4a-9426-4185-890b-fcb0b85b9741/20240202_143747.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c18ba440-4cd1-426e-9667-8389ff03fdf4/20240212_133105.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c27dbe76-762f-4846-b5ca-0c11b08ba927/20231002_113624.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Shiloh National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/595de2a7-df26-4d58-992f-348deee6d80c/20231025_152329.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b952e695-2ccc-482a-a5e6-ac5ac3747b0d/20231203_123458.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/a94a51ac-93b4-404c-b96c-82fd0052be6d/20240202_170238.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/42ab2470-47e1-4541-9cee-2401ce01e3db/20240212_133358.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/aabf26ef-bb7b-404e-b7df-91e6426f11d6/20231002_115238.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Shiloh National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/5817300b-8f6c-4937-901c-96ed7961e01d/20231025_152356.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bbc6379e-8950-4063-b61e-f38e2574bddd/20231203_123955.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/b861f447-cb39-426b-8a73-d88f87646d4b/20240202_175518.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/c08df32b-c823-4a7a-b8e9-08ea7f8fd764/20240202_134118.jpg Gallery 2/2/24 Gulfport FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e57c3cae-90ac-40bb-8fda-2e32946276d7/20240212_133409.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/61898af2-8cef-49a0-9053-65c1bcc9f952/20231002_115421.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Shiloh National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/93d9be6e-d383-4618-a877-2ca4e0b62854/20231025_153040.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/d14567dc-953d-4f70-86f9-651858f166b7/20231129_124098.jpg Gallery 11/29/23 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/f94cb0a1-fe47-4fa6-a3df-35a14b5c5f94/20240212_133945.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0da2ac8d-87e9-4623-902a-d81aebafd6a4/20231002_121134.jpg Gallery 9/28/23 Shiloh National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/24016503-f161-4adb-a4be-23a3f84b0336/20231025_153132.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/123187f3-5f1c-4afe-af12-1fb8f6349f4e/20231203_134843.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/e437dfc1-b47d-487f-adb2-467f0744512f/20240212_133950.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/73c827bd-a094-45fe-9d13-e5615777181e/20231003_145328.jpg Gallery 10/3/23 some days as much water as the Puget Sound. But under the Boat 10 to 15 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/1a156afc-a031-4ca5-ab7a-0b6c5f062b47/20231025_153138.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/52cc5f2d-cb41-47b0-89cb-72cf30ea2ed3/20231129_124099.jpg Gallery 11/29/23 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/2c01da19-0eca-4e87-8c43-cbcc10d49eb7/20240212_134009.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/14a55312-1ce2-4294-9dca-eb02e4de30e5/20231025_153155.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Point Park Battlefield https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/78c26186-6391-4d0d-a447-250646086fa1/20231203_124954.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/0392b50d-5277-4eb9-8900-7ebe182a865c/20240212_134949.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/bc3c5b98-2c33-4ff2-90a0-ffc12252fe34/20231025_180335.jpg Gallery 10/25/2023 Chattanooga Whiskey Distillery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/eae01bc1-8365-4d23-92b0-996bd4e7638c/Nebo_2023-1202_1.jpg Gallery 12/02/23 Log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/073ba0da-f4dd-44d5-a99e-7826709fa456/20240212_141547.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/9f7cae9c-e8b4-43c0-9e91-63e5ac609367/20231027_074640.jpg Gallery 10/26/2023 Williams Island Anchorage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/6496e0bd-9def-44ef-bfc3-3bc69e6ce472/20231203_121555.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/76bc8af0-448c-4ff3-a82e-0724c8fc8065/20240212_141609.jpg Gallery 2/12/24 Ringling Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/63960b28-48c9-46e5-a58d-55c2390db7dd/20231203_114421.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/30ddea21-ab08-4f46-aab5-4f534f17d6d9/20240213_161438.jpg Gallery 2/13/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/24a7c995-b59d-4249-bfae-ecf3ce00ea15/20231203_114340.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/09d38d01-5acc-4d22-9333-ee77ccd88aa7/20240213_181928.jpg Gallery 2/13/24 Andy said there is a guy smiling at me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/640642eb9637e16c30d81841/24588ae9-d530-461a-b89c-56c3fe9487d0/20231203_113406.jpg Gallery 12/3/23 National Naval Aviation Museum https://www.lrfox.com/store daily 0.75 2024-10-31