The first pic is Summertime at Olmstede’s, the second of the rocks being placed along the ICW. These rocks run for miles. Our tax dollars at work no doubt.We left the dock at Portofino on a Tuesday at 6 a.m. nice 10 – 15 knot Southwest wind blowing. S…
GSSR 2010 – Quick Update – One down, One To Go
Sans Souci has completed the first day of two day passage to Hong Kong. We’re currently running along the south coast of China, in heavy freighter traffic, and smooth seas, about 15 miles offshore.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s update, we ar…
GSSR 2010 – Quick Update – One down, One To Go
Sans Souci has completed the first day of two day passage to Hong Kong. We’re currently running along the south coast of China, in heavy freighter traffic, and smooth seas, about 15 miles offshore.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s update, we ar…
Up the Hudson River
Going under the George Washington Bridge Little Red Lighthouse under the GW BridgeThe Tappanzee Bridge if you enlarge you can see the traffic backed up as usualSing Sing Prison, the pictures are hazy as this was the week the temp…
Campbellford Ontario
Dottie and I let Captain Mark sleep in a little bit this morning to recover from our physically stressful day yesterday. Later in the day while I worked on the blog, Mark and Dottie set out to explore the town. Located approximately midway between Toro…
Adventures in Paradise 2010-07-13 12:44:00
I was taking a break from installing the new anchor system today and got the urge to write something. Maybe it’s laziness or the Poco song I was listening to. (Follow Your Dreams). I have the attention span of a gnat, LOL I have to remember to not get…
Land Ho….
For the past couple weeks we have been getting land acclimated again – even though we are still living on the boat, we’re tied up to a dock and not moving from port to port, one particular harbor after another, one quaint little beach town after anothe…
Intermission is Over
After our brief, but hot return to the Seattle area, we arrived back in Wrangell ahead of schedule by 20 minutes on Alaska Airlines and were greeted by cloudy skies and much cooler, but still pleasant temperatures.Spirit was fine, and we began the main…
We are in God’s Country Now
It is hard to put into words how beautiful these waters are. For the past few days we have been blessed with some of the best weather Ontario has had in years. I keep thinking that if it is this hot up here it has got to be some hot back on Nantucket. …
Trenton to Campbellford
The locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway open for the first lock through at 8:30a, so we were up early and on our way. On this first day we will pass through twelve locks with the last two locks being a double flight. In addition to the twelve locks…
