After six weeks on 3+Canadian canals and over 100 locks, we left the protected and predictable canal waters at Lock 45 at Port Severn after a 2 ½ hour delay to drop 14 feet to Lake Huron on 7-26. You have to start navigating right away, remember that …
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July 2010 Washington DC #24
The last 2 days of June and the month of July, we spent in Washington DC. We love this city!!! The Independence Day Parade from the steps of the National Archives was fabulous (and I’m not a parade aficionado). Words fail me in describing t…
June 2010 Wild Dunes, SC – Bald Head Island – Morehead City, NC – Great Bridge, Norfolk, Yorktown, Jamestown,VA – Washington, DC #23
T’is June and the spirit of summer is upon us. Assume the attitude of a child again for this season to make you feel young again. We challenge you to run barefoot; learn to whistle; ride a wave; blow a dandelion; fly a kite; count the stars; pump on a…
May 2010 – Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Island – Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms, SC #22
Our first 2 weeks of May were spent in Shelter Cove Marina on Hilton Head Island. Shelter Cove Harbour was designed to resemble the sunny port side villages of the Mediterranean and even though it is located almost 2 hours off the Intracoastal Waterway…
April 2010 Vero Beach – Melbourne – Cocoa – Daytona – Palm Coast – Jekyll Island – Hilton Head Island Issue #21
This month started with a bang!!! Kate and Steve, full-time cruisers aboard S/V Santih, are friends we met in Charleston 4 years ago. They are on their way north from Miami and stopped for the …
March 2010 – Vero Beach – Ft. Pierce – Vero Beach Issue #20
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Bender’s Cruising Chronicles February 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010 Beaufort – Jacksonville – Palm Coast – New Smyrna – Merritt Island – Vero Beach
This is the month for hearts and flowers, the Super Bowl, President’s Day, Winter Olympics, American Heart Month, Black History Month…
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January 2010 Bender Resuming-Cruising Blog
Only in South Carolina! Wish I’d gotten a frontal for the ‘wave action’ and the elaborate gold teeth. She was most gracious in allowing me to take advantage of this Kodak Moment.
Serendipities just seem to fi…
December’s Non-Cruising Blog
Bender Blog December 2009 Wild Dunes Marina – Ashley MarinaCharleston, SC
This month (nor November) definitely did not ensue as planned but we’re hanging in there knowing that in the whole scheme of things, this little modification won’t be a deterrenc…
November 2009 Wild Dunes, SC
November 2009 Bender BlogIsle of Palms, SC
This month saw no water travel at all but our Michelins have seen many road miles and we’re still in Charleston, SC. We returned from our mountain get-away the first of November. I love islands and clear wate…
