End of Part One – We have had a phenomenal time on Sea Spirit
We have had an absolutely wonderful first year aboard Sea Spirit. For a family’s first introduction to cruising, I’m not sure we could have chosen a better boat. We are very grateful to th…
There is only one picture but a story to tell. We left Mackinaw City on Sunday, 7/17 to continue through the Straits of Mackinac to Lake Huron and Government Island in the Cheneaux (aka the Snows) Islands. It was an easy 21 mile course on this hot, hum…
“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”. I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head. I was 7 or 8 when it came out. Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Alaska is turning into reality. Each degree of latitude posts silently on the panel and I start making my own version of the song. “North, dum de dum, to Alaska, I said North, dum de dum, no time to waste…”. OK, in MY mind it rhymes! So we’re moving almost every da…
“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”. I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head. I was 7 or 8 when it came out. Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…
Here’s another island retreat where you are guaranteed to have a good time. We were headed out of Charlevoix on 7/12 to Mackinaw City about 15 miles out when the predicted winds and waves of 10-15 and 2-3 increased to 18-22 and 4+ respectively so we …
What is there about an island that stirs our imaginations, encourages us to dream and even to fall in love? Vashon Island off the coast of Seattle is such a place and the site for the wedding of our nephew, Kyle, to his beautiful bride, Kate. We all ga…
From Wheeler Lake to Nickajack Lake
On Sunday, July 3rd, we left our anchorage at Mile 276 near Joe Wheeler State Park about 8:15 a.m. It was another hot, still day but we covered 57 miles to reach Ditto Landing Marina (and air conditioning!) ab…
9th July 2011
Departing from Menton the seas were not as calm as before, in fact, the wind rose to Force 5/6; with an uncomfortable short period swell. We cruised to our intended destination at San Remo, but did not like the conditions for anchor…
This past weekend was a “man weekend” I guess. Tarne and Sarah stayed home and just Caleb and I went up to the boat for a working trip. We had big plans for the weekend to tackle one of the “to do” list items that I had been wanting to address for a …
Spencerport deserves its own entry for what it did for us and that it has its own story. We had read that it is a great place to stay so we knew we couldn’t pass it up. We contacted Bob and Sue (the awesome masterminds who lovingly put ever…
