A visit to Chattanooga would not be complete without seeing the Chattanooga Choo Choo. The Choo Choo is more than a train. It’s a museum of trains that are being used as a hotel and restaurant. Yes, you too can sleep and eat in the hi…
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The Long Overdue Vacation Blog….Brace Yourself
Maybe subconsciously I’ve been putting off writing this blog to avoid self-incrimination…(the pictures will speak for themselves)…or maybe I’m just now recovering from vacation and the long weekend in Key West that followed…Yup – I’m going with n…
Life’s2Short 2011-07-02 11:10:00
Another Week on Pickwick
We had rain Wednesday afternoon, June 22nd, until about 4:00 p.m. Then Don came out on his pontoon and brought his adorable little Pomeranian, Precious. Bud showed up about 5:30 to visit for a couple of hours but t…
Elk Rapids 6-26-11
We traveled 24 miles from Traverse City to Elk Rapids on 6/20 and stepped back to small town Americana at its best. In our 7 days here, we’ve had 5 days of rain and NOAA which usually forecasts weather in technical terms ran out of descriptions and …
Northern Lake Michigan Traverse City 6-19-11
It is good to be back on the water again!!!!! After a week’s worth of inside boat projects at Northport Bay Boat Yard (we recommend them highly) and some reprovisioning and more projects at Northport, we headed off on 6/14 to explore Grand Traverse B…
New aft head installed!
Well, another boat project is done! I mentioned briefly in my last post that we were going to install new heads. I decided to go a step at a time and just do the aft head first, see how we like it, then do the front head and possibly add a second hold…
Sun has set on Great Loop adventure
Today I “crossed my wake” on Breaking Away, and the end has come to this glorious Great Loop trip after 14 months. This picture captures the very moment I reached the spot near the originating marina in Kent Narrows where I turned north back on May 4, …
Arrived at our first Tennessee Destination: Chattanooga
We promised earlier to post some more pics/videos of the “Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River.” Connectivity was bad then. It’s much better here so we will include those pics here now. First, here is our cruise map for our final …
#49 Victoria
Ahhh Victoria … not just the provincial capital of British Colombia. This is one of the most captivating sea ports in the world. The “City of Gardens” is quaint, utterly beautiful and chock full of old-world charm. Victoria’s namesake was the great Queen Victoria. The stamp of Victorian England is indelible. But stuffy? Anything but. Victoria is a melting pot of nationalities of all ages. The city is interesting and vibrantly alive. Founded in 1843 as the old Hudson Bay fort, downtow…
#49 Victoria
Ahhh Victoria … not just the provincial capital of British Colombia. This is one of the most captivating sea ports in the world. The “City of Gardens” is quaint, utterly beautiful and chock full of old-world charm. Victoria’s …
