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#52 Glacier Bay


Writing about Glacier Bay isn’t easy.  There is no single superlative that adequately describes it.  No matter how prepared you think you are … you’re not.  The place evokes emotions that can only be known by physically being there.   We arrived early on a Thursday morning, same as any other day.  But like Alaska itself, Glacier Bay is so big and so wild it’s impossible not to be a little overwhelmed.  All the photos below may be enlarged by clicking on them.  I made a short, 2 minute video.  …

#52 Glacier Bay

Writing about Glacier Bay isn’t easy.  There is no single superlative that adequately describes it.  No matter how prepared you think you are … you’re not.  The place evokes emotions that can only be known by physically being there…

Life’s2Short 2011-07-27 07:19:00

Chattanooga and Chickamauga

On Thursday, July 14th, we left our anchorage at Little Cedar Mountain about 11:00 a.m. and arrived at Williams Island four hours later.  The water behind the island was generally in the vicinity of 30 feet deep but we…

Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, North Channel 7-25-11

We arrived here on Wednesday, 7/20 surrounded by heat and humidity that just would not let go, so we decided to take the weekly rate option of $7.60 per foot. As attractive as the island anchorages are to us, it is more important right now to have elec…

Meldrum Bay, North Channel, Lake Huron, Canada 7-19-11

We left DeTour Village on Tuesday, 7/19 on a very easy 40 mile cruise to Canada and phone customs check-in at Meldrum Bay on Manitoulin Island. We subsequently learned that you can apply for a Can Pass for Remote Area Border Crossing at www.cbsa-asfc….

Summer 2011

7-23-11In April when we last posted to this blog, we were in Vero Beach, FL preparing to start our annual trip north to the Chesapeake Bay. Boy, have there been a lot of things going on since then. …

Trent-Severn Waterway

On Tuesday, July 5th, the long-awaited computer chip for our GPS chartplotter finally arrived, allowing us to move on and enter the Trent-Severn Waterway.This 240 mile long inland passage between Trenton and Port Severn, Ontario, provides a route for …

Historic Palmyra and Newark, NY, not NJ

Tony M in peaceful Palmyra Palmyra, the Queen of the Erie Canal (why queen I don’t have a clue), has a welcoming dock with complimentary  power and water in a man-made basin.  This town of about 8,000 had an abundance of tour buses that …

Sea Spirit Walk-Through

Sea Spirit Walk-Through

2009 Sea Spirit Passagemaker 60 hull 60-102

806 hours on main engine, ~493 hours on each generator

One owner since new, full records available

Swim Step and entry gates
One benefit of the canoe stern is that it results in …

Pittsford and Fairport (again!)

In Pittsford sharing power with a houseboatSpencerport is a tough act to follow but Pittsford tried its best.   Located seven miles southeast of Rochester,  Pittsford is a small village (1500 people) and less than a square mile.  The …