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Potomac Potpourri

The good, the bad, and the ugly…a potpourri of sights, seas, serenity, severity, experiences, and friends, not only on the Potomac River the past two days, but on the Rappahannock River before that.Here is a highlight! We watched this beaver this eve…

[Kensblog] A look ahead at our 2011 cruising plans

Greetings all!

I’ve received several emails asking when Roberta and I will start this year’s cruising,
and the blog will resume. 

 
The bad news is, “Not soon.” It’s a long boring story, but for a wide variety of
reasons, thi…

Life’s2Short 2011-06-13 16:30:00

A Week with the Parents

Todd went fishing the morning of June 6th while I busied myself in the kitchen.  Todd’s parents, Bill & Marilyn, arrived early Monday afternoon and we adjourned to the dock to visit.  Later that afternoon we wer…

Ahhhhh, air conditioning….

The goal of this journey at this point is to “hot dog” it to a marina where we can hook up to electricity and run our AC.  These 95-97-degree afternoons with high chance of thunderstorms have turned us into real “weenies”. We feel like s…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Back in the Chesapeake

6/2 – 6/4 – We timed our departure this morning to make it through the Gilmerton Bridge opening at 9:30 a.m. It had an opening at 6:30 a.m. and then not another until 9:30. That was our last bridge of the trip — yeah! Just as it was closing a sailboa…