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Beaver Island, Lake Michigan 7-14-11

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 …

Vashon Island Wedding 7-3-11

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…

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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…

Buon Giorno Italia!! Menton to Genoa

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…

Painting and a dark night

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 …

An unplanned Detached Retina

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…

Niagara River to Holley, NY

The calm Erie CanalAs we continued our trip on the Erie Canal toward Waterford from Tonawanda, West to East, we decided to stop at the towns we had skipped on our way West.  We bypassed Gasport and stopped at Middleport for a quiet night.  Mi…

What I did on Summer Vacation, by Tivo – First Dog MV Skinny Dippin’

I love weekends! Every Friday Mom comes home from work, Dad loads up the car and we all drive to my floating sofa…they call it a boat. I always get the back seat to myself, with one or two of my toys and my favorite blankets. We usually snack all th…

Loopers Love the North Channel

When asked where one of their favorite Loop cruising territories were many Loopers will talk about the time spent in Canada’s North Channel. Packed with countless anchorage possibilities in glacier formed coves surrounded by beautifully rugged terrain and crystal clear water these are (in our opinion) waters you’ll enjoy spending relaxing summer days. To view…

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Norfolk to Rhode Lsland

Captain’s Log June 14 to July 4, 2011
The Great Mango Run – Norfolk to NYC, NYC to Newport R.I.
June 14 & 15:  We had a great time in the Norfolk area and reluctantly left for our two day cruise north along the coast to New York City.&nbs…