I thought I would catch-up everyone again after the Spring AGLCA Rendezvous. We made it to Norfolk on Monday May 9 and checked into the Waterside Marina. It is a very good marina and the dockhands are spectacular. They were helpful an…
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Catch-up Blog Posting
Today is May 7, 2011. It just happens to be Betsy’s birthday. We are creating a catch-up blog to catch-up everyone from the time we purchased our new boat, the Rick ‘N Roll III until today. We purchased the boat in New Bern on December 9, 2010. We left…
New Boat
On December 9, 2010, we closed on our new (to us) 2000 36ft Endeavour TrawlerCat. It has all of the necessary creature comforts and will allow us to do short and long range cruising. Pictures and full specifications can be found here. Fittingly, she wi…
Our story on WWAY-TV3
We were on WWAY-TV3 on Friday night. We actually led off the 5:30 news. Here is a link to the story, as long as they keep it. We think that Hailey did a great job.
03-15-10 Sneads Ferry, NC – Thanks
[Rick] With us safely back in Sneads Ferry, the time has come to end our great loop adventure. However, we recognize that we would not have had such a great time without some help from many people. Along the way, we met many wonderful people and we hav…
03-14-10 Crossing Our Wake!
Betsy speaks: We attended our church in Topsail Beach this morning, and were surprised to be greeted at the door by our former (retired) pastor from Sneads Ferry Presbyterian. He lives nearby and knew we would be at Topsail’s Emma Anderson Chapel tod…
03-13-10 Animal Encounters and Best/Worst Days
We hoped we would see lots of wildlife along the way, and indeed we did. We are both animal lovers, and one of the highlights of the trip was visiting several wonderful aquariums including the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Shedd Aquarium in Chica…
03-12-10 Wrap-up: Favorite Towns & Marinas
There are certain towns and marinas that absolutely everyone that does the loop has to see or visit. We’ve listed those here mostly as a reminder of some of the famous things we saw. Following that, we’ve listed smaller towns that we really thought…
03-11-10 Topsail Beach – Still resting up for the finale!
Betsy speaks: Well, it’s nearing bedtime and Rick says we need to blog, and suggests we pick our five favorite parts of the loop as our blog material for tonight. I say I can’t come up with my favorites without going back to day one blog and remi…
03-10-10 Topsail Beach – Coast Guard Stop
[Rick] Since we are at Topsail beach rejuvenating ourselves until we “officially” cross our wake in Sneads Ferry on Sunday, I thought I would take the next couple of nights to write about some of the questions, favorites, funny things that happened…
