Odd bridge in Quincy!
May 302011
Brenda
May 302011
First Mate!
May 302011
Givin’ her!!
May 302011
Quincy MA views!
May 302011
After working on her engines the Captain’s gets to enjoy the rewards!! First time out!
May 302011
Goin’ in!!
May 302011
Conductance and her last splash in the Atlantic Ocean!
May 252011
I must apologize for not updating lately. The marina we started at had no wifi. What’s with that? So after 2 days of cleaning and more cleaning (and still not done) the boat feels like home. We had jelly fish swimming all around. Aiden was feeding the Canadian Geese goslings too. On Monday it was 80 degrees in Quincy and Scott was in the engine compartment at about 100 degrees so it was a fast and furious 5-6 hours of changing this and that. Then it was getting to know those Captain’s things that he should know. Some of it was learned on the fly, but you know Scott, it was done in split second timing. Darn, I wish I was that quick.
We left Quincy at about 11:00 in the morning on Wednesday the 25th (2 hours later than expected). Then we headed out to Stellwagon to see some whales. After driving for about 1 1/2 hours we managed to see one little fella. Aiden woke up from his siesta about 10 minutes prior. He was beautiful, just a little guy. Then we cruised through Cape Cod Bay. Boring, nothing but water. Yawn…. Then we came upon Cape Cod Canal and spent some time enjoying the calm water (no more 4 foot waves) and 10 mph posted speed limits. So now we reach our first destination. Onset, I think it’s in Rhode Island.
I’ll post some pics of our sites but you’ll just have to wait until I upload those. Tomorrow we start heading south toward NYC. So exciting…..
May 182011
Phase three down the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal rises 566 feet from the Hudson River to Lake Erie through 57 locks. From tide-water level at Troy, the Erie Canal rises through a series of locks in the Mohawk Valley to an elevation of 420 feet above sea-level at the summit level at Rome. Continuing westward, it descends to an elevation of 363 feet above sea-level at the junction with the Oswego Canal, and finally rises to an elevation of 565.6 feet above sea-level at the Niagara River. These are the final 5 days of our journey!!
May 182011
Second phase of trip starting at the Statue of Liberty heading north on the Hudson River to Albany. 2 days of dodging trees, cargo ships and massive amounts of debris left from the spring runoff. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Hopefully we’ll have no haul outs due to us hitting anything.