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| Christine and I on Aslan |
Hadley Harbor |
Fire Island Lighthouse |
Bridge |
Early arrival April 17,2004 |
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| Grace in New Bedford |
Bob |
again |
New Bedford, Harbor (PIM) aerial
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 | July 25, 2004: Leaving on the Great Loop |
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Saying Good-bye |
New London Harbor: The Coast Guard Eagle |
The Eagle |
Quinnipiac sets sail |
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| July 27: Brooklyn Bridge |
Seeing the Statue from water was wonderful! |
Ellis Island |
New York skyline in the mist. |
West Point cadets doing maneuvers |
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| Culinary Institute of America |
July 29:Waterfall at Rondout Creek, off the Hudson |
Bald eagle in Rondout Creek |
Lock doors closing with us inside! |
Bob fends off the lock wall. |
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| First mate doing her duty |
July 30: Great visit with Zip and Mary Jane Hughes. |
Aug 1:Fun afternoon and evening with Thompson
family |
8/5/04 John and Jordan helping with locks on
Erie Canal |
John caught a catfish! |
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| Jordan's fish |
Yvette reading her Bible on the bridge |
Aug 6: Bob and I at Sylvan Beach |
Yvette at Sylvan Beach |
Bob biking on Erie Canal bike trail |
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| Me biking on Erie Canal trail |
Bob and I wearing T-shirts from Yvette and
John |
Erie Canal dredge |
Aug 10: Lock 34 and 35 (50 feet high total) |
old 5 step locks at locks 34 and 35: Grace
was docked at top of these |
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| Grace docked at locks 34 and 35 |
Great blue heron or Erie Canal |
Aug 11: Hershel Carousel Museum: Tonawanda, NY |
Carousels decorated the streets in Tonawanda |
Chris riding hand carved wooden horse |
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| Aug 12: Niagara |
The ponchos were essential; it was very wet! |
There had been lots of rain, and the falls
were magnificent! |
Maid of the Mist in front of Horseshoe Falls |
Rainbow in American Falls |
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| Aug 13: Erie County Fair in
the rain |
Buffalo wings in Buffalo |
Aug 14: Peace Bridge in |
Aug 15: Geneva-on-the-Lake
(Lake Erie) |
Aug 16:Cleveland: Rock 'n Roll
Hall of Fame |
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| Aug 16: Cleveland: nice family
we had dinner with |
Aug 17: Vermilion, OH Many
canals instead of roads |
Aug 18: Put-in-Bay, OH: View
from Commodore Perry |
Aug 19:Approaching Detroit
from the water |
Renaissance Center
Detroit, MI |
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| Conservatory and gardens on
Belle Isle, Detroit |
Aug 21: Donna with Nancy,
Marc, Rich, and Steve |
Rines and Puma families on
Grace |
Donna, Hannah, and Betty on
Grace |
Aug 23: Port Huron. Michigan |
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| Aug 26: Rogers City, MI- Scoop
for Limestone |
Rogers City Steam shovel |
Aug 29: Mackinaw Bridge |
Aug 30Main St. on Mackinac
Island |
Horse drawn carriage on
Mackinac Island |
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| Jeanne is happy in Mackinac
fudge shop. |
Bob biking around Mackinac
Island |
Jeanne and Terry rented a
tandem |
The scenery on our bike ride
was wonderful |
Terry at Butterfly House on
Mackinac Is. It was tame! |
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| The butterflies and the
flowers were wonderful. |
Gorgeous butterflies |
They weren't afraid of people. |
The flowers at the Grand Hotel
were so pretty! |
Old friends! |
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| View of the island from the
middle |
Romance on the ferry! |
Goofiness on the ferry! |
Sept 2: Fishnets in Leland, MI. |
Great old fishing docks in
Leland, called "Fishtown." |
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| A great lunch in Leland |
Sept 3: Sunset on Lake
Michigan |
The water was chilly, |
but so clean and refreshing, |
once you got used to it! |
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| Sept 4: There were gorgeous
dunes on Lake Michigan |
Sept 8:South Haven, MI Lake
Michigan Beach |
The seas were pretty high that
day. |
Sept 10: We set out at dawn
for Chicago |
You can just see Chicago's
skyline in the mist. |
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| Barkentine in Chicago Harbor |
Navy Pier, Chicago was a
wonderful, colorful place!! |
Sept 12:The bike trail along
the lake is wonderful. |
They had a great fireworks
display at Navy Pier. |
Millennium Park just opened
this summer. |
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| We attended the historic Moody
Church on Sunday. |
Chicago Canal where Grace will
travel on Sept 13th |
Sept. 13 Chicago from the
water as we left. |
Navy Pier as we left Chicago |
Barges on Chicago Sanitary
Canal |
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| Loading barges on Chicago
Canal |
We locked through with this
barge |
Sept 15 White pelican
migration |
Belching factory near Peoria |
Tug with 15 barges locking
through |
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| Sept. 19th St. Louis Arch |
Sunrise on the Mississippi |
Moon on the Mississippi |
Sunset at Angelo's towhead,
Illinois |
Sept 23rd Sunset at Cumberland
towhead, Kentucky |
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| Great Loop cribbage tournament
continues |
Sept 25th Taking the van to
Paducah for barbecue festival |
The ribs were amazing! |
Clyde and Pat and Betty and
Charlie are great new friends! |
Sept 26th: Grace at anchor in
Clay Bay, Tennessee River |
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| Kentucky Lake |
Beautiful Day in Tennessee |
Nice swim in Kentucky Lake |
Waverly, Tennessee sunset |
Dusk at Cuba Landing Marina,
Tennessee |
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| October 1sts: Rowing at lovely
Alabama anchorage with Joy |
It was great to see Dave again
and for Bob to meet him for the first time. |
Joy and I have been friends
for 20 years! |
Us with the Ludwigs at Joe
Wheeler Marina, Rogersville, Alabama |
Oct. 3rd: Wish Joy and Dave
could have stayed longer. We had a great time! |
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| October 7-9 Great Loop
Rendezvous. Karen and Betty |
Bill and Holley from Drumbeat |
George (Jenna Star), Gord
(Single Minded), and Bill (Candy Dish) |
Charlie (Charbett) and Clyde (Mamacita)
getting ready for dinghy race |
Eva Stob and their cat Canoe |
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| Bob in the dinghy race (we
won!) |
First mate on the dinghy race |
Fellow Loopers at Rendezvous.
We had a wonderful time! |
Oct. 10th: This guy caught a
4.75 lb. bass! |
Great Southern cooking: the
ribs were great! |
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| Jen and Todd chowing down |
Todd fending off the boat in a
lock |
Todd needed to relax. |
Jen chillin' out on Grace |
Jen enjoying the day |
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| Todd helps navigate |
Mississippi Riverboat |
The Magnolias: a lovely
Antebellum home |
Miss Sara gave us a tour of
the Magnolias |
Mr. Crosby gave us a tour of
his house, the Victoria. |
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| Thomas Jefferson slept in this
bed. |
Mr. Crosby shows us an antique
mahjong set. |
The cotton is ready for pickin'. |
The cotton blossom is delicate
and beautiful. |
Jen and Todd in a Mississippi
cotton field. |
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| The cotton was so WHITE and
pretty! |
Oct 22nd: Cypress with Spanish
moss on TennTom |
Massive cypress grow in the
water. |
Cypress knees pop out of the
shallow water. |
TennTom fishing camp; heaven
for somebody! |
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| Notice the name of this fish
camp! |
Okay, froggie, it's time to go
to shore! |
Oct 25th Jennie
and Mike from Vision having fun on Grace in Dog River |
Tony and Sue from
OhWell at our margarita party |
Norm and Charlotte
from JoyC having dinner with us in Fairhope. |
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| Damage from
Hurricane Ivan on the ICW in Alabama |
Oct 26th Beautiful
beach at Redfish Point on the ICW |
Lovely sunset at
our anchorage on ICW |
We had this beach
to ourselves! |
Our dinghy
"Liberty" brought us to this lovely spot. |
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| The water was 82
degrees, and we both swam. |
DOLPHINS! They
swam in our wake. |
They loved
swimming alongside Grace |
Grace is decorated
for fall! |
Oct. 27th Taking
Liberty out at Joe's Bayou |
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| Jumping for joy! |
More wildlife! |
Nice name for a
boat! |
Oct 30th Planning
our Gulf Crossing with Vision and Joy C. |
Oct 31st We left
Carrabelle at dawn to cross the Gulf to Bradenton |
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| We cruised til
about 11 pm, when it got too rough to continue. |
The moonlight on
the water was pretty. |
Nov 1st After 36
hours on the water, we FINALLY got to Carrabelle! |
Nov. 6th Farmers'
Market in Bradenton |
A pet iguana at
the Farmers' Market |
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| Our marina in
Bradenton, Twin Dolphins, has a great pool. |
Carol and her
friend Phil live in Bradenton. It was great to see them! |
Fishing pier on
Anna Maria Island |
Ibis on the beach
on Anna Maria Island |
Egret in the surf.
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| November 4: Nathan
meets Great Aunt Carol |
Nathan loved the
pool! |
All dressed up and
out to dinner - having fun with Dad! |
Nathan's first
trip to the beach. |
Karen enjoyed a
lovely afternoon on Grace. |
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Mike cruising on
Grace. |
Do you like
Nathan's cool boating shirt? |
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