May 3, 2000
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Quincy, MA
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Loki is Launched for the trip
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May 5
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Chelsea
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Bring Loki to Admiral's Hill for two months
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June 29
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Salem
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Finally, we've started!
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July 1
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Seal Cove, ME
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A long day, but we're in Maine now
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July 3
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Chebeaque Island
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On resort mooring
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July 4
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S. Freeport
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LL Bean Shuttle into town
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July 6
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Quahog Bay
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warm enough for Claudia and Amelia to try a swim. Takes 2 days to warm up.
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July 8
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Boothbay Harbor
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at marina next to bowling alley. Verify that the best fudge in the world is made here in Boothbay.
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July 10
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Tenants' Harbor
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Dinner at Cod End Restaurant. Visited a favorite bookstore, RoseLedge, located on a front porch.
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July 11
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Russ Island
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across Penobscot Bay, through Fox Island Thorofare. Taunted by feral sheep that refuse to be found.
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July 13
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McGlathery Island
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with MoonShadow
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July 15
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into Stonington
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then back to McGlathery's; small gale!
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July 17
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Southwest Harbor
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On the way over, rock starts to move. Realize that it is completely covered with seals! On dock with megayachts
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July 18
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Southwest Harbor
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CDM & ASM shuttle to Bar Harbor to give Jeff best birthday gift - a day alone!
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July 19
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Somesville
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ashore to Port in a Storm Bookstore
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July 20
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Northeast Harbor
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shuttle to Jordan Pond; JDM falls out of dinghy
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July 22
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McGlathery Island
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Back with MoonShadow; Loki's annual prop fouling on lobster pot
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July 23
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Tenants' Harbor
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too lazy to find a new harbor!
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July 24
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Boothbay Harbor
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see above
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July 25
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Sebasco Resort
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a family resort - swimming, camp/day care, etc! Visit from Grandma & Poppy and Shirley & Ben
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July 29
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S. Freeport
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on mooring
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July 30
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Richmond Harbor
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fiddle with engine
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July 31
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Kittery
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August 1
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Annisquam, MA
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Very tight mooring field. Up several times 'cause we're bumping boats
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August 2
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Salem
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tour House of Seven Gables
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August 3
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Boston
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Constitution Marina
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August 10
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Plymouth
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on mooring at Yacht Club
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August 11
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Hadley's
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on mooring
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August 12
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Vineyard Haven
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Rain & Wind for 6 days! Flash flooding in Deli! But we still have fun
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August 18
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Block Island
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scenic but expensive
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August 20
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Stonington, CT
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lovely - quintessential New England town. Train whistle in distance lulls us to sleep
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August 21
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Westbrook
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Pizza delivered to dock
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August 22
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Branford
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anchor out . Beautiful sunny day, swimming off Loki. Turns bumpy at sunset
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August 23
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Norwalk
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visit from Grandma & Poppy, experience Stew Leonards
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August 26
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Manhasset
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headed for City Island but lured over by swimming pool. Awed by mega golf cart to go 50 ft from boat to car.
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August 27
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Sandy Hook, NJ
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through Hell Gate and East River (NYC) early AM; pinned by strong East winds and stuck here 5 days
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Sept 1
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Manasquan
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free dock @ Shrimp Box Restaurant near beach - Amelia loves getting pummeled by the surf
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Sept 3
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Atlantic City
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On condemned dock at Harrah's Casino; stuck here 4 days by high surf, bus to Boardwalk, Steel Pier, etc.
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Sept 7
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Cape May
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Lovely town; Carriage tour of Victorian houses
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Sept 9
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Chesapeake City, MD
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up Delaware Bay against the tide
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Sept 10
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Sassafras River
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anchor in cove - swim off boat - this is the last time we can swim off the boat since the rest of the Chesapeake is filled with sea nettles
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Sept 12
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Rock Hall
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first of many "Best Crabs in the Bay" restaurants (but Waterman's really was good!)
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Sept 14
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Baltimore Inner Harbor
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fun place - Aquarium, great kid's museum, restaurants, Federal Hill, Fells Pt
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Sept 18
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Chester River
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anchor in cove; rain from Hurricane Gorden
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Sept 20
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St. Michael's
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great museum; fun town
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Sept 24
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Wye River
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Anchor in Creek , visited by swan family, several rain days
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Sept 27
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Annapolis
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Mooring in Spa Creek near town - stay for 15 days; Boat Show; PDQ owners party; CDM & ASM visit cousins in Washington for Yom Kippur
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Oct 12
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Oxford
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sample crabcakes around town
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Oct 13
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Solomons Island
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Another nice museum, especially the dress-up area for kids!
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Oct 16
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Crisfield
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depressing ... our fiftieth stop!
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Oct 18
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Deltaville, VA
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nothing happens
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Oct 20
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Gloucester Pt
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Aunt Roz visits; tour Yorktown; trip to Williamsburg. Amelia loves going back in time!
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Oct 24
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Norfolk
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At Waterside for 2 weeks; CDM & ASM to CT for a week; MoonShadow arrives
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Nov 6
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ICW mile 6
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Cousin Jack comes for ride; meet MoonShadow
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Nov 7
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NC Visitor Center
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In Dismal Swamp; 16 boats raft up where there's room for four
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Nov 8
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Elizabeth City, NC
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"Rose Buddies" Wine & Cheese parties; free dock; meet new friends
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Nov 11
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Tuckahoe Pt
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Anchor near cypress swamp in Alligator R.
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Nov 12
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Belhaven
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"World Famous Smorgasboard" pretty lame
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Nov 13
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Oriental
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Meet Bill & Carolyn from Someday Soon; they provide dinner & bath for Amelia!!
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Nov 14
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Beaufort
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Everything at waterfront; yet another great museum; meet more boats with kids; trip to Outer Banks island with horses, dunes; towed back by Towboat/US
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Nov 18
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Swan Pt
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Dolphins in ICW!
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Nov 19
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Wrightsville Beach
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a very, very cold and rainy trip that ends at a great restaurant at the marina
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Nov 20
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Little River (near Myrtle Beach), SC
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Meet with Moonraker - have Thanksgiving dinner with them aboard Loki; weather turns colder (24 degrees overnight!)
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Nov 24
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Georgetown
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Rice Country. Nice museum, more rain.
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Nov 26
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Charleston
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stay for 3 weeks (engine repairs); great town; side trips to Beaufort, SC and Savannah GA. Dolphins are everywhere, plus tons of egrets, herons and other sea birds
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Dec 16
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Dataw Island (Beaufort)
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See mink on the dock. Stay for major winds - gusts to 55 knots!
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Dec 18
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Hilton Head
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Meet up with Moonraker again. Amelia so excited to see them that she wants to jump overboard to swim to their boat! Another cold spell - 22 degrees overnight!
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Dec 21
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Thunderbolt, GA
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Palmer Johnson Marina, outside Savannah
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Dec 22
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Kilkenny Creek
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The middle of nowhere
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Dec 23
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St. Simon Island
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Golden Isle Marina
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Dec 24
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Fernandina Beach, FL
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Finally Florida! Strong wind, bouncy ride at dock. We do a bit of shopping before the town closed for Xmas
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Dec 26
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Jacksonville Beach
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Palm Cove Marina - seemingly in the woods, but there was a Walmart, a Winn-Dixie, and a Chinese restaurant at the end of the road!
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Dec 27
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St Augustine
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Beautiful day on 27th, toured the city; Cold and rain on 28th
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Dec 29
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Daytona Beach
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Huge, Nice Marina. We're in big fish territory!
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Dec 30
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Titusville
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We stayed for a week - New Years day at Kennedy Space Flight Center; several days at Disney
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Jan 6, 2001
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Melbourne
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Amelia rides her new bike - skins her knee!
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Jan 7
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Ft Pierce
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Amelia meets a new friend - we stay two days
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Jan 9
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West Palm Beach
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At luxury yard Rybovich Spencer - we're in the Land of Giants with megayachts all around
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Jan 10
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Hypoluxo
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Visiting Grandparents - everyone piles off the boat for land living luxury: long showers, home cooking, pool and beach!
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Jan 14
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Ft. Lauderdale
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Bahia Mar Yachting Center - lap of luxury! Dinner at Riverfront; visits from family and friends; a new screen door. Lots of time at the pool.
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Jan 17
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Miami
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Sail outside (in the ocean!) for the first time since Labor Day. Stay at Miamarina at Bayside. Trips to downtown, South Beach, and the Zoo
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Jan 21
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Boca Chita Key
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Finally in the Keys, sortof. This is a small island on the South end of Biscayne Bay. Strong winds hold us here for three days, so we party with several other boats.
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Jan 24
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Largo Sound
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Part of Pennecamp State Park - the entrance is a mile long creek through mangroves.
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Jan 25
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Key Largo
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We stay at the dock in front of the Best Western Motel. We take a glass bottom boat trip to the reefs; then a snorkle trip on a 60 foot catamaran. The African Queen (from the movie) is on display.
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Jan 29
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Duck Key (near Marathon)
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In Hawk's Cay Resort for a week - we stay for two. Most memorable entrance so far - JD takes a piece out of a piling by refusing to believe the current was that strong - then (after a crowd has gathered) Arlo make a jump for the dock and misses! Amelia goes to camp, plays with a dolphin, makes lots of friends. We Scuba dive a reef!
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Feb 12
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Newfound Harbor
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Anchor out in 4 feet of water. Swimming off boat - Just hangin' out for a few days
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Feb 16
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Key West
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Finally - the End of the Rainbow! In a resort marina (with pool, of course!) Aquarium, Conch Train, Mallory Square, Duval Street ...
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Mar 8
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Newfound Harbor
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back for one night - anchored with two inches of water under the keels & jumped in to clean various intakes, etc.
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Mar 9
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Flamingo Outpost
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In the Everglades near the Southern tip of FL. Alligators, crocs, herons, ibis, egrets, vultures, spoonbills, anhingas (actually we saw everything except flamingos!) ... Arlo falls in again!
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Mar 12
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Indian River
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In 10,000 Islands near Everglades City
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Mar 13
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Marco Island
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a great beach
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Mar 18
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Naples
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Grandparents come for a visit
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Mar 28
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Captiva Island
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South Seas Plantation Resort - another lap of luxury resort
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April 5
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Cabbage Key
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Cute rustic inn and restaurant
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April 6
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Useppa Island
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A fancy island community and boat club - Th Bay of Pigs invasion was launched from here!
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April 7
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Cayo Costa
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Anchor with a crowd off a state park - this is our furthest point from home
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April 8
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Captiva Island
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'Tween Waters - the competition for South Seas
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April 10
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Captiva
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anchor off of resort
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April 11
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Naples
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on mooring again
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April 12
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Marco Island
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Stay with Lee & Dottie - PDQ owners - our 100th stop
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April 13
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New Turkey Key
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In 10,000 Islands areas of Everglades Park
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April 14
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Flamingo
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back to Everglades for more bird watching - unfortunately the bug season has started
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April 16
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Lignumvitae Key
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Back in the Keys on the way home
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April 17
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Coconut Grove
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A long trip to beat some weather and get back to the waterway
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April 19
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Ft. Lauderdale
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Back in Bahia Mar
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April 20
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Hillsboro
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Lighthouse Point Marina - Family visit for Jeff's Dads 80th birthday
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May 1
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West Palm Beach
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At Rybovich Spencer for a quick haul, bottom wash, oil change, etc. Visit Playstation, world's biggest catamaran
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May 3
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Stuart
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At Marriot Resort
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May 4
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Vero Beach
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"Where the Tropics Begin" (Or end, in our case)
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May 5
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Melbourne
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walk old town center
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May 6
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Titusville
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spend several days - visit Disney (Magic Kingdom & Animal Kingdom); shopping; Arlo swims a third time - we think he likes it!
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May 10
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Daytona
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Long days - making tracks home ...
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May 11
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St. Augustine
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At Muni Marina
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May 12
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Fernandina Beach
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About to leave Florida - we spend an extra day to relax
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May 14
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St. Simon Island, Georgia.
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Into Georgia, and infested by plagues of insects!
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May 15
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Kilkenny Creek
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middle of nowhere, even more bugs!!!
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May 16
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Hilton Head, S.C.
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Out of Georgia, we spend a day and make new friends at the pool
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May 18
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Beaufort
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We check out the downtown area; give cats flea bath!
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May 19
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Steamboat Creek
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We anchor too close to shore and find ourselves tipping 20 degrees at midnight! All is well by 3 AM.
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May 20
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Charleston
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A trip to the Aircraft Carrier, Sub and CG Cutter; Aquarium & IMax; better flea medicine (this stuff really works!)
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May 23
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Georgetown
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Town is shut down by the time we get there. B'fast at Thomas's Deli
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May 24
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Little River
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near Myrtle Beach
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May 25
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Carolina Beach, N.C.
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Meet another boat with 3 Siamese cats
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May 26
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Sneads Ferry
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About 240 years ago a guy named Snead had a bar on the other side of the river. That was the high point of the local history.
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May 27
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Beaufort
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One of our favorite towns - we buy books, groceries, do oil changes, eat hush puppies
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May 30
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Oriental
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No fuel, no pool, NO CABLE!!!
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May 31
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Belhaven
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Dowry Creek Marina - very nice stop - many hummmingbirds at pool
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June 1
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Alligator River
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small marina tucked away just South of Allbermarle Sound
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June 2
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Dismal Swamp Canal
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early start - we cross the Sound before it gets nasty. Pass by Elizabeth City and get into NC Visitor Center by 2:30. The Pasquotank River is the prettiest part of the ICW. Meet up with PDQ 32 Topcat
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June 3
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Norfolk, VA
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Back at Waterside. Visit Aunt Roz. Tour Battleship Wisconsin
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June 6
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Windmill Pt
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"Luxury" marina across from Deltaville
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June 7
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Pt Lookout, MD
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Tried for Solomons I but got a strong squall at mouth of Potomac. The wind stayed North at 25 knts, so we went up to the nearest marina.
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June 8
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Solomons I
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Calvert Museum again. Great Supermarket
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June 9
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Herring Bay
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Yet another sialing town, South of Annapolis
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June 10
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St. Micheals
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Back for the museum again
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June 11
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Annapolis
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Tie up in "Ego Alley" near the dinghy dock. Two days s all we can take, being in the absolute center of town!
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June 13
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Baltimore
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Three days - Childrens' Museum, Museum of Industry, shopping, Italian food; Caught in a Major downpour!
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June 17
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Chespeake City
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We fight a strong headwind all the way up the Bay in into the C & D Canal
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June 18
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Cape May, N.J.
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Unlike the previous trip, this was perfect - moderate wind and a favorable current all the way down Delaware Bay
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June 19
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Atlantic City
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More favorable wind and tide; Trump's Marina has double its rate - its now the most expensive (by a large margin) on the East Coast. We seek an alternative.
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June 20
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Atlantic Highlands
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Another perfect travelling day. We've been flying up the coast!
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June 21
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Manhasset, NY
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Though the City and Hell Gate on the morning tide. We take a day off to relax and tour the town (and to let some weather go by)
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June 23
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Norwalk, CT
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Claudia's parents show up and we have a 80th birthday party for her father! (An odd coincdence that both our fathers had their 80th during this trip, and we were close enough to celebrate with them!) Amelia
goes home with Grandparents for a few days!
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June 25
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Clinton
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Without child, we celebrate with a trip to the mall!
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June 26
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Stonington
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Grandparents return with Amelia
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June 27
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Cuttyhunk, MA
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Another perfect day - sailing with a stong current. An extra two knots always puts a smile on my face.
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June 28
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Edgartown
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We go first to Vineyard Haven, but there are no "inside" moorings. We luck out and get one in Edgartown, so we stayed through July 4th. On a trip to get water, we find a propeller blade has fallen
off! A diver found it, and after we get some parts FedEx'ed he re-assembles. Rybovich Spencer (the big marina that put it on) offers to pay the bill!!!
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July 6
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Hadleys
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The trip through Wood's Hole is always fun - this time we had a 5 knot push
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July 7
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Scituate
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Yet Another Great Travelling Day - up Buzzards Bay, through Cape Cod Canal (with 5+ knots), and up the coast. On a mooring by 2PM.
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July 8, 2001
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Boston
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A grey morning for our last 4 hours. We have a slip at Marina Bay for a week so we can unpack. Our car is wating for us, and we sleep in our beds for the frst time in 53 weeks.
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