https://memsahibsvoyage.com/2014/06/09/memsahib-has-been-sold-and-is-heading-south/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/final-memsahib.jpgFinal Memsahib2014-06-09T02:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/12/23/yet-another-memsahib-website/2013-12-23T03:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/12/13/my-new-business/2013-12-13T15:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/08/18/memsahib-needs-new-owners/2013-09-04T14:04:03+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/08/18/memsahib-crew-re-united/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/memsahib-streaming-down-the-mystic-river.jpgMemsahib streaming down the Mystic RiverMemsahib steaming down the Mystic River all spruced up for the show.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/memsahib-crew.jpgMemsahib crewAt the show with our official, 139-dot Great Loop map.2013-08-18T00:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/06/09/euphoria/2013-06-17T15:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/06/07/we-have-looped/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/john-loop.jpgjohn loopThe best Looper crew ever.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/flag.jpgflagIt's official -- we're gold loopers!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/loop.jpgloopFor one nanosecond, this guy was the happiest person in the world.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/loop-pic.jpgloop pic2013-06-08T21:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/06/05/watch-this-space/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/boardwalk.jpgboardwalkOn the Board Walk at Atlantic City.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/acbeach.jpgacbeachThe beach at Atlantic City has always been magnificent. The big building is the Miss America venue.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/acmist.jpgacmistAtlantic City fades into the morning mist2013-06-07T12:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/06/03/the-home-stretch-mother-nature-leads-by-a-head/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/delaware-bay.jpgdelaware bayDelaware Bay Pastoralhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cohansey.jpgcohanseyCohansey River anchorage -- our lasthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dbship1.jpgdbship1Delaware Bay boating -- we waved, but I'm not sure he saw us.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jersey-marsh.jpgjersey marshAnd the winner of tallest marsh grass on the whole trip goes to...New Jersey!!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/down-the-shore.jpgdown the shoreHouses "Down the Shore"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ac.jpgacAfter the trip we had, I was actually glad to see tawdry old Atlantic City.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/golden-nugget.jpggolden nuggetMemsahib in her berth at the Golden Nugget Casino -- nice to have all the casino amenities right across the street.2013-06-03T19:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/05/28/waiting-for-godot/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cutts.jpgcuttsCutts & Case. Boat in the middle is the famous "Foto" owned by Morris Rosenfeld, the world's foremost marine photographer. BEST marine photographer is Bejamin Mendolwitz in my opinion.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/annap.jpgannapWhen you get past the tee-shirt shops and pizza joints, Annapolis is a very pretty place.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/frigate.jpgfrigateBritish frigate -- workhorse of the age of sail. Modern equivalent would be a destroyer.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/french.jpgfrenchThis model of a French 100-gun ship is about eight feet long.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bone.jpgbone"Bone models" carved by French prisoners during the Napoleonic wars using bones, wood, thread from their clothes and whatever they could scrounge.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/brig.jpgbrigHaving read something like 200 works of naval fiction, I spent a lot of time with the small models like this brig. The battleships are spectacular, but these really illustrate what the "Age of Fighting Sail" was all about.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ego.jpgegoAnnapolis City Docks, AKA "Ego Alley." You have to have a high tolerance for noise and good curtains if you want to put your boat in admiration range of thousands of tourists.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/annapmain.jpgannapmainMain Street Annapolis at Academy graduation and Memorial Day weekend. Still fun, but what a zoo!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/paca.jpgpacaMagnificent William Paca House of 1763. Beautiful Georgian symmetry outside, tastefully restraint in decoration inside.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/summerh.jpgsummerh"Summer House" at Paca museum. Equivalent of a pool house today, I guess.2013-05-28T00:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/05/17/racing-to-annapolis/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ross-and-laura.jpgross and lauraRoss and Laura -- the only New Yorkers we've met on the Loop. They got engaged and married on the trip and now that the are Gold Loopers they are busy honeymooning.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cats-tub.jpgcats tubRub a dub dub, two cats in a tub.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jj.jpgJJJustin and John, old friends re-united.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dubois.jpgduboisFormer Wiltonians Carey and Delia Dubois.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/john-sparta-sleep.jpgjohn sparta sleepJohn and Sparta slept for two days after visiting Williamsburg.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/smith-creek.jpgsmith creekSmith Creek anchorage on the Potomac. Beautiful, serene, deserted.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hampton.jpghamptonHampton Public Docks -- pretty darn nice at $1.25 per foot.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hooper.jpghooperAforementioned Hooper Island Draketail.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bugeye.jpgbugeyeBugeye taking museum visitors for a short cruise.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oxford.jpgoxfordSolomons Island from the top of the lighthouse.2013-05-20T15:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/05/13/whats-so-dismal-about-this/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/eliz-2.jpgeliz 2Elizabeth City waterfront right before the entrance to the Great Dismal Swamp.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dismal.jpgdismalThe Dismal certainly wasn't the day we went through.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/coffee.jpgcoffeeWater has so much tannin in it it's like cruising through coffee.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dismal2.jpgdismal2https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dismal3.jpgdismal3https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/swamp-people.jpgswamp peopleSwamp People? Don't think so.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/no-pass.jpgno passDismal is so skinny it's basically a no passing zone for about 25 miles.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/norfolk1.jpgnorfolk1Entering Norfolk less than 5 minutes from the Dismal Swamp. Talk about a contrast!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/norfolk-2.jpgnorfolk 2Norfolk waterfront.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/navy.jpgnavyNaval ships are everywhere in Norfolk.2013-05-14T02:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/05/11/1022/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dowry.jpgDowryDowry Creek Marina, home of Mary and Nick, two of the world's nicest people.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/belhaven.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABelhaven, NC. You can just see the Ace Hardware at the end of the street.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pungo-canal.jpgpungo canalPungo-Alligator Canal. Straight as a string. Once a vital link in Eastern seaboard commerce. now pretty much deserted.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/alligator-anchorage.jpgalligator anchorageAlligator River anchorage, as remote and serene as we've been in the whole trip.2013-05-13T16:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/05/04/on-the-docks/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/o-park.jpgO PARKWaterfront Park, Oriental. We are really chasing Spring up the coast now.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nc-house.jpgnc houseCharacter of the houses along the ICW has changed completely once again. I sure like this one.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/maritime-2.jpgMARITIME 2To a wooden boatbuilder, exhibits like this are addictive. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/maritime-11.jpgmaritime 1North Carolina Maritime Museum.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/floyds.jpgfloydsFloyds 1921 Restaurant Morehead City. Worth a side trip.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/flood.jpgFLOODCoffee shop near the marina. Fish were swimming in the street.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/camp-lejeune1.jpgCamp LejeuneHammock Bay -- not a grunt in sight.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beau-vic1.jpgBEAU VICBeaufort, NC, Victorian. Surprising number of Victorians all over the South built during the lumber boom.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beau11.jpgBEAU1Lots of square two-deckers in Beaufort, NC.2013-05-10T04:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/28/rice-is-nice/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wac2.jpgwac2The Waccamaw -- a beautiful mix of live oak, cypress and palms.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wac1.jpgwac1https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rice.jpgriceAbandoned rice fields stretch for miles north of Georgetown.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/myrtle2.jpgmyrtle2Yup, Myrtle Beach.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/myrtle.jpgmyrtleGolf course with a large lateral hazard called the AICW. Could this be Myrtle Beach?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/g3.jpgg3Entire Georgetown waterfront is open to public and lined with restaurants. 57 varieties of shrimp & grits.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/g2.jpgg2https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/g1.jpgg1Georgetown, SChttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2608478-the_rice_museum_georgetown.jpg2608478-The_Rice_Museum_GeorgetownThe Rice Museum2013-04-28T18:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/22/nothin-could-be-finer/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stmichaelaltar070622.jpgThe mahogany pulpit at St. Michaels.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/assemby.jpgassembyHall where our tour guide made her debut at the Carolina Assemblyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/doub-veranda.jpgdoub verandaDouble house, but instead of being a traditional Georgian it has the practical Charleston verandas on the side.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/battery.jpgbatteryNeo-Classical mansion on the Battery. I believe this one was built for a cotton planter's daughter, but then again I think most of them were. This is what the tourist's come to see, but the preserved area run's miles north of the Battery and is beautiful in a much lower-key way.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/isabela.jpgisabelaAntebellum mansion at Church and Battery that has just been bought by a young couple for $3 million with many more to go in restoration. Good for them. See the pink bow in the middle? They just had a baby girl. I believe that's her Porsche.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/church-st.jpgchurch stChurch Street. My favorite, but a half-dozen others that are just as interesting.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hyphen.jpghyphen"Hypen" Neo-Classical. The section to the left was originally the kitchen, totally separated from the main house. As the fire situation improved, the sections were joined in the middle with the "hyphen."https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/vic.jpgvicNice little Church Street Victorian.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woodsingle.jpgwoodsinglePerfect example of a wood "single house" -- one room wide front to back. The entrance you see is just to the street and comes onto the veranda. The main entrance to the house is off the veranda.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/single.jpgsingleFree-standing Palladian that used to be a row house until it's neighbor burned down.2013-04-27T03:55:18+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/16/a-different-angle-on-south-carolina/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/arts1.jpgartshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/beau-bridge.jpgbeau bridgeForrest Gump somehow ran across the Mississippi over this bridge in Beaufort, SChttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/moss.jpgmossSpanish Moss and old houses -- a perfect combinationhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/city-park.jpgcity parkBeaufort City Park where the Big Chill cast played touch football, Denzel Washington drilled in Glory and Forrest Gump did something-or-otherhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/house-1.jpghouse 1https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/house-2.jpghouse 2https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/house-3.jpghouse 3https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/house-4.jpghouse 4https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/house-5.jpghouse 5https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/newman.jpgnewmanNewman, our tour guide to Beaufort2013-04-26T20:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/10/moon-river-and-me/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jazz-band.jpgjazz bandThree Rivers Jazz Bad. They had a try at the Stan Kenton arrangement of Malaguena. I said they were either crazy or good. Good.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sunbury.jpgsunburySunbury Crab Company dockhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/moon-river.jpgMoon RiverTHE Moon River. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mem-marshes.jpgmem marshesMemsahib of the Marshes.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hopeporches.jpghopeporchesI just LOVE porches with rocking chairs.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/doubledeck.jpgdoubledeckI also love these double-decker houses with TWO porches.2013-04-10T00:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/08/special-to-frontline-darien-georgia/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/darien-river.jpgdarien riverThe Darien River -- nine miles of water, grass, sky -- and more grass.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/st-cyprians.jpgst cyprianshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bagpipes.jpgbagpipesScottish rock band fronted by a bagpiper -- you got that in Connecticut, you damn Yankees?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/train.jpgtrainhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dar-sunset.jpgDar SunsetSunset Darien (Georgia).https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/darien-park.jpgDarien parkCity park wreathed in Spanish Moss.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/historic.jpghistoricPretty home in the historic district.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/darien.jpgdarienWould I lie to you?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/darien-shrimp.jpgdarien shrimpShrimping is the major local industry. But given the price of wild shrimp lately, I think they may be doing a little private equity on the side.2013-04-09T19:25:59+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/07/georgia-on-my-keel/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/oaks.jpgoaksMile-long corridor of oaks leading up to Dungeness.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/trails.jpgtrails34Miles of beautiful trails cross Cumberland Island. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cum-sun.jpgcum sunCumberland anchorage.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dunentry.jpgDUNENTRYEntry to Dungenness.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dungeness-back.jpgDUNGENESS BACKDungeness from the Cumberland Sound side.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pergola.jpgPERGOLAPergola to keep the Victorian ladies from harming their delicate skin.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/horses.jpgHORSESWild horses descended from the Carnegie stable roam the island freely.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/downside.jpgDOWNSIDEFernandina's downside -- cardboard plants. On the other hand, cardboard is the basis of the Kessinger fortune.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/fernandina.jpgFERNANDINAFernandina downtown -- well preserved and very active. The night we were there (a Monday) there was not a restaurant table to be had, so we had to jump in the car and head for Route 1.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/grass1.jpgGRASS1How do you tell this piece of march grass...2013-04-07T02:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/04/04/el-mundo-de-disney-1889/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/martini1.jpgMARTINIThis Martini Bar is actually on the National Register of Historic Places. All right by me.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mini1.jpgminiAny marina with an on-site min-golf course is all right with me. I whipped John's ass.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gator1.jpggatorGator Farm. I hate them. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/john-gators1.jpgjohn gatorsJohn feeding the gators. Gator food and dog food look very similar.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/egrets1.jpgegretsGator Farm is also a bird rookery. This tree of snowy egrets was pretty.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/komodoo1.jpgKOMODOOKomodo Dragon. I only include this because Bob & Ray had a famous piece featuring the Largest Living Lizard. Only Gaulke and I remember Bob & Ray.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/atlantic1.jpgATLANTICAtlantic from the lighthouse.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/salight1.jpgSALIGHTSt. Augustine Light.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ponce1.jpgPONCEPonce Hotel, Henry's first and now the home of Flagler College.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lightner1.jpgLIGHTNERLightner Museum. Lightner was a wealthy publisher of hobby magazines before the Internet ruined the world as we knew it.2013-04-04T13:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/29/cruisin-along/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/osprey.jpgOSPREYOsprey and his fishing boathttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/no-palm.jpgNO PALMFrom the time we left this morning to this afternoon, palm trees and mangroves have given way to oaks sassafras.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/skinny.jpgSKINNYNarrow portion of the ICW south of St. Augustine -- every boat has its own garage.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nap.jpgNAPSparta gets cold in the mornings and likes to stay under the covers.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/trailers.jpgTRAILERSNot as many waterfront mansions in northern Florida.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fire-control.jpgFIRE CONTROLFire Control Room, Appollo 8. As they run through a launch sequence, you actually see what the launch controllers saw up on the screens.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/manatee.jpgMANATEEManatee cadging drops of water from our neighbor's boat in Titusville.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/apollo.jpgAPOLLOLayed out on its side, a Saturn/Apollo rocket is unbelievably massive. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/saturn.jpgSATURNWorking end of a Saturn rocket. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vab.jpgVABVehicle Assembly Building. The world's fourth largest building. We could see it from 20 miles away in all directions from the ICW.2013-03-30T02:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/24/the-way-we-were/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/apartment.jpgapartmentMy apartment on the beach in Cocoa. Top floor, beautiful view, three, bedrooms, two baths -- $535 per month, which I thought was a fortune.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/barber.jpgbarberThe birthplace of USA Today -- now a Century 21 real estate office.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cbeach.jpgcbeachCocoa Beach -- wide, empty, talcum-powder sand. I just couldn't appreciate it then.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pumpkin.jpgpumpkinPumpkin Center, Al's huge house in Cocoa Beach. It included a Gannett conference center where I spent many days ducking, breathing deep and trying to not throw up.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/surf.jpgsurfBernard's Surf Restaurant. Still there after 30 years. Gannett had a charge account and Rusty the manager was practically an employee, so it was the setting for many important business meetings. Gee, according to the sign they serve cocktails. 2013-03-27T14:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/21/velcro-beach/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tiki.jpgtikiBoat next to us has its own Tiki Bar. Nice touch.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/riverside_theatre_in_vero_beach_177116.jpgriverside_theatre_in_vero_beach_177116Riverside Theatre -- Broadway Deluxe!!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/big-bird.jpgbig birdThis bird lives once slip over from us and is Sparta's mortal enemy. "One step closer and your going to get it! Okay, one MORE step and I'm coming after you! I'm serious this time, any closer and you're feathers" and so forth for hours.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bob.jpgbob&Loop ending is a great accomplishment, but sad. Bob and Cathryn are going back to Seattle next week and this was our last dinner.2013-03-22T22:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/17/canals-in-vero-beach/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mga.jpgmgaHow did three 20-year-old guys fit in this car?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chevy.jpgchevyParallel parking this beast with three-on-the-tree during the driver's test was not fun. But I had short hair, so he passed me.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/car-show.jpgcar showCar show in the live oaks and spanish moss.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/verobeach.jpgverobeachThe Vero Beach beach.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sparta-kids.jpgsparta kidsSparta is very good with the kids.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/john-kids.jpgjohn kidsJohn demonstrating his maturity.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/elissa.jpgelissaEliisa gets a driving lesson.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/marie-kids.jpgmarie kidsSebastian, Elissa and Marie.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/johncake.jpgjohncakeJohn's 19th birthday.2013-03-23T00:02:53+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/11/sensory-overload-in-the-ditch/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ditch.jpgditchAbout 70 miles of the ICW north of Miami look just like this -- plus 30 or so bridges to get through.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/palace-1.jpgpalace 1https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sparta-not.jpgsparta notSparta was not impressed by any of this.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ptever1.jpgptever1Right in the middle of the opulence is Port Everglades. How they turn these babies around in the ICW is a mystery.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ptever2.jpgptever2Port Everglades cruise ships make the Key West models look tiny.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/4decker.jpg4deckerhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/italian.jpgitalianThis Italian number will do 50 knots on the way from one oil refinery to another.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bookends.jpgbookends"Bookends" Obviously owned by a librarian, right Mary Jo and Sally?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/palace2.jpgpalace2https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/palace3.jpgpalace32013-03-11T20:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/09/memsahib-goes-to-the-mall/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/heat.jpgheatMiami Heat play in the big building that looks like a spaceshiphttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/el-cristo.jpgel cristoJohn at El Cristo waiting for the garlic to settle.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/marina-one.jpgmarina oneMiaMarina. Central city marinas are really fun.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mall2.jpgmall2Memsahib at the Mall.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/miharbor.jpgmiharborMiami Harbor coming into Mia Marina.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/miriver.jpgmiriverThe Miami River. It's in there somewhere.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/armiami.jpgarmiamiArriving, Miami, FL. Or could this be Bobby's Fish Camp? Nope, Miami.2013-03-11T10:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/05/northers-hit-the-northerners/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sweaters.jpgsweatersNorthers bring out the sweaters and flanels for the Memsahib crew.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/porkys.jpgporkysLoopers consuming pork at Porky's.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/burdines2.jpgBurdines2Burdineshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/trympy.jpgtrympyNow THIS is a Wooden Boat. 1963 Trumpy, our very friendly neighbor at Islamorada.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/isla.jpgislaIslamorada -- plam trees, tiki, huts, water, sand. Ho hum.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fla-bay.jpgfla bayFlorida Bay Islandshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mangove-cut.jpgmangove cutSailboat coming through one of the many mangrove cuts we traversed today.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/key-largo.jpgkey largoBack to civilization -- Key Largohttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jew-point.jpgjew pointOur beautiful anchorage at Jew Point. Hard to believe we're a five iron from Miami.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/spartadeck2.jpgspartadeck2Sparta loves being at anchor, because she can go anywhere without a tether. Here she is trying to climb into the engine room through one of the vents.2013-03-05T20:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/03/01/bucket-list-just-got-shorter/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/marqu2.jpgmarqu2One of the Marquesas Keys, uninhabitated islands near Key West.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pplane2.jpgpplane2https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jat-plane.jpgjat planeJohn at the Ottterhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jparade.jpgjparadeJohn at the parade groundhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cnnon.jpgcnnonOne of the hundreds of cannon at Fort Jefferson. Rifled pieces like this actually made the fort obsolete because our ships could guard the Florida Straights and enemy ships could pound a brick fort to pieces.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/parade.jpgparadeParade ground shows Fort Jefferson's huge scale.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/magazine.jpgmagazineMagazine where they stored the gunpowder. Yes, these are the DRY tortugas.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shoes.jpgshoesShoes are optional equipment for seaplane flying.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kwair.jpgkwairOld Town Key West just after taking off.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/refugee.jpgrefugeeCuban refugee boats in the Marquesas that arrived last month. If they touch US soil before being intercepted they get to stay, so these guys made it.2013-03-01T02:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/02/25/the-kessinger-fleet/2013-02-25T23:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/the-kessinger-fleet/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sternsmall.jpgSternsmallhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jer1.jpgjer1https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jer2.jpgjer2https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/boat1cropped-2.jpgBoat1cropped (2)https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dinghy2-2.jpgDinghy2 (2)https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sidesmall.jpgSidesmall2013-02-25T23:08:27+00:00weekly0.6https://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/02/24/debauchery-in-key-west/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sloppy-joes.jpgsloppy joesSloppy Joes -- touristy, but how is anyone who has read every word Ernest Hemingway ever wrote going to stay away.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/slppy-in.jpgslppy inInside Sloppy Joes -- spring breakers with an obvious taste for literaturehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/senior1.jpgsenior1Spring Breakers DRINKING ALCOHOL at 3 in the afternoon! https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/senior2.jpgsenior2The wild Spring Break scene on Duval Streethttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/5-bros.jpg5 bros5 Brothers Grocery -- Home of the best Cuban sandwich between Miami and Havana2013-02-27T15:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/02/17/the-duval-crawl-literally/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/john-six.jpgjohn sixJohn with one of the 45 six-toed cats that are descendants of Hemingway's "Snowball."https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/greetings.jpgGreetingshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/coffee.jpgcoffeeMolly the Cuban Coffee Queen. I actually like it better than Greek -- the same rocket boost, but you don't end up with all that sludge in the bottom of your cup.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/southern.jpgsouthernJohn and I always point out that we've been South of the Southernmost Point, since we sailed right by it coming into Key West Harbor.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/black-cats.jpgblack catsSparta's Hemingway cousin. No sitting rule only applies to humans.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/study.jpgstudyHemingway's writing room, where he wrote A Farewell to Arms, Snows of Kilamanjaro and all the Nick Adams stories.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hen-house.jpghen houseHemingway's beautifully preserved home. He lived there from 1931 to 1940.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/six.jpgsixYup. Count 'em.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1duval.jpg1DuvalDuval Street. If you do the Duval Crawl and have a beer at each bar on the strip, you will have had 66 beers. Yes, it's been done many times.2013-02-19T20:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/02/11/key-west/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marathon.jpgmarathonAmazing Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Florida Keys.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/john-marathon.jpgjohn marathonJohn coming in from a downloading session ashore. John seeks hi-speed wireless the way other kids try to find drugs, so I'm lucky, I guess.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cruise-ships.jpgcruise shipsCruise ship row as we entered Key West Harbor. Can you hear me thinking, "Please, please don't move til I get past."https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/my-fish.jpgmy fishMy little fish. We caught about 24 of these yellowtail snapper. Delicious eating one night with a mango-tequila glaze and the next teriyaki-style over rice.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/john-fish.jpgjohn fishJohn latched onto a big amerberjack after we got done catching snapper.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/john-amber.jpgjohn amberJohn's big fish.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sunset.jpgsunsetSunset Marina, Stock Island, Key West.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mem-key.jpgmem keyMemsahib in her berth for a well-deserved one-month rest in Key West.2013-02-12T13:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/02/05/time-travel-in-the-everglades/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/shark-sun.jpgshark sunSunset, Little Shark River, the Evergladeshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/shark-anch.jpgSHARK ANCHAnchorage, Little Shark River, the Everglades -- you can't get any further from Block Island physically or mentally than thishttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/r-g.jpgR& GThe Rod and Gun Club, Everglades Cityhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/airboat.jpgAIRBOATOur airboat -- even fully loaded it will go 30 miles per hour in 8 inches of waterhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/passenger.jpgPASSENGERThis guy jumped on oour boat for a free ride back to the dock.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/racoons.jpgRACOONSFamily of racoons came down to the boat to see if they could cadge a snackhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gator.jpgGATOREight-foot gator about two feet from the boathttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/primeval.jpgPRIMEVALMangrove Forest Primevalhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tunnel.jpgTUNNELThey run the boat up to about 20 mph on these straight stretches and it feels like 100https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/other-air.jpgOTHER AIRTourists heading for the Glades2013-02-06T21:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/02/04/edison-vs-the-hedge-funds/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/edison31.jpgedison3The kitchen's and heated "den" are to the left, the "cool" part of the house is to the righthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/edison2.jpgedison2Edison's beautiful, comfortable winter homehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barbies.jpgbarbiesJohn calls this one "Barbie's Dream Mansion"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/naples1.jpgnaples1Same architect did the Nebraska State Penitentiaryhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ed-pool.jpged poolEdison's swimming poolhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/edisons-office.jpgEDISONS OFFICEEdisons very simple winter officehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/naples2.jpgNAPLES2Don't they get lost in there?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/naples-4.jpgNAPLES 4Gotta have lions https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/naples5.jpgNAPLES5Mega ranch -- this is an older one and actually looks more appropriate to the areahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ford.jpgFORDFord's house. All porches in back by the window. French doors open the house all the way front to back.2013-02-04T23:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/29/captiva-my-bali-hai/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/at-pool.jpgat poolAt the pool, Tween Watershttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pool.jpgPoolThe pool itself. Tween Waters ain't Caneel Bay, but it's comfortable and in the right place -- Captivahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bouganvillia.jpgbouganvilliaCaptiva is our first really tropical destination -- flowers everywherehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tween.jpgtweenFunky Tween Waters Resort and Marinahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cap-sun.jpgcap sunJoined the crowds on the beach every night looking for the Green Flash, but didn't see it. Good sunsets, though.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/trop-veg.jpgtrop vegCaptiva has enough rain (and money) to support wonderful tropical landscaping.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mem-pis.jpgmem pisView of Pine Island Sound from Memsahib's berth.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beach-shacks.jpgbeach shacksEverywhere in waterside Florida, people are going to totally over the top with beach "cottages." 20 miles inlandnear Ft. Myeers we saw real people sleeping on the streetshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/med-cap.jpgmed capCentral Captiva has a very Mediterranean feel. Molly, this color is terra cotta.2013-01-29T03:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/26/climbing-the-charts-pine-island-sound/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pel-cayo.jpgpel cayoPelican Bay, Cayo Costa State Park (photo from another boat since my card got full)https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pine-island.jpgpine islandView of Pine Island Sound from the water tower at Cabbage Keyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dollar.jpgdollarJohn's Donation to the Cabbage Key Innhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/john-dollar.jpgjohn dollarJohn doing the dollar ceremonyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cabbage-key-still.jpgcabbage key stillCabbage Key Inn is wall-papered with dollar billshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cayo-nature.jpgcayo natureBeautiful nature trail at Cayo Costahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/john-beach.jpgjohn beachJohn Kessinger, last man on earth, at Cayo Costa beach2013-01-29T01:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/23/greenwich-south-aka-sarasota/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/modern.jpgmodernI'm not much into modern houses, but this one would do.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vrew-football.jpgvrew footballCrew doing what it does best -- watching football and eating pizza.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sar-sky.jpgsar skySarasota skyline from Memsahib's dock at Marina Jack.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jack.jpgjackMarina Jackhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/valet.jpgvaletWould I ever lie to you?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/library.jpglibrarySarasota Public Libraryhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/downtown.jpgdowntownTypical downtown Sarasota Street.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/million.jpgmillionWould I want MY Sarassota mansion right next to ANOTHER GUY's Sarasota mansion? Birds of a feather, I guess.2013-01-23T22:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/19/going-greek/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hellas.jpghellasHellas Greek Bakery -- the best reason of all to visit Tarpon Springhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/oopa.jpgoopaEveryone at Hellas Restaurant has to try the flaming cheese and yell "OOPA!" when they fire it off. They fire it off with Greek brandy that could also be used in Memsahib's stove in a pinch.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hellas-dinner.jpghellas dinnerLoopers at Hellas Restaurant. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/leaving-tarpon.jpgleaving tarponLeaving Tarpon Springs for points south. But Hellas Bakery will always bring me back. Memsahib still looks pretty good.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/looper-ladies.jpglooper ladiesLooper ladies celebrate the engagment of Laura and Ross from The Zone at the Turtle Cove pool. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tiki.jpgtikiLooper Central, Tarpon Springs -- the Turtle Cove Tkik bar.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sponges.jpgspongesIn Tarpon Springs, you want sponges, they got sponges! We counted 12 sponge markets on Deodocenase Avenue alone.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/old-sponge.jpgold spongeRestoration of a sponge boat from the heydy of the sponge industry. They are very beautiful, very Greek and made of cypress, which is impossilbe to find nowhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/modern-sponge-boat.jpgmodern sponge boat"Modern" sponge boat. Most of them are set up for shrimping, too.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cathedral.jpgcathedralTarpon Springs has a huge Greek cathedral with a bishop and the whole nine yards.2013-01-20T14:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/15/apalachicola/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/water-st.jpgwater stWater Street Hotel. Nice slips in back. I was very tempted to haul out the American Express and sleep in a real bed and take a real bath, but would have been scorned by my fellow loopers.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/raney.jpgraneyRaney House -- perfect Greek Revivial from 1832. Closed the day we were there!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ice-mach.jpgice machReplica of the ice machine of 1855. Not exactly a Sub Zero, but you can see the essential pieces -- compressor, tank for refrigerant, teensy wooden box for the ice,https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gorrie.jpggorrieGorrie museum -- great tour because I was the only visitor.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/grady.jpggradyGrady Market -- during the lumber boom, a major ship chandlery. Now and art-gourmet-clothing-garden-antiques-book-gift store.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/apalach.jpgapalachApalachaola -- not much to look at, but I am very fond of the place.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/apalachicolaflhp.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAApalach Waterfront -- Chamber of Commerce Picture, couldn't get one from the boat.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/coombs.jpgCoombsPerfect Victorian B&B. 2013-01-16T03:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/13/survive-the-savage-sea/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sparta-john.jpgsparta johnSparta and John on watch just after daylight.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hour-28.jpghour 28Hour 28, pulling into Tarpon Springshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sparta-land.jpgsparta landIf one of those bastards would jump just a little closer, I would catch it and kill it and eat it.2013-01-19T19:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/06/dolphins-gone-wild/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fwycdocks2009.jpgFWYCDocks2009Friendly and inexpensive Fort Walton Yacht Clubhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bpdocks.jpgBPDOCKSBay Pointe Marina -- some big iron in herehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bp.jpgbpBay Point Marina -- Mississippi had its charms, but this ain't bad eitherhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wonder.jpgWONDERRipley's even tackier neighbor Wonder Workshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ripley.jpgRIPLEYA Ripley's Believe It or Not puts a lot of points on the Tourist Tacky meterhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pbhigh.jpgPBHIGHThis is what you see on Beach Foad in Panama City Beach -- not a grain of sandhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pbhigh2.jpgPBHIGH2Here's how Panama City absorbs 250,000 spring breakers every year -- build 'em bighttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dolwater.jpgDOLWATERHere's what the water looks like AFTER the dolphin goes away -- I have about a 100 of these pictureshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pbbeachh.jpgPBBEACHHYou always wonder -- "What does their REGULAR house look like if that's just their beach house?"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pbbh2.jpgPBBH2Beach Houses, Fort Walton2013-01-08T13:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2013/01/01/finally-florida/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo_cubi_bar2.jpgphoto_cubi_bar2Cubi Officers Club Barhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/joe.jpgJoeJoe Patti'shttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/5-sisters.jpg5 SistersSunday brunch at 5 Sisters Blues Cafe. Blind blues pianist is a bit of a cliche, but he was good!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blue.jpgBlueJohn with the original Blue Angels fighters.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/top-gun.jpgtop gunIf this thing was just wood, I'm pretty sure I could fly it.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pby.jpgPBYPair of PBY Catalina's, the legendary patrol/bomber/rescue craft of the Pacific. Sorry, Ray not a P2 Neptune or P3 Orion in sight!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nc4.jpgnc4Navy NC4, first plane across the Atlantic.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/first.jpgfirstThe very first naval aircraft from 1911.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/barber.jpgbarberWhat if you built a marina and nobody came?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/high.jpghighYup, Florida.2013-01-03T23:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/12/25/merry-christmas-from-merry-mobile/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fredi-christmas.jpgfredi christmasPoor Fredi back home asking "When's Dad going to put in the turkey?"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/trellis.jpgtrellisThe very excellent Trellis Roomhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sparta-r2.jpgsparta r2Sparta helping John assemble robot kit he got for Christmashttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tree.jpgtreeTree at the Battleground Hotelhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/us-tree.jpgus treeBad picture of us at the tree.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/necklace.jpgnecklaceSparta's Christmas necklace, part of our shopping spree at Pet Smarthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mobile.jpgmobileMobile, the un-Demopolishttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/drydock.jpgdrydockMassive drydocks line the harborhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ship.jpgshipGlad this boy wasn't movinghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pirate.jpgpirateFast catamaran for anti-pirate duty2013-01-11T00:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/12/19/escape-from-demopolis/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/back-in.jpgback inMemsahib Going Back Inhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/under-way.jpgunder waySparta's Cat House when we are under wayhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/screw.jpgscrewThe $4,000 Screwhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/screw-2.jpgscrew 2Screwed Part IIhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clark-kent.jpgclark kentClark Kent? My glasses broke in Demopolis and this is the only pair Walmart had that fit my lenses. https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bobbys.jpgbobby'sThe Famous Bobby's Fish Camp2012-12-21T19:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/12/10/engine-mystery-solved/2012-12-10T23:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/12/10/memsahibs-new-crewmember/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sparta-locker.jpgsparta lockerSparta on her favorite perch on John's hanging locker where she is mistress of all she surveys.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sparta-mouse.jpgsparta mouseSparta spends a good deal of her day whacking this mouse, which squeaks with each whack.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sparta.jpgspartaSparta the kitten with her master, savior and very best friend John.2012-12-10T13:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/12/10/demopolis-where-time-stands-still/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hangdog.jpghangdogRepair from the Hangdog reef incident -- a little epoxy and a lick of paint was all it took since all that really hit was the tip of the cast iron keel.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/engine-out.jpgengine outEngine out and ready to go see the specialist in Tuscaloosa.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/extraction.jpgextractionBeginning of the engine extraction.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/coming-out.jpgcoming outMemsahib coming out of the water for surgery. After 6 months in fresh water, she is in extraordinarily good shape compared to a summer in salt water,2012-12-10T03:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/12/03/making-lemonade-in-demopolis/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/santa.jpgsantaSanta flies over a minature Demopolishttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/beads.jpgbeadsParticpants throw candy and beads just like Mardi Grashttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/jr-miss.jpgjr missI believe this is the Demopolis Junior Miss candidate. Bad picture, but looks like a winner to me.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/queen.jpgqueenChristmas on the River Queen and Her Courthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/methodists.jpgmethodistsNice float by the Methodists, but the REALLY BIG church in the background is the First Baptisthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/truck-float.jpgtruck floatCute float -- one of about 50 from a town with a population of about 8,000https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/linden-bbq.jpglinden bbqNo commenthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/free-beer.jpgfree beerHere's the deal -- if you are sober enough to haul your ID out, you get a beerhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/butt-rub.jpgbutt rubNothing is real subtle in the championship barbecue worldhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rock-tenn.jpgrock tennMy nephew is a manager with Rock Tenn, but was there a ticket to their fancy/smansy corporate tent waiting for me? But noooooo...2012-12-03T04:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/11/25/demopolis-al-to-wilton-ct/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tombigbee-ox.jpgtombigbee oxBreathtaking -- on warm days, why go to a marina when you can stay here for freehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/refueling.jpgrefuelingPumps do 7,500 gallons per hour, but it still takes all night to fill a towhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/new-marina.jpgnew marinaMarina is getting even bigger as they dig out this fieldhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dem-mar.jpgdem marYou can't see the club and pool, but this is a really nice place2012-11-25T03:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/11/15/prop-shafted-part-2/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121114-232939.jpg20121114-232939.jpghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121114-232728.jpg20121114-232728.jpghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121114-232531.jpg20121114-232531.jpghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121114-232251.jpg20121114-232251.jpghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121114-232014.jpg20121114-232014.jpghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/the-evidence.jpgthe evidenceThe Evidence!!2012-11-25T02:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/11/08/pbh-cruising/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gorge-2.jpgGorge 2Tennessee River Gorge is spectacular going upstream or downhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/houses.jpghouses6 Rms Riv Vuhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/colors1.jpgcolors1Colors are at peak along the Tennesseehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/meow.jpgmeowDecatur, AL -- this is where they put the Meow in the Mixhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hennick.jpghennickRan into Hennick the German journalist again in Florence. Still can't believe he crossed the Atlantic and has almost finished the Loop in this boat.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/colors2.jpgcolors2Colors are even brighter down by the river in the lower areas2012-11-11T23:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/11/03/all-aboard/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lookout2.jpglookout2Lookout Mountain with Eirchttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/aquarium.jpgaquariumTennessee Aquarium, about a five-iron from Memsahibhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lobby.jpglobbyChoo Choo's Lobbyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/choo-choo.jpgchoo chooChattanooga Choo Choo Hotelhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lookout.jpglookoutView of Chattanooga from Lookout Mountainhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hunter-water.jpghunter waterHunter Museum from the river sidehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/memsahib-river.jpgmemsahib riverMemsahib docked in the heart of the cityhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hunter-land.jpghunter landHunter Musuem of Art -- Land Side2012-11-03T21:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/31/were-in-high-cotton-or-is-it-snow/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/molly.jpgmollyMolly riding out the hurricanehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/freddie.jpgFreddieFredi riding out the hurricane with her friend Moosiehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rosenbaum.jpgRosenbaumRosenbaum Househttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/post-office.jpgpost officeMooresville Post Office -- selling stamps every day since 1840.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/painted-cliff.jpgpainted cliffLimestone formations are even more spectacular than downriver.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mountain-bridge.jpgmountain bridgeWe're really getting up in the mountains -- bridge shows the scale.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mansion.jpgmansionUnidentified mansion, Mooresville.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gorge.jpggorgeGorge of the Tennessee River. Exquisite, but you tend to take a look then run into the cabin to get warm.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/going-ashore.jpggoing ashoreEric and Paul heading up Limestone Creek to Mooresville.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/finger.jpgfingerNote the filiat on the Old Brick Church. I'd say Microsoft's copyrights on the clicking finger are now trash and they owe these people billions.2012-11-05T19:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/27/hey-its-really-about-the-people-isnt-it/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mem-wheeler.jpgmem wheelerThey let us dock with the big guys since we're so pretty. At least 50 people toured Memsahib -- most of which left thinking we were super-hardy guys for "roughing it" on a 50-year-old woodie.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/looper-boats.jpglooper boatsLooper boats lined up in front of Joe Wheeler Lodgehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kismet.jpgkismetKismet -- mini-tug owned by our favorite Loopers -- Jim and Lisa Favorshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/conf.jpgconfYup, it's a conference2012-10-27T01:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/22/bass-mania-in-florence-al/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bassboat.jpgbassboatTypical bassboat -- the poles at the back are rams that go down into the bottom and hold the boat so the fishermen don't have to waste time anchoring,https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bassboa2t.jpgbassboa2tBassboat -- they cast for the fish from those things that look like bar stools.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/totnament.jpgtotnamentThe Walmart Bass Fishing Leaguehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/weigh-in.jpgweigh inWeigh-In area -- announcer had two lines for 320 guys -- "Hey, your right in there, Jimmy Joe," or "You've still got a chance to catch upt romorrow, Jerry Jeff,"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fish-line.jpgfish lineFish get dunked into these tanks on the way to the way in to keep them alive,https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/release.jpgreleaseRelease area. Little girl was very concerned that Daddy get his fishies back in safely. She'd should also be concerned about that Yamaha jacket.2012-10-24T12:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/21/pickwick-perambulations/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-workers.jpgThe WorkersKatie and Jessie polishing up Louisehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/reggie.jpgreggieReggiehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bird.jpgbirdBirdhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pickwick-islands.jpgpickwick islandsA row of hills down the middle of Pickwick lake became these beautiful islandshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/grand.jpggrandGrand Harbor Marina -- a great stophttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pickwick.jpgpickwickPickwick Lake -- hard to take a picture of something this big. Very hilly, almost mountainous right down to the shoreline.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lion1.jpglion1Lion Habitat at UNHhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lions2.jpglions2As close as we got to a lion.2012-10-21T17:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/19/shiloh/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/riggins.jpgrigginsRiggins Battery -- 9 cannon left of 62https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/church.jpgchurchShiloh Methodist Churchhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hornets.jpghornetsThe Hornets Nest -- so peaceful on a beautiful fall day.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-pond.jpgthe pondThe small pond where it finally ended after two days of fighting.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tenn.jpgtennWonderful monument to Union and Confederate dead at Shiloh. Tennessee could have gone either way so "brother on brother" really happened.2012-10-19T13:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/15/alabamee-bound/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gumbo1.jpggumboGumbo-fest in Clifton. John's presence lowers the average age by a decade.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mem-tennesseesmall.jpgmem tennesseesmallMemsahib steaming up the Tennesseehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cop-white-sulphur.jpgCop White SulphurCopesetic at White Sulpher Creekhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fall.jpgfallFall is here --the difference is it was 83 degrees today!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/civil-war1.jpgcivil warWhere the Yanks and Rebs shot it out at Diamond Islandhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/palazzo.jpgpalazzoMedieval Italian palazzo is certainly the architectural style I would choose for a Tennessee River vacation househttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/clifton.jpgcliftonClifton, Tnhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gumbo.jpggumboGumbo-fest in Clifton. John's presence lowers the average age by a decade.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hamburg.jpghamburgHamburg to Clifton, TN is a long way to come for gumbo in a 31-footer.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/limestone.jpglimestoneLimestone formations add interest to the view.2012-10-15T13:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/11/tennessee-waltz/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/green-turtle.jpggreen turtleGreen Turtle Bay Marina -- never seen anything like it.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kentucky-lake.jpgKentucky LakeAny tows trying to run us over here? No sir!!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/copesetic.jpgCopeseticCopes boat in the morning mist at Ginger Bay.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kentucky-lake-ii.jpgKentucky Lake IIBeautiful, wide Kentucky Lake.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/leaves.jpgleavesLeaves are starting to turn all along the Tennessee.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/islands.jpgIslandsHarmon Creek islands make a perfect place to anchor.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/aurora.jpgauroraWe passed Aurora, a tiny 22-footer with a teensy engine. They've already made it from St. Paul, MN. And people think we're roughing it on Memsahib!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pork.jpgporkA two-inch pork chop at Patti's. Dan Brand just got a chill.2012-10-12T20:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/05/we-just-keep-rollin-along/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/casino.jpgCasinoFinal night's anchorage on the Ohio -- casino boat kicks the current (and barges away) and the mud holds like ironhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ohio-confluence.jpgOhio ConfluenceConfluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at dawn -- Ohio to the left. We had to leave at first light every day -- not popular with the crewhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/angelos.jpgAngelosOur post 102-mile day anchorage, Angelo's towheadhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/map.jpgmapAt one point in a 12 mile stretch we were going, north, south, east and westhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cape-gira.jpgCape GiraCape Giradeau, MO -- when you hear about flooding at in this region, it means the river is OVER those wallshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mother.jpgMotherThe Mother of Watershttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rockwood.jpgRockwoodFirst night anchorage -- all that sand is supposed to be waterhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hoppies.jpgHoppiesHoppies -- keepin' that electrical right up to codehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/blue-owl.jpgblue owlI bought John soul food at the Blue Owl in Kimmswick -- chicken and dumplings and coconut cream piehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/log.jpglogKimmswick -- log house2012-10-05T23:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/10/03/i-dont-want-to-wake-up/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/arch.jpgarch2012-10-03T23:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/29/life-on-the-mississippi/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/grafton.jpgGraftonDowntown Grafton. A dead ringer for Key West, right?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/trail.jpgtrailI doubt if I will every voluntarily stay at anyplace called "End of the Trail". Great logo -- dead cowboy on a dead horse.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lincoln-ice.jpgLincoln IceGrafton -- Lincoln is everywhere around herehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/confluence.jpgConfluenceConfluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers on a rainy morninghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cliffs.jpgcliffsSandstone cliffs line this part of the Mighty Mississiphttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/alton.jpgaltonAlton -- a bit grim from the marina side, but it gets betterhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/argosy.jpgargosyArgosy Casino, Altonhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/historic.jpghistoricAlton Historic Districthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ld.jpgldAlton -- Lincoln-Douglas Parkhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/telegraph.jpgtelegraphAlton Telegraph where Molly Cole worked as a cub reporter XX years ago.2012-10-01T14:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/24/playing-solitaire-in-the-illinois-river/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/morning-mist.jpgmorning mistMorning mist, Willow Islandhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/steaks.jpgsteaksSteaks on the barbie, Bar Islandhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/spirit.jpgspiritSpirit of Peoria cruises the river down to Grafton and back.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/peoria.jpgpeoriaPeoria from the river.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bald.jpgbaldEagle watching Memsahib. We have an eagle on the back the boat and hope one doesn't come courting.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cold.jpgcoldCaptain Coolhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cold-2.jpgcold 2John in cold moring attire -- socks on his hands since we didn't bring gloveshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bar.jpgbarBar Island Anchorage -- I was hoping they didn't mean "bear"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ferry.jpgferryFerry from East Bejesus to West Bejesushttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/willow-ancho.jpgwillow ancho2012-09-27T21:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/19/playing-in-peoria/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lockmaster-john.jpgLockmaster JohnLockmaster Johnhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/illinois-river.jpgIllinois Riverhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/peru-il.jpgPeru, IlPeru, IL. Just says little Huck Finn town, does't it?https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cranes.jpgcranesThousands of cranes on an island in Peoria Lakehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jumping_silver_carp_1.jpgJumping_Silver_Carp_1Carp -- we don't get this many, but sometimes 3 or 4. They are invasive and very tough on the native specieshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/henry.jpghenryLower Henry Island Anchoragehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/barges.jpgbargesTow with barges -- this one was 845 feet long!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/towboat.jpgtowboathttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ivy.jpgIVYIllinois Valley Yacht Club -- not too shabby2012-09-20T13:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/17/into-the-rivers/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/out-of-lock.jpgOut of lock heading into the Chcago Riverhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/first-view.jpgfirst viewView coming out of the lock -- ZOWEE!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/north-going-into-town.jpgnorth going into townView north going into the riverhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/south-going-in.jpgsouth going inView south heading into the riverhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/modern.jpgmodernOne of the better modern buildingshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wrigley.jpgwrigleyStill a classic -- the Wrigley Buildinghttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tribune.jpgtribuneTribune Tower -- I once had a meeting with Stan Cook in the castle-looking part at the top. His office was a dead ringer for Lord Crawley's in Downton Abbey.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/riv-walk.jpgriv walkThe river is lined with walkways, restaurants and fountains -- but very few peoplehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bridges.jpgbridgesThe bridges are LOW and we went under more than 40 of them in 5-mile stretchhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/taxi.jpgtaxiThese guys were running around everywhere. Passengers wave,obviously being water people2012-09-18T20:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/15/john-saves-memsahibs-voyage/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-14_14-17-55_46.jpg2012-09-14_14-17-55_462012-09-15T03:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/15/chicago-interlude/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/john-fsih.jpgJohn fsihMan Hugging Fish at Shedd Aquarium (looks suspiciously like former Chicago Community Organizer)https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chicago-mist.jpgchicago mistChicago coming out of the mist about 15 miles outhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cotter-b-e1347676593528.jpgcotter bBurnham Harborhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sers.jpgSersBurnham from Sears Towerhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/soldier.jpgsoldierSoldier Field on Game Dayhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sunset.jpgSunsetSunset from Memsahibhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/night.jpgnightBurnham Night Viewhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/me.jpgmeMe after 11 hours -- is tht Mount Gay on the horizon?2012-09-15T02:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/13/chicago-frontline-reunion/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/amb-21.jpgamb 2Cotter -- You missed the party!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/amb-12.jpgamb 1Look who motorcycled down to Memsahib!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/amb-11.jpgamb 12012-09-13T15:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/about/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/memsahib-sail.jpgMemsahib SailMemsahib the Motorsailerhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mem-base-crew.jpgMem base crewMemsahib's Base Crew -- Paul, Molly and Johnhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/memsahib-readt-to-go.jpgmemsahib readt to goMemsahib in Powerboat Guisehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/memsahiblineart3.jpgMemsahiblineart3Memsahib Arrangement Plan2012-09-08T03:15:15+00:00weekly0.6https://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/08/how-the-other-half-lives-south-haven-mi/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gl-maritime-museum.jpggl maritime museumGreat Lakes Maritime Museumhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sh-maina.jpgsh mainaSouth Haven Marina -- Almost Empty Post Labor Dayhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-09-05_14-23-27_858.jpg2012-09-05_14-23-27_858South Haven Shoppeshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/aaft2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGreat Lakes Fish Tughttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kahlenberg.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAKahlenberg2012-09-08T13:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/05/mistake-in-muskegon/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/musk.jpgmuskView from Marina, Muskegonhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/hat.jpghatAs promisedhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/393.jpg393Landiing Ship Tank 393https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/393-2.jpg393 2Door for the tanks2012-09-07T15:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/09/02/stuck-in-michigan/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/badger-entry.jpgBadger entryBadger coming up the tiny channel -- hundreds of people come out to watch every night at 7 https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/badger.jpgbadgerThe Great Badgerhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/trucks.jpgtrucksBadger full of truckshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bdger-bkcs.jpgbdger bkcsBadger backs into the dock on a anchor because there isn't enough room to turn around -- that ain't easy!!2012-09-02T02:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/where-we-are-now/2013-01-29T01:01:12+00:00weekly0.6https://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/08/30/up-in-michigan/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dunes-2.jpgDunes 2These have got to be 1000 feet high - water in this spot was 400 feet deep.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ship.jpgshipLake Michigan is dangerous enough -- and then one of these bad boys comes byhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/char-mar.jpgchar marCharlevoix Marinahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bakery.jpgbakeryBakery Steet, Charlevoixhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fishtown-falls.jpgfishtown fallsFalls in Fishtown https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fishtown.jpgfishtownLeland Fishtown Shoppes -- passed on the cheese, got some smoked whitefishhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/whitefish.jpgwhitefishWhitefish Boat -- They fish in lousy weather all year, so all the boats have roofs. They set and the nets from the windows in the side.https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dunes-1.jpgdunes 1Miles and miles of dunes and forest -- no harbors, very few houses or people2012-08-30T03:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/08/26/mackinac-island/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/street.jpgstreetFudge Streethttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/marina.jpgmarinaView from the marinahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/marina-from-fort.jpgmarina from fortThe marina as seen from the forthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mackinac-truck.jpgMackinac truckMacinac Island version of a truckhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/john-at-fort.jpgjohn at fortJohn the tourist from the forthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/gand.jpggandGrand Hotel -- it costs $7 each to sit on the porch so we didn'thttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ft-mackinac.jpgft. mackinacFort Mackinac -- well-preserved and presentedhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fancy-place.jpgfancy placeCarriage Hotel where Ray and I ate a great dinner -- server's family has lived on the island for 6 generations, but she lives in California now and was a little vague on island historyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cannon.jpgcannonCannon firing -- I love this stuff!!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/arch.jpgarchNatural arch on around-the-island bike ride2012-08-26T20:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/08/22/crew-and-a-special-island/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/presentation1.jpgPresentation1Outpost of Empire -- Drummond Island Customs Officehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bjorn.jpgbjornBosun Bjorn on strict Swedish Beer and Ice Cream diethttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chief-steward-ray.jpgChief Steward RayChief Steward Ray at his posthttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/chief-bosun-pat.jpgChief Bosun Pat"Hangdog" Harrishttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/surveyors-island-2.jpgSurveyor's Island 2House, Harbor and Tiarahttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/surveyors-island-1.jpgSurveyor's Island 1Gordon and Linda's Island2012-08-22T14:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/08/21/more-catching-up/2012-08-21T14:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/great-loop-map/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/thegreatestloop_beneteaumap4.jpgthegreatestloop_beneteaumaphttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/thegreatestloop_beneteaumap3.jpgthegreatestloop_beneteaumaphttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/thegreatestloop_beneteaumap2.jpgthegreatestloop_beneteaumaphttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/thegreatestloop_beneteaumap1.jpgthegreatestloop_beneteaumaphttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/thegreatestloop_beneteaumap.jpgthegreatestloop_beneteaumap2012-08-21T00:21:13+00:00weekly0.6https://memsahibsvoyage.com/2012/08/20/hello-world/https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sportsmans-inn.jpgSportsman's InnStayed 3 days at the very nice Sportsman's Innhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sandy-bay-anchorage.jpgSandy Bay AnchorageSandy Bay Anchorage -- I guess they call small boulders "sand"https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/really-old-rocks.jpgReally Old Rocks2 billion years of erosion creates fantastic rock formationshttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/point-au-baril-lighthouse.jpgPoint Au Baril LighthousePoint Au Barile Lighthousehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/no-passing-zone.jpgNo Passing ZoneSome of the channels are only one boat wide!https://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/memsahibs-neighbor.jpgMemsahib's NeighborSportsman's Gets some BIG boats -- our neighborhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/killarney-tall-ship.jpgKillarney Tall ShipKillarney is the only way to get through northern :Lake Huron so interesting traffic comes throughhttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/henrys.jpgHenry'sFirst Stop: Henry's Fish Restaurant -- You can only get there by boat or seaplanehttps://memsahibsvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/henrys-2.jpgHenry's 2Henry's 2 -- Great food -- as long as you like fried pike (I do)2012-08-20T14:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://memsahibsvoyage.comdaily1.02014-06-09T02:03:35+00:00