Saturday, July 11, 2009

July 2, 2009: Headed Home




We packed up to leave the Next Thirty Years today and reflected on the marvelous journey. It was filled with new experiences and sights of nature and culture. We left on April 20, 2008 and returned on July 1, 2009 – 14 months and 2 weeks in duration (although we did spend some time at home). We traveled 7000 miles in our 46 foot cruiser and it has really been a cozy home, navigating rivers and creeks and canals and locks and great lakes and even the Atlantic to the Bahamas. This has been a once in a lifetime adventure never to be forgotten.

How could we forget:

  • Mackinaw Island
  • Cruising around Manhattan at night and seeing the lights of NYC
  • Anchoring out for a couple of days in secluded Lake Champlain
  • Watching the fireworks over the Jacque-Cartier bridge in Montreal
  • Tangier island and the crab hotel
  • Our Beaver Island rescue after running out of fuel in Lake Michigan
  • The Big Chute Marine Railroad
  • The massive rocks in the terrain of the Georgia Bay
  • The engineering of the see saw lock
  • Cruising through Chicago
  • The colonies of white pelicans
  • The turbulent and silty Mississippi with her loaded barges
  • Being stranded in Ottawa, Ill by the flooding of the Illinois River
  • Cheering at the Titans football game in Nashville
  • The flying fish in the deep Atlantic
  • Snorkeling in the Florida Keys
  • Being caught in the thunderstorm at Edisto Island
  • The white sand and turquoise water of the Abaco Islands
  • The Old Bahama Baptist Church worship service
  • The primitive beauty of the still waters or Black Creek, Fl
  • Taking the dinghy to lunch across Bogue Sound to the Crab Shack
  • The sunset over the railroad bridge in New Bern

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing the journey! I have enjoyed sharing the journey as I've read your blogs.

WELCOME HOME!

Kay

Anonymous said...

Hello, thanks for blog. I found it sometime ago and have enjoyed your stories since. Congratulations on a voyage well sailed!