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The Journey of Memories: April 2008
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The Journey of Memories. The log and photos of George and Diana's trips cruising on their Gibson houseboat, Memories. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Some famous cruiser said the worst thing to have on a pleasure boat is a "Schedule", so we have abandoned. Ours, (the schedule not the plan). We will just wait and be patient (right). Because of heavy rain in MO and IA and melting snow in southern WI. Actually the Ohio and Missouri rivers both of which were in flood stage early have receded. Into the harbor and ...
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The Journey of Memories: May 2009
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The Journey of Memories. The log and photos of George and Diana's trips cruising on their Gibson houseboat, Memories. Monday, May 18, 2009. The River Gods are not co-operating. We had a nice dinner at a restaurant across the street and went to bed early. About midnight we. Had a major thunderstorm roll through. It turns out the wet roads we drove on were the back edge of a system that drop a fare amount of rain earlier in the day and the night storm was the second system of the day. Sunday morning we pac...
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The Journey of Memories: May 2008
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The Journey of Memories. The log and photos of George and Diana's trips cruising on their Gibson houseboat, Memories. Thursday, May 29, 2008. Time to move on. It is Thursday morning, maybe, I can’t keep track anymore. It is 60 degrees not a cloud in the sky and calm winds. Can I ask for more? The forecast is sunny 82 and light winds. Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The numbers are in. One of the primary reasons we bought this boat was because of the projected fuel economy of the small Yanmar. We have run 30 mil...
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The Journey of Memories: Mackinaw City
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The Journey of Memories. The log and photos of George and Diana's trips cruising on their Gibson houseboat, Memories. Friday, August 28, 2009. Thursday, August 27. The weather continues on the cool side, morning temperatures in the low to mid 50s and highs of barely 70. Today looked like a good travel day with a forecast for light SE winds, we are headed west. By 1:00 we are making the passage between Mackinac Island and Round Island. Diana gets. As we approach the harbor entrance the ferries are leaving...
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The Journey of Memories: Green Bay
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The Journey of Memories. The log and photos of George and Diana's trips cruising on their Gibson houseboat, Memories. Saturday, September 5, 2009. Saturday, September 5. Just a quick update, Thursday we had a nice day and travelled from Washington Island to Menominee. The skies were clear and the winds light. In the afternoon we walked from the marina to a nice sand beach just outside the breakwater. I think Diana has some pictures, I will add them to this post later. Di and george;. See the earlist post...
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The Journey of Memories: September 2008
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The Journey of Memories. The log and photos of George and Diana's trips cruising on their Gibson houseboat, Memories. Saturday, September 27, 2008. Friday, September 26. We took our time getting underway this morning; it was another clear cool beautiful morning. We all took advantage of the marina showers and finally got off about 9:00. Today we had a short day with just 35 miles to Chattanooga and no locks. This is one of the most scenic stretches of the entire river; we took our time and enjoyed. On th...