I wrote earlier about camping up north with my friends and how I could of stayed, well I can show you just what I mean look at these pics you tell me if its fun? Frank and I were just there last week and he wanted to stay longer not to mention we have no car, just beg borrow and no not steal.

Now we are into Sept. I and frank have spent alot of time with family, something we haven't been able to do in 5yrs of crusing. Winding down from the summer the kids are getting ready for school and we are happy to see them go. Love them truly, we had them on the boat for a night and took some camping just able to spend time is a joy. Frank really enjoys them when they go back to mom and dad. Being able to see them grow is a grandma and papa joy. We are waiting for number eight, they are working it as I write. Not all of them are in the pics. One weekend at the park.

For the holiday weekend we are going out for anchor with all our friends from the marinas. Hope to have pics. Its time I get myself ready so I will be back after the weekend.

here are a few more of our times with the power squadron,the corn roast and cardboard boat race.

summer pics in Mi.

Our commanders ball with a pig roast and a few laughs, with Pam, commander.

Here we are in MI.

hello everyone its been a long hot summer so far. since I last been on the blog, we have been busy taking care of mother which she now is doing; LETS SAY GOOD! and we are happy with that. June went so fast there wasn't much to say then come the July mth and seems it was busy again. I did get to go Noth camping with my girl friends. As always had a great time, & wanted to stay up in the woods longer. I think I could live on the property for a summer with a outhouse, river' & a cook hut, the bonus is camp fire, peace and quiet... what else can a person ask for!!
Had our commanders ball, will show pics. The theme was lu ah with pig roast. earlier in the spring our commander ( Pam ) some of you may of met her while visiting at GTB on the peacekeeper,anyway she assigned Frank as her aide what a job he had! As for that he is a busy aide to one strong commander and still going.. As Aug, come we around we had a corn roast, the squadron puts on and we all build cardboard boats for a race in the water, now thats funny (will show pics) I beat frank and his River Rat. Mine was a Barge as I named it Cindys on the Barge! Its been fun catching up with the friends from the squdron now they want us to get more involved again Like teach class this winter. Will see Frank is the one for that I can grade papers.
Even with the fun we been having still get to babysit the grandkids now and then, which for me is a joy, & to Frank its a job!! they are all growing so fast. will show pics. Even this week we are sitting for the dog, have to stay at the house every night miss our own home (boat). Soon we will be putting the boat up so a house will become more acustom to us as we go into winter. Well I will catch up soon again hope all is good everywhere on the flip side..

Now we have been cruising for mths and the sights you may see can be unbelievable. From KY to Mi. we have been in a marina as little as possible. Like 7mths cruising & 5times in a marina other than our stay at dowry creek. We consider that a stop for work and visiting friends. So the more we have been up and around the east coast there is still things you miss. Seems like we were in New York forever but the erie canel is all worth the cruise at a speed of 10 the max. The little gator friend was happy to eat chips he hung around lk a pet waiting for his treat. the locks are work for some others have a great time with them traversing up and down the canel. Here is a group of people enjoying the day. As we got closer to buffalo the weather was turning more against us as for crossing the lake Erie and that can be a bitch. We watch the weather and moved as far as we could. In Tonawanda NY. we tied to a wall, as we were there we saw a trawler that was on the tenn tom when we were cruising south in Oct. can you beleive that! Oh my after 6mths we see this boat again. They are going the same way as us. We left the wall the next morn. went as far as Fairport OH. 125mi. a long day. anchored there woke up to see thatboat anchored with us they came in late morn. This is were the weather tried our wits the winds were 15-20 gust 25-30 waves 3-5 building to4-6 in the afternoon we had 125 mi to go. should we stay or should we go? So we went took a beating the first 5hrs then it calm down to 2-3 for the later part of the trip it was ok. So good to be put for a time.

We are here and taking a break!! I will keep you posted and keep in touch with you all..

we have been cruising the east coast for 3mths so far and have had a great time in doing so. Many stops to catch up with friends and waiting out for friends to catch up to us. We did get to the chesepeake and hung out there for 3-4 weeks. "love the bay". Before that we had a good visit at dowry creek in NC. That marina is like home to us. After a great time there we made way north as you seen the dismal swamp, through NC to VA. We are happy to be in New York, seeing some of the sights we just adored and seeing new sights. A town called Coxsackie was alot of fun for us this time around. We met people from the yacht club that just took us in like old friends. I even thought I could of stayed and lived there for awhile. We become CYC members as we have been in KY. Never go without a good time on the peacekeeper. So we did have to say good-bye and make way north will see them again, we made way again, up north more we seen our friend (Fred) his boat "North Star" was anchored out too bad he was out for the day see ya next time Fred. Hope he makes it to Mi. Today we are in the western half of the Erie, around Rochester. this half of the Erie has many towns that offer boaters all the amenities we need. As long as you can clear brdgs. at a height of 15.9 the lowest. They don't see many big boats around here. So this is a sight to see us on the river. These brdgs lift to 17ft. so we can get through. cruising under some of these brdgs just takes our breath away.Well we have to move to buffalo in a day or so to make Mi. by Wed. the 9th June. Hope the weather holds out, will let you know how it does. Enjoy the pics.