Come & see what we see & do (Boatwithus) Jerry L, Dee B & Miko our dog ! ! ! ! ! !

WE ARE OUT OF HERE! ! ! ! !

2008-08-03T16:18:00.002-04:00

OK WORLD WE ARE NOT POSTING ON THIS ONE MORE AS I HAVE FOUND A NEW HOME AND HOPE THIS IS MORE BETTER. YOU CAN NOW FIND US AT. http://deannal.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/new-blog/
SO COME ON OVER AND SEE OUR NEW HOME/SITE...

WEEKEND WITH HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS... NEW ORLEANS LA......

2008-08-01T22:57:00.022-04:00

SO WE WENT DOWN TOWN TO THE FRENCH QUARTERS AND THERE WAS A FREE CONCERT THERE. WE WERE THERE A LITTLE EARLY AND HAD SOME DINNER AT THIS BAR . JERRY HAD A SANDWICH CALL A POUR-BOY WITH SHRIMP. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS REALLY GOOD.
THE CONCERT WAS NEXT TO THE HARD ROCK CAFE, WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR A PRAT IVE PARTY , SO WE COULDN'T GO IN.

WELL IT IS HARD TO SEE BUT THE RED LIGHTS IN THE WINDOW SAYS {COYOTE UGLY} AND NO WE DIDN'T GO IN THERE EITHER.

THIS IS A MALL, BUT WAS A BREWERY WAY BACK WHEN.

THIS GUY WAS STANDING ON THE CORNER AND HIS SUIT HAS ALL COLORS OF BEADS HANGING FROM IT.
WELL IT MEANS {FOOTBALL} THERE WAS A BIG GAME ON SUNDAY.

THE STAGE AND WE WAIT.THERE WAS A WARM-UP BANDS AND THEY WERE GOOD TOO, sorry don't remember there names.BEFORE HUEY LEWIS COULD COME ON STAGE WE HAD SOME RAIN AND LOTS OF IT, WE WAITED FOR AWHILE AND THEN I SAID NO MORE GETTING WET. SO WE WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT A UMBRELLA TO TRY AND STAY DRY. hahahaha.

THESE ARE CHEERLEADRES FROM A FEW OF THE STATESTHESE TENTS WERE OVER THE BAND FOR HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS. IT WAS GOOD THEY HAD THEM COVERED CAUSE THE RAIN CAME DOWN ON THE STAGE AND THEY HAD TO DRY IT ALL OFF BEFORE HUEY COULD COME OUT TO SING AND HE WAS ABOUT 45MINS TO A HOUR LATE THEN WAS SAID HE WOULD BE ON STAGE. AND THERE HE IS LIVE HE WAS GREAT.

WE WENT BACK TO THE BAR AND WE HEARD HUEY REALLY GOOD AND HAD A COCKTAIL OR TWO.

BLOG READERS ????

2008-07-22T18:06:00.003-04:00

WELL WE DIDN'T A WHOLE LOT OF INTERNET SERVICE AS WE WERE COMING BACK FROM PORT ISABEL TEXAS SO I HAVE DONE A CATCH UP ON US, JUST SO YOU GET THE WHOLE STORY GO TO ie: NEW ORLEANS HERE WE COME , BACK READ BACKWARDS. WE ARE IN NEW ORLEANS NOW AND WE ARE STAYING HERE FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH, BUT MAYBE LONGER IF THE JOB COMES THROUGH. WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANY MORE ABOUT IT. WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU ALL UP TO DATE ON US.
SURE GLAD WE ARE NOT IN PORT ISABEL/ SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TX. NOW WITH THAT HURRICANE GOING TO HIT THERE...
WE ARE ALL SAFE AND SOUND HERE. YOU ALL TAKE CARE LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL BACK IN CANADA....
THE HOUSEBOAT FOLKS.

ON THE HOOK AT FLEMING CANAL STORE...

2008-07-21T22:36:00.007-04:00

HERE WE ARE OFF THE CHANNEL AWAY FROM ANY RIVER TRAFFIC A NICE QUIET PLACE TO STAY FOR THE NIGHT. THEN WE HERE THIS ROARING SO WE GO OUTSIDE AND START TO LOOK AROUND AND WE SEE THESE BOATS COMING INTO THE CANAL, THERE AT LEAST EIGHT OR TEN OF THESE AIR BOATS AND THEY ARE FULL OF PEOPLE. AS THEY CLOSER AND GO BY US IT SAYS { GATOR TOUR} ON THE BACK OF THEM.

BOY THEY ARE NOSEY BOAT YOU NEED EAR PLUGS TO RIDE ON THEM.

WE HAVE 15 TO 18 MILES LEFT TO GET TO

NEW ORLEANS LA. SO WE GET UP AND GET A EARLY START IN THE MORNING.

MORGAN CITY

2008-07-21T20:02:00.007-04:00

OK WE ARE BACK IN MORGAN CITY FREE DOCKS WE HAVE BEEN HERE A WEEK, THE FIRST THREE DAY'S WE WERE HERE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IT RAINED AND THEN THE HUMIDITY WAS UP. A SHRIMP BOAT PULLED IN ON WEDNESDAY SO WE BOUGHT SOME FROM THEM. WE BOUGHT 6LBS AND THEN HAD TO CLEAN THEM ALL. SO AFTER THEY ARE ALL CLEANED AND BAGGED WE END UP WITH FOUR SMALL BAGS IN THE FREEZER AND HAD SOME FOR DINNER WITH OUR STEAK. AND THEY WERE GOOD.
AND THE NEXT DAY ANOTHER SHRIMP BOAT PULLS IN, IN BETWEEN US AND THE FIRST ONE, WELL WE DIDN'T SEE HIM PULL IN BUT LATER I LET THE DOG OUT AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE TOUCHING US. BUT THEY WEREN'T BUT THEY ARE DAM CLOSE I CAN STAND ON THE BOW OF OUR BOAT AND TOUCH THERE ANCHOR WITH- OUT ANY TROUBLE. AND THE SIGN BEHIND US SAYS;
THERE ARE SHRIMP BOATS IN FRONT OF US AND SHRIMP BOATS BEHIND US NO ROOM FOR PLEASURE BOATS, OR MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT ANY OF US TO DOCK HERE.
SO ARE GOING TO LEAVE HERE TUESDAY MORNING AND HEAD TO NEW ORLEANS IT WILL TAKE US TWO DAYS TO
GET THERE AS WE ARE 95 MILES AWAY. WILL DROP SOME MORE ON HERE WHEN WE GET THERE.
AND AFTER BEING HERE A WEEK SOME GUY COMES OVER AND KNOCKS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, SO JERRY GOES OUT TO TALK TO HIM. HE SAYS HE IS FROM THE TOWN HALL AND IT COSTS $20.00 PER NIGHT TO STAY HERE, SO WE SAID NOT A PROBLEM. SO WE STAYED 9 DAYS IN ALL AND THEN WE FUELED UP AND HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS. BUT WE HAVE TO STAY ONE NIGHT ON THE HOOK. AND THE PLACE WE STAYED WHEN WE CAME DOWN THIS WAY A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS FLEMING CANAL STORE, IT IS OFF THE RIVER. SO OFF WE GO...

THE 4th OF JULY.... ON LAKE CHARLES LA.

2008-07-20T18:08:00.019-04:00

HERE WE ARE ON LAKE CHARLES AWAITING THE FIREWORKS. IN THIS PICTURE THESE BOAT ARE TIGHED TOGETHER WAITING THE FIREWORKS.

SOME HOUSES THAT ARE ON THE LAKE,

MORE BOATS COMING IN.

NICE HOME OVER LOOKING THE LAKE.

IT IS STARTING TO GET DARK.

THE SUN IS GOING DOWN.

IT IS DARK AND WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE LIGHT SHOW.

AND THEN THEY START.

THEY WERE REALLY GOOD BUT THEY ONLY LASTED ABOUT 20 min's

WE STAYED ANCHORED THERE FOR THE NIGHT AND LEFT IN THE MORNING.
THE NEXT NIGHT WE STAYED ON THE RIVER.SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE PULLED INTO SHELL MORGAN TO GET FUEL BUT THEY WERE CLOSED, SO WE JUST TIGHTED UP FOR THE NIGHT. FUELED UP THE NEXT MORNING AND OFF WE WENT TO MORGAN CITY. WE ARE ONLY ABOUT 160 MILES TO NEW ORLEANS.

FIRE IN THE MARSH LAND ????

2008-07-20T17:29:00.014-04:00

AS WE WERE HEADING TOWARDS RAINBOW MARINA WE COULD SEE THIS SMOKE IN A DISTANCE, JUST NOT SURE WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. A FEW BARGES CAME FROM THAT WAY SO WE ASK WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT CLOSE TO THE WATER SO THEY WEREN'T SURE EITHER.

MADE IT THROW JUST A BIT OF SMOKE THAT WAS OVER THE RIVER, BUT DIDN'T STOP US FROM GOING.
NEXT STOP RAINBOW BRIDGE, PORT ARTHUR TEXAS
WE ANCHORED OUT THERE TOO
OFF THE CHANNEL AWAY FROM BARGES. THINGS WERE GOING GOOD HAD DINNER AND JUST GOING TO SETTLE IN TO WATCH A MOVIE AND THEN WE HAD NO POWER. SO JERRY GOES OUT TO SEE AND TRY SOME THINGS AND WE AREN'T GETTING FUEL SO HE THINKS IT IS THE FUEL PUMP. SO HERE WE ARE AT 11pm, WITH BUGS EATING YOU A LIVE CHANGING THE FUEL PUMP ON THE GENERATOR, GOOD THING WE HAD ANOTHER ONE. GET THAT THE DONE AND THEN WE WEREN'T INSERTED IN A MOVIE, SO OFF TO BED.

NEXT STOP BOWTIE MARINA OFF OF LAKE CHARLES.

LOST LAKE ..ON THE HOOK.....

2008-07-20T16:28:00.009-04:00

THIS A FLARE WE COULD SEE FROM LOST LAKE. WE COULDN'T HELP MAKING A COMMENT ON HOW THEY COULD DO THAT WITH THE PRICE OF GAS????

THIS ALONG SIDE THE RIVER, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO LAWN CHAIRS AND A SIGN THAT SAYS {R & J PLACE} AND THERE IS NOTHING FOR MILES. JUST A BIT OF BOATING HUMOR. LOL

THIS IS LOST LAKE WE ANCHORED OUT HERE FOR THE NIGHT, STAYING OFF THE MAIN RIVER AND AWAY FROM ANY BARGES. AS THEY ARE COMING AND GOING ALL THE TIME.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SHORE LINE AT LOST LAKE.

THERE SOME KIND OF WILD FLOWERS GROWING OVER ON THE SHORE.

WE DECIDE TO DO SOME FISHING WHILE WE WERE AT LOST LAKE JUST TO KILL SOME TIME AND IT WAS SUCH A NICE QUIET PLACE, AND THE FISH WERE JUMPING LOTS.

NO WE DIDN'T CATCH ANYTHING

JUST FEED THEM {the fish that is}. STORY OF OUR LIFE'S. LOL

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND I SEE A FACE IN IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A GHOST. can you see it???

THE DOLFINS! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2008-07-20T00:13:00.007-04:00

HERE ARE SOME DOLFINS THAT WERE PLAYING AROUND BEHIND US WHILE WE WERE ANCHOR OUT AT PORT O'CONNER. AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ON THE SHORE SIDE THERE ARE SOME POST THAT WE ALMOST GOT DINGLED UP IN, WHICH THIS PART OF THE RIVER PRETTY WIDE.{ WHICH IF YOU JUST TUNED IN} READ FROM BOTTOM UP (1. new orleans) THAT IS WHEN WE LEFT PORT ISABEL AND STARTED OUR WAY BACK TO NEW ORLEANS.

THIS IS IN FREEPORT TX. THE DOLFINS WERE JUST SWIMING IN ARE WAKE. NOT SURE ON HOW MANY THERE WERE BUT I WATCHED THEM FOR AWHILE.

ON OUR WAY DOWN TO BROWNISVILLE TX. WE STAYED AT FREEPORT, AND IT WAS COSTLY $75.00 A NIGHT AND THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, no stores, or resturants. there was a west marine store, but it was a bit of a bike ride. SO WE SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO STAY THERE AGAIN AND IT WAS HARD TO GET IN AND OUT OF. SO WE JUST KEPT GOING.

NEXT NIGHT ON THE HOOK AT LOST LAKE.

MORGAN CITY LA

2008-07-13T19:12:00.022-04:00

OK WE ARE BACK IN MORGAN CITY FREE DOCKS WE HAVE BEEN HERE AWEEK, THE FRIST THREE DAY'S WE WERE HERE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IT RAINED AND THEN THE HUMITDY WAS UP. A SHRIMP BOAT PULLED IN ON WEDNESDAY SO WE BOUGHT SOME FROM THEM. WE BOUGHT 6LBS AND THEN HAD TO CLEAN THEM ALL.
SO AFTER THEY ARE ALL CLEANED AND BAGGED WE END UP WITH FOUR SMALL BAGS IN THE FREZER AND HAD SOME FOR DINNER WITH OUR STEAK. AND THEY WERE GOOD.

AND THE NEXT DAY ANOTHER SHRIMP BOAT PULLS IN, IN BETWEEN US AND THE FRIST ONE, WELL WE DIDN'T SEE HIM PULL IN BUT LATER I LET THE DOG OUT AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE TOUCHING US. BUT THEY WEREN'T BUT THEY ARE DAM CLOSE I CAN STAND ON THE BOW OF OUR BOAT AND TOUCH THERE ANCHOR WITH- OUT ANY TROUBLE. AND THE SIGN BEHIND US SAYS;

THERE ARE SHRIMP BOATS IN FRONT OF US AND SHRIMP BOATS BEHIND US NO ROOM FOR PLEASURE BOATS, OR MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT ANY OF US TO DOCK HERE.

SO ARE GOING TO LEAVE HERE TUSEDAY MORNING AND HEAD TO NEW ORLEANS IT WILL TAKE US TWO DAYS TO

GET THERE AS WE ARE 95 MILES AWAY.
WILL DROP SOME MORE ON HERE WHEN WE GET THERE.

AND AFTER BEING HERE A WEEK SOME GUY COMES OVER AND KNOCKS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, SO JERRY GOES OUT TO TALK TO HIM. HE SAYS HE IS FROM THE TOWN HALL AND IT COSTS $20.00 PER NIGHT TO STAY HERE, SO WE SAID NOT A PROBLEM. SO WE STAYED 9 DAYS IN ALL AND THEN WE FUELED UP AND HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS. BUT WE HAVE TO STAY ONE NIGHT ON THE HOOK. AND THE PLACE WE STAYED WHEN WE CAME DOWN THIS WAY A FEW MONTHS AGO WAS FLEMING CANAL STORE, IT IS OFF THE RIVER. SO OFF WE GO...

NEW ORLEANS HERE WE COME! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2008-06-19T21:37:00.016-04:00

OK SO I KNOW IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH BUT HERE IT COMES : AND YES WE ARE IN NEW ORLEANS AND WE ARE PLANNING ON BEING HERE A MONTH.

YES WE ARE LEAVING HERE AND HEADING BACK UP GICW ie: gulf intracoastal waterways. JERRY IS GOING TO DO A JOB THERE AT GARY VILLE IT IS BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE THEY ARE SAYING SIX MONTHS BUT WE KNOW IT WILL BE LONGER. THEY ALWAYS ARE LONGER THAN THEY SAY. WE ARE NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DROP ANCHOR YET, WE HOPE IT WILL BE CLOSE TO GARY VILLE. AND WE ARE NOT SURE A START DATE YET. IT SHOULD TAKE US ABOUT A WEEK TO GET BACK TO NEW ORLEANS . WE ARE ONLY STOPPING FOR FUEL AND TO SLEEP.
June 22/08 THIS IN TWO PARTS OR MAYBE THREE. WELL WE LEFT PORT ISABEL SATURDAY MORNING AT ABOUT 7:20 am. WE GOT THOUGHT THE SWING BRIDGE IN GOOD TIME, BEING IT WAS SAT. THREE WASN'T TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. WE WERE MAKING GOOD TIME THINGS WERE GOING PRETTY GOOD AND THEN WE WERE GETTING INTO SOME SHALLOW WATER AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT WE WERE ON A SAND BAR, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHANNEL. WELL JERRY GOT US OFF OF IT, AND THE NEXT PORT WAS ABOUT 32 MILES AWAY AND WE AREN'T EVEN HALF WAY THERE,AND ALREADY RUNNING A GROUND, THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING, SO NOW IT IS MY TURN TO DRIVE AND THE WIND IS BLOWING AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP ON COARSE, I AM DOING MY BEST TO IT OFF THE SAND BARS, BUT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING. I GOT US ON A SAND BAR GOOD. JERRY TOOK OVER AND TRIED AND TRIED TO GET US OFF. IT TOOK SOME DOING BUT HE GOT US OFF, BUT NOT WITHOUT DAMAGE. WE HAD A BAD VIBRATION ON THE PORT SIDE. WELL WE DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH FURTHER AND IT WAS JUST TO HARD TO KEEP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIVER, SO WE BEACHED IT ON A SANDY SPOT. WE CALLED FOR A TOW AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T COME UNTIL MORNING, SO THAT WAS FINE WITH US. THE NEXT MORNING THEY CALLED AND SAID THERE TOW BOAT NEEDED REPAIRS AND WOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT TO US UNTIL MONDAY NOW, BUT THEY WOULD KNOW MORE AS THE DAY PROGRESSED THEY WOULD LET US KNOW. BUT IF THINGS CHANGED WITH US WE WERE TO LET THEM KNOW.
THESE PIC'S ARE OF THE ANCHOR THAT JERRY JUMP

OFF THE BOAT AND TOOK IT IN AND SUNKIT IN THE MUD, SO WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. AND WE DIDN'T.

SO WE STAYED HERE FOR THE NIGHT WAITING FOR THE TOW BOAT TO COME IN THE MORNING TO PICK US UP.

SOTHE TOW BOAT MAN CALLED IN THE MORNING, AND SAID THERE BOAT WAS BROKEN DOWN AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME OUT NOW UNTIL MONDAY. SO WE SAID OK WE WOULD WAIT. SO JERRY DECIDCED TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO TO GET US GOING.
WELL JERRY DISCONNECTED THE PORT SIDE RUDDER AS IT WAS BENT AND THE PIN WAS BROKEN SO IT DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH THE OTHER ONE. SO WE GOT IT WORKING, WE ARE ONLY TRAVELING THE ONE MOTOR AND ONE RUDDER. AND WE HAD 70 MILES TO GO TO GET TO A MARINA TO GET US FIXED, SO OFF WE WENT STAYING OFF THE SAND BARS. AND THERE WAS NO WIND TODAY. WE GOT WITH IN 12 MILES AND RAN OUT OFF DAYLIGHT. SO WE WERE IN A BUSY SHIPPING CHANNEL AND WE DROPPED ANCHOR. WELL WITH THE WIND AND CURTAIN WE ENDED UP ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH WAS NOT GOOD. WE TRIED TO GET OUR BACK END AROUND AND GET ANOTHER ANCHOR TO GET US OUT OF THE MIDDLE BUT IT DIDN'T WORK THE ANCHOR DIDN'T HOLD. SO AFTER TWO TO THREE TRY'S WE GAVE UP. A BARGE CAME BY AND SAID WE COULD NOT STAY THERE, THEY WOULD CALL THE COAST GUARD TO COME AND HELP US.. SO WE WAIT. ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER THEY SHOW UP. JERRY HAD GONE TO BED, BUT WAS NOT GOING TO SLEEP WITH US THIS WAY. SO THE BOYS SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING THEY WOULD CALL US TOW, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE 45 MINUTES TO GET HERE. SO OKAY WE WAIT. SO 2AM HE SHOWS UP AND IT IS THE SAME ONE THAT COULDN'T COME THIS MORNING TO GET US. SO AFTER GETTING THE ANCHORS UP WHICH THE BACK ONE HAD NOW CAUGHT AND WAS HARD TO GET OUT, WE ARE OFF TO {HOUSE OF BOATS} WE GOT THERE ABOUT 4:30 AM GOT THINGS ALL TAKEN CARE OF SO OFF TO BED WE GO. NOW ABOUT 5AM . MONDAY MORNING AT ABOUT 8AM THERE COMES A BANG BANG ON THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, SO I GET UP AND IT IS THE OWNER OF THE MARINA. SAID SO WE MADE IT FINALLY , I SAID YES AT 5 AM HAD TO GET A TOW FOR THE LAST 12 MILES. SO WE COULD USE SOME MORE SLEEP. HE SAID OK LATER WHEN WE GET UP JUST COME AND SEE HIM, OK. WELL IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS THAT LONG AND HE WAS BACK BANGING ON THE BOAT AGAIN SO I SAID JERRY YOU GET UP THIS TIME. SO UP HE GETS, IT WASN'T LONG AND WE WERE BEING PULLED OUT OF THE WATER TO SEE THE DAMAGES. SO RUDDER IS BENT AND PROP IS BENT TOO, BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE BOTH OF THEM, CAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT SIZES. SO IT IS OFF TO DRY DOCK. THEY ALSO SAY WE HAVE SAND IN THE PUMPS SO THEY NEED TO BE FLUSHED AND SOME WORK ON THEM. OK SO LETS GET IT DONE

SO WE GET IT ALL FIXED AND BACK IN THE WATER LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SO WE HEAD OVER TO FUEL IT UP, WELL AFTER ALMOST BUYING ANOTHER BOAT OR PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS TO IT WE GOT A FULL TANK OF GAS AND WE ARE HEADING TO THE NEXT MARINA WHICH IS ONLY THREE MILES AWAY. AND THE WIND IS BLOWING PRETTY GOOD . WE HAD SOME PRETTY ROUGH WATER , WE WERE POCKING & ROLLING GOOD. WE SURE WERE GLAD THAT WASN'T ANY FUTHER. SO WE PULL INTO KEY ALLERGO. STAYED THERE FOR THE NIGHT NICE PLACE AND VERY NICE PEOPLE WHO MANAGE OR OWN THE PLACE.

JUNE 28/08

SO WE GET UP AND GET READY TO PULL OUT, JERRY IS TRYING TO GET THE BACK OF THE BOAT OUT AND AWAY FROM THE DOCK. BUT OF CORSE THE WIND IS BLOWING US INTO THE DOCK. THE MANGER COMES OVER TO HELP US, WELL JERRY AND HIM HAVE A CHAT AND WELL NOT SURE WHO WAS LISTENING TO WHO BUT WE GOT AWAY BUT BEFORE WE WERE TOO FAR THE MANGER HOLLAER'S TO US THE DINKY IS UPSIDE DOWN, I TOLD HIM OK WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. SO I WENT INSIDE AND TOLD JERRY , HE SAID YOU DRIVE AND HE WENT BACK TO TAKE CARE OF IT. WELL HE CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THE CASEING AROUND THE MOTOR WAS BROKEN CAP WAS GONE AND A ORE WAS GONE AND IT ALMOST RIPPED OFF THE STARBOAD SIDE OF THE DAVIT, AND SOME OTHER STUFF WHICH HAD GOT BROKEN. SO HE SAID HE WAS TAKING THE DAVITS OFF AND PUT THE DINKY AWAY.

SO THAT NIGHT WE ANCHOR OUT AT PORT O'CONNER, WE BEACHED IT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ICW ie: intrcoastal waterway . NOW THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN THE RIVER, AND THE TIDE IS OUT OR ALMOST OUT.

SO WE PUT ANCHORS OUT BUT THE ONE IN THE FRONT WE CAN SEE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK TO BE IN THAT GOOD, BUT WE WATCH IT . WE HAD SOME DOLFINS PLAYING BEHIND US TOOK A VIDEO OF THEM AS THEY WERE TOO FAST TO GET A STILL PIC OF THEM. SO WE HAVE DINNER WATCH A MOVIE OR TWO. NOW JERRY GOSE TO BED, BUT BEFORE HE GOSE TO BED HE CHECKS AGAIN. THINGS LOOK OKAY. NOW AN HOUR OR SO LATER I CHECK THNIGS STILL THE SAME. SO I GO TO BED. WELL THE DOG WAKES ME UP HE WANTS OUT, NOW TWO HOURS SINCE I LAST CHECKED. THINGS LOOK THE SAME BUT THE TIDE IS COMING IN AND OUR ANCHOR IS GETTING IN DEEPER WATER, BUT I CAN STILL SEE IT WITH THE FLASH-LIGHT. BACK TO BED. AND NOW IT IS AFTER 3AM JUST GET BACK IN BED AND I HERE SOMETHING SO GET BACK UP TO CHECK. NOW WHEN WE ARE ANCHORED OUT I AM A VERY LIGHT SLEEPER. SO I CHECK THINGS AGAIN, AND JERRY GETS UP TO SEE WHY I AM UP. THINGS ARE STILL THE SAME SO BACK TO BED WE GO. WELL I AM UP AGAIN AT 4AM CHECKING AND TIDE IS IN EVEN MORE, BUT WITH THE FLASH-LIGHT I CAN STILL SEE THE ANCHOR. BACK TO BED. JERRY ASKS IF THINGS ARE OK, I SAID YES. SO ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER JERRY GETS UP AND SAID THINGS JUST DON'T FEEL RIGHT, HE CAME UP TO THE DOOR AND LOOKED OUT AND WELL ALL I HEARD IS HOLLY SHIT WE ARE ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE RIVER. WELL WE DID SOME SCRABBLAM BECAUSE THERE WERE PILEOLNGS IN THE WATER AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS UNDER THE WATER OR HOW DEEP IT WAS, WELL LETS JUST SAY WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT WE WEREN'T HIT AND WE HAD NO DAMAGE DONE TO THE BOAT WE WERE PRETTY EXICTED UNTIL WE GOT OUT OF THERE. SORRY NO PIC'S WERE JUST WORRIED ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THERE. WILL POINT OUT SOME THINGS IN THE NEXT POST.

THE IS GOOD AND WE ARE SAFE...

OUR BOAT AS IT IS {FOR SALE}....

2008-05-29T23:42:00.020-04:00

Ok here it is, our boat has been all redone in hard wood. This is our bedroom or the stateroom with the dresser, clothes closet and linen closet.

This is the door way the our water tanks and the grey tank and all that good stuff. And the stairs go up the galley and salon area.

This door is to our food pantry and next to that is our full size fridge.
This is the left side of galley, with a three burner stove and oven. Which Jerry doesn't like me to use.
We had this space back in the corner, well lets just say it was a pain in you know what ! So we put a drawer in it so you can pull it out and get to things. It is perfect for the coffee maker and toaster.

This is the left side of galley.This is galley, in all.

The salon and our love seat.

Salon floor, that we put in a year ago.

The helm and driving chair, on the left side we put in a cupboard for books and our DVDs works well.

This the way down to the cutty cabin, and the washer and dryer.

Cutty cabin bed, and the next is some storage area.The middle between the bed and storage.Well there it is all done on the inside, well almost we didn't change our tub/shower. We were going to put ceramic in the shower. But now that we are selling it we are not spending that money on it.

We have had no one over to look at it yet. We are leaving here by about the 10 of June, heading back to New Orleans as Jerry could have work up that way for about six months.

So everyone stay safe and healthy until next time.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2008-05-28T01:24:00.003-04:00

WELL ONE YEAR AGO TODAY WE STARTED THIS ADVENTURE, IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE IT HAS BEEN A YEAR. WE HAVE PUT THE BOAT UP FOR SALE BUT REALLY NOT IN )A BIG HURRY TO SELL IT. WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK AND SEE SOME THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE TIME TO SEE. JERRY HAS GOT A CALL TO DO A SMALL JOB ABOUT 40 MILES FROM NEW ORLEANS STARTS ABOUT JULY 1 OR SO, WHICH GOOD CAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE MORE OF THAT AREA. OH YEAH THIS SMALL JOB, WELL THEY SAY 6 MONTHS. BUT WE ALL KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. LOL.. WE HAVE HAD SOME NICE NOT AND HUMID WEATHER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT WE ARE NOT COMPILING. WE WILL TAKE THE HEAT OVER THE COLD, ANY DAY NOW THAT IS. WE HAVE FINISHED THE BOAT IN HARD WOOD, WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO ALL OF THE CUTTY CABIN, WE WERE ONLY GOING TO DO THE FLOOR. BUT WHEN WE PULLED UP THE CARPET THE WALLS DIDN'T GO TO TO THE FLOOR AS THE CARPET WAS CURLED UP ON THE WALL TO HIDE THAT. SO WE DID THE WALLS TOO. (sorry no pic"s) MAYBE A BIT LATER WILL POST PIC'S NOW THAT IT IS ALL DONE. WE HAVE FOUND A LEAK IN THE WATER PUMP ON THE GENERATOR SO WE HAVE ORDERED ONE AND IT WILL BE IN NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE ARE HEADING BACK TO NEW ORLEANS, WE THINK IT WE TAKE US AROUND TWO WEEKS TO GET THERE. AND WE ARE GETTING A NEW A/C FOR THE BACK AS THE COMPRESSOR IS GOING. AND IT SHOULD BE HERE THIS WEEK. IT IS ALWAYS SOMTHING WITH A BOAT. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT BOAT STANDS FOR??? B- bring
O- out
A- another
T- thousand
AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED AND (S) .
WE NOW HAVE TO START ON THE OUTSIDE BUT THAT WILL BE DOWN THE ROAD FOR THAT.
HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD THESE DAYS.
FROM, JERRY,DEE & MIKO the watch dog...lol

WELL WE ARE NOT TAKING HER TO MEXICO! ! ! !

2008-05-04T18:54:00.002-04:00

Well are not taking this boat to Mexico! we took it only 1 mile out into the gulf today, and she is not made for the big water. So we are selling this one and getting a boat that is for the big waters. So here in Port Isabel TX is home for now.
Will try to keep you all up to date on whats happening.
Take care all. until the next time.
Jerry, Dee and Miko

MIKO FANS ! ! ! ! !

2008-05-01T01:24:00.013-04:00

Miko after his hair cut. This is what he does most of the time when the door is open.

Here he is sleeping with his buddy.

A sleep after a long walk. Just like some kids 1/2 in and 1/2 out of his bed..

Just checking for crumbs on the floor in the galley. And getting cot in the galley when he is not to be in there.Here he is out on the front deck as we are traveling. And he is whining heavy. When we first started this trip Miko would go out on the deck for a pee, he would just hold it until we stopped. Now we can take him out and tie him up for a bit. He goes out has his pee and right back in.
Here he is just hanging out trying to stay out from under foot. As he follows us where ever we go .

Well when he was smaller he was more brown and white, with a small amount of back. But now he has a lot of black and a small amount of brown on him.
We don't drop anything when it comes to food, here l dropped a piece of garlic bread with cheese and he had it like now..

Here we gave him the crust from our pizza, he had the whole thing in his mouth and growling if we try ed to take it away from him.
We went to the beach on Sunday afternoon and took Miko into the waves, he wasn't too happy as he doesn't like the water at anytime. When he came out he would rub in the sand and then we would have to take him back in to rinse off'. It was the gulf that we were in so it was salty.

We hope one day he will like the water, but not sure. It could be his breed that doesn't like the water. We have spoke to other people who have had the same kind of dog and there's didn't like the water either. I guess only time will tell.

WALMART ! ! ! !

2008-05-01T01:12:00.002-04:00

Just a short not with a picture of a PINK walmart, yes a pink walmart. That's a first, but then we have seen them in a few different colors on our trip. This one is a 20 minute bike ride from the marina. Which is nice. It is a nice bike ride and it is all flat going to it. We have made a few trips over to it. And we will make a few more before we leave l would guess.

OUR FIRST FRESH CRAB DINNER.

2008-04-30T23:26:00.012-04:00

Hi everyone , well l bet that you were wondering if we would ever use that Crab trap! well you know what l was too. But put in the water beside our boat, tie-ed it to the rail. First we put some bait in the middle, that is the yellow cone in the middle. We put some meat that l had in the freezer beef rib meat. We weren't sure if we would catch anything. The first day we put it in was week ago last Saturday. We checked on it on Sunday, well we had a catfish in it. We weren't
looking to eat that . So just put it back in the water. We to make story short, we left it in and just kept checking on it. By Friday we had three or four in it. We pulled it out on Sunday afternoon. So this was our catch of the day LOL. We weren't sure on how to clean these good things, so we checked on the Internet and found out how to do that.

So here they are waiting for the kill.

Well we sure didn't want to grab them with our hands, so we used a grab er. And here the little devil has a hold of it so we can't get a hold of him..

It looks like he is trying to do some pull ups.

Here Jerry is using a meat clever to cut them in half and our BBQ fork to hold the claw away.

And then he is in half.

And there goes another one. These are call brown crab, not sure that they get very big. These were just small ones as you could tell.

We had five in the, not bad for the first time.

Didn't get a picture of them in the pot of water.

Here is Jerry digging in, we just eat the claws.

Four or five are just right for us with a Baked spud and steak to go with. We no more Red Lobster, haha. When we can catch them fresh.

And the last little bit of crab meat in our bowl of butter.

We put the trap back in the water with the catfish and the what was left over Rib meat and wow by the next Saturday we had four more. So if we keep doing this we will be having fresh crab every weekend. And that's just fine by us, we love our fresh seafood.

Well other than that not much has been going on with us, we have just been working on our TANS..L O L.

We seen on the Internet that Alberta was still getting snow, and that is too bad. We sure don't miss that at all.

WELL GETTING CLOSER TO MEXICO ! ! ! !

2008-04-18T14:08:00.010-04:00

Well we are getting closer to Mexico, we are in Port Isabel Texas. On our way here on the intracoastal we had to pull over to let a barge pass, and the water is not all that deep in a lot of places. Well we hit a submerged post and bent one of the props. This was about 15 to 18 miles from Port Mansfield, we call to see if there was a repair place there and they said may on the other side of the island they could pull us out but weren't sure. So we carried on with one engine. That was a very long 15 miles, at about 5 miles per hr. Well pulled to Port Mansfield at 10pm tied up for the tight. And figured we would be up early and we were they came knocking on the window before 6am, so up we are and getting gas and getting back on our way. And yes it was still dark. So here l am out on the front deck (the bow) with the spot lite so we can get out with out hitting anything, and see our channel .

So by the time we back to the main channel it was daylight. So we are about 35 miles to Port Isabel Tx. we called and Peter said that they were off for the weekend but we can tied up close to the marine lift area. Got there about 1pm Peter helped us get in and tied up.

We are across from a small island, and here are some pic's of what we see.

This a bus stop that is Free it is called the Wave and it will take you for an Hour tour of Port Isabel and South Padre Island, we took it for the tour. It was nice to see some things that we can't get too on our bikes. Well we could but it is too far for me to ride.

We have had a couple of windy days here. Down the way from us there is a sandy place and this is what was blowing across the river. And yes it came down our way too, so we are some dusty and dirty. Good thing we have a pressure washer and we can wash that dust away.

This a fish that we see swimming around here, we are not sure what it is. And here are our props back and all straight and shinny ready for the next ding. LOL we hope not but one never knows what is under us.Well we are going to be here until the end of the month any how. We are hiring two guys that have gone out into the Gulf of Mexico, to come and drive the boat to Tampeckco. Which is about 200miles, should take 2days to get there. There some things we have to do to get ready for this trip across the open water.

So we are getting ready to go to Mexico.

H A P P Y E A S T E R

2008-03-24T01:10:00.000-04:00

Well just another day in Paradise, or as Jerry would say (just another sh** day in Paradise). Well all is well here in Texas. The sun was shinning the brids were singing the fish are biting and jumping, it is a beautiful Easter Sunday here. We were sitting out on the front of the boat enjoying a cooler and watching the other people on there boats. The fish were jumping out of the water catching bugs. we seen a nice pan fry brown trout jump out of the water about two feet up and over to catch a bug . It was a site to see. There are lots of black loons here, we see them dive in the water and swim and then out again. This is a nice marina, quiet during the week and then the weekend boaters come out to there boats. They clean and work on them and sometimes you will see the odd one go out in the bay foe awhile. There are mostly sailboats here.
We have been changing all the walls out in to hardwood flooring. It is taking us a while but we wanted a fixer-upper there were a few leaks so we are fixing them too as we change the wood. One of the windows in are bedroom leaked. So when we took the paneling off, we pulled the window out and re-sealed it and we hope that will fix the leak. I guess only time will tell. Jerry has been doing a great job on this change over. We don't have to much left to do, and then it will all be done in the main area that we use the most.
Guess we will be here for another week and then we are heading over to Croups Cristy and we are planning on staying there for awhile too.
Well hope everyone had a good Easter ! Take care.

FROM THE BOAT PEOPLE, Dee Jerry & Miko........

Texas

2008-03-15T20:02:00.001-04:00

Hi all well here is another try at these pic's on the blog.
This a sunset over Galveston Bay,
This is only one of the big ships we passed going to Baytown across Galveston Bay.

Another ship.

Huston's shipping port off in the distance.

The next three pic's are of homes that we seen on the waterfront along the inter coastal water way.
This a small Island that had a whole lot of white birds and a few black ones. You can hardly see the land for all the birds. LOL

These army tanks were sitting on the dock at Port Arthur. And there were a lot of them.

Well are in Baytown Texas at a very nice Marina, the people here are very nice and friendly. We think we might stay here a couple of weeks. So l won't be posting much on here until we move again.

Take care all, and drop us a email once in a while and let us know how you are all doing! We are doing great here. Working on our tans. LOL

HEY TEXAS WE ARE HERE ! ! !

2008-03-14T19:43:00.000-04:00

Well we have made it to Texas last night, (03,13,08) . We got in to Port Arthur on Tuesday evening , we were told there was a Marina there but it was closed some time ago. They no place to tied up we continued on down the small channel and found a place that we could fit in, so we pulled in and got all tied up and power on and we headed out to find who owned it. We found out who owned it and where he lived but he wasn't home, so we headed down to the restaurant and had some dinner. Then later we were sitting watching TV and the door bell rang, and here was the man we were looking for. He said that it wasn't a public dock, so he would let us stay for $30.00 so we payed him and off he went. The next morning we left and tide was out, so took it slow. Just about to the end and the motor stops, l go to the back and we are stirring up mud big time. So we had to do some backing up and forward action and then we got going again. We didn't hurt our props , cause it was just mud. So out in the ship channel we go. We have had a-lot of barges in this area . This inter coastal is not very wide or deep. It reminds us of the Mississippi.
So we are now down to Galveston Bay and we have to go to the over end of it to get to the Marina cause it is the only one that had room for us. Seeings we are classed as transits and there is limited spaces. So it is 5pm and we have 22 n/m to go across and some very large ships and barges out here and just little old us with our 50 foot boat. We look pretty small compared to those ships. It was good that we had a bit of a wind behind us cause it took us three and a half hrs to cross it and it was getting dark. But we found it with a bit of help from a barge that we had passed. Got in to the marina and found our slip got tight up and boy we were glad to be there. A very nice marina, Jerry is wanting to here when they need him to go back to Virgina to start up the heaters worked on back in sept,nov and dec, there two week job, HA HA LOL. Oh yes we are working on our tans it was 88F here to day. LOLOLOL and loving it.
We have pretty much decided that we are changing the walls all out and in to hard wood flooring on the walls. Check out on my face book l have posted so pic's of the galley, we sure like it. My face book link again is http//www.facebook.com Deanna Bossert photos album.
Hope everyone checks it out.
Well until next time. Dee Jerry & Miko.

NOW "NEW ORLEANS"

2008-03-04T00:07:00.000-04:00

Now we have made it to New Orleans, to tell you the truth l never thought we would make it here. But we are here. We had a good trip across the gulf, it was a nice calm day when we left Dauphin Island. We got into Biloxi Saturday evening, stayed there that night and then up and gone early, as we had little over 60 miles to go. Very surprising that the gulf is not that deep. We were in only about 12 to 16 feet of water at the deeps and 4 to 6 feet, a lot of the time.
I still haven't figure out why l have so much trouble posting pic's on here? Haven't had any help on what l'm doing wrong. So l have posted some on face book, that is fast and easy, so you can see them on there.
If you are not a face book member then come join at http://www.facebook.com Deanna Bossert. I will post notes on here like this, but until l get this picture thing figure out this is all you get.
Well you all take care until next time.
Jerry, Dee and Miko.

BOAT BOTTOM PAINTED AND BACK IN THE WATER. AWAY WE GO AGAIN...

2008-02-28T23:49:00.000-04:00

Well the boat pulled out at Dog River Marina and had the bottom painted, had to have the keel fixed again it was leaking. So when we had it fixed back in St.Paul they didn't do it right, but there is not much we can do about that. We would have to go back to
them and that is going to happen.

So today we headed out for about a 25 mile trip, which should of took at the most three hours. But no it took us 9 hours. Getting lost ending up on a sand bar, and Jerry having to pull us off with the Zodiac. It took some doing but he got us off. Some wrong directions on which way to turn on the way to this marina. Then we did some back tracking and found the marina after all. We were out in the open water,it was very ruff. So l had to stand and hold the fridge from rolling out and in. We pulled it out and filled in under it with hard wood that we didn't do back St.Paul when we did the floor. So now there is nothing from stopping it.

So we have made it closer to Mexico.

So until next time take care all..

ALABAMA WE MADE IT.....

2008-02-17T01:30:00.000-04:00

Well we made here Alabama, it is great. We got here Monday Feb 4, late afternoon. The next day being Fat Tuseday the last day of Mardi Gras so we rented a car and went down town to see what it was all about, well there were tons of people there. And beads everywhere on people, on wagons and lots broken on the ground. We walked around, and the only things we seen were some food venders. Then we heard some scraems so we walk towards the sounds and we seen a parade so to watch it cot some beads and some other things that they were throwing from the floats. There were three to four parades a day each one is a theme of something that relates to down here. Something anyway.
We are in dry dock getting the bottom of the boat painted, for protections from salt water as we will be in it very soon.
Sorry there are no pictures this time as we are having some problems with the internet. Hope get it fixed soon then will post picturces.
Everyone take care. From the boat people.

NEW AND OLD BATHROOM.....

2008-01-19T14:17:00.000-04:00

OK so here are the changes we have done in our bathroom! this what the sign on the door says:
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NOTICE TO LANDLUBBERS
A marine toilet (we call it a HEAD) is a complicated mechanism if you toss even the smallest thing into it even a paper match stick or a mane of hair it will probably CHOKE:
AND THERE ARE NO PLUMBERS AT SEA !
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If you have never operated one before, the Skipper or Mate will be glad to show you how.
And that was on the wall back of the toilet, and no one could see it cause it was behind the curtain's so we put it out where it could seen.

This is the old light and med's cabinet, the lights were not that bright in there. We think they were the originals then the boat was made. So time for new ones.

So here is a new mirror and track lights, looks much better? YES

We also moved the racks around too, as they were all on the left side before.

The old toilet paper holder and a towel rack that never did get a towel hung on it as you can see by this pic ?

Here is a new toilet paper holder and a rack for excreta paper for when we run out, it is handy.

And yes the spray is handy too.

Here is a better pic of the the racks on one side. And the old paneling on the wall is white with grey in it. To me it looked dirty all the time.

So now one on each side (of the large ones) and one small one (the racks)!
Before Jerry put the wall back up he put great-stuff all around the window so no more bugs could come in. Lets hope it works? There also is the white shower curtain on the right too.

The new wall and sealed. And those dark lines that is tint on the window.

And here is what started this project! The potty, it was leaking and that was not good. And the white title on the floor was coming apart. So while changing the potty we did walls and floor. Now we haven't decide what we are doing with the shower?

And here is the new potty, look just like the one in your homes. It is much nicer than that other one.

And last but not least a new shower curtain, seeing we live on a boat l went with sea shells for the bathroom.

The next thing is the living room and kitchen area, talking about a new fridge for one thing and not sure what else we will do. But what ever it is l will try to post it on here.

Sorry about the spaces in the last blog l don't know what l am doing wrong, if anyone can help me out? PLEASE HELP.Jerry is done here in Virginia as of today the 19, 01,08. This job was only to take two weeks, so Born told him back in September when he said he would do it. Four month's and two weeks in Pakistan too. He is done.

Until next time, all take care and stay WARM.

We heading to Mobile AL and further south next week. so there will be more on here.

OUR NEW BEDROOM VERSES THE OLD ONE. . . . . . .

2008-01-16T13:55:00.001-04:00

OK HERE IT IS ALL OUR HARD WORK WE STILL NEED TO PUT THE MOLDINGS ON BUT IT IS DONE . I HAVE TRIED TO POST THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES . THIS THE WINDOW AT THE HEAD OF OUR BED.( before).

THIS IS THE SAME WALL (after).

THIS THE BACK OF THE BOAT, (after).

Back window (before).

Jerry hard at work on finishing the back wall.(after)
This is the bathroom door: below is before and off to the left is (after).

Here is a trap door that only one very small could fit in or ones arm, but it is there any how. It was covered over with carpet before.
I had made some curtains out of a green sheet so it would match the color in the bedroom, as Jerry broke the one that was on here when we bought it.(before)

The door for our closet. (after)

Window above the dresser (before).

Same one with curtain on,(after)

This the old carpet in the Master Head or bedroom area. (before)

Same floor done in the hardwood (after).

This where Jerry got to before he left to go to work in Virginia and then to Pakistan, so it was like this for over a month. (before & after)

The stairs are just about done , they took one day to do, but they are nice.

This is our linen closet at the end of dresser, nice color of green? NOT ! Pic's below are the closet being removed. (before)

Here I have taken out the dresser. That small yellow spot down in the corner is where Jerry drilled the hole through the wall and into the gas tank, he was running that black cord for the wind trubine.

Demolition from dresser and closet. I did while Jerry was off in Virginia.

I uesd that blue garbage can to haul all of this away, it was a long haul up to the car and then down to the big dumpster at the other end of the marnia. This is the new linen closet being put in.

This is our old dresser. (before)

Our new dresser, look more drawers great.

Jerry putting the hinges on the closet door.

The new dresser top.

Look all back together, and 12+ drawers verses 8 in the old ones. This is so much nicer than the old one.

The corner on Jerry's side of the bed.(before)

Same side and this is (after).

This is my side of the bed. (before)

This is new cover for the dauvae and l have made some throw pillows to match the cover.

Now we have wood floor l found these small carpets for each side of our bed, so when we get out of bed and step on the cold floor we have these nice matching carpets to step on.

OK the color's on the walls and doors are a Pumpkin and chocolate brown, the floor is a chestnut. We have also done some changes in the bathroom and will post that too soon.

Now we have wood floor l found these small carpets for each side of our bed, so when we get out of bed and step on the cold floor we have these nice matching carpets to step on.

ANOTHER NEW YEAR ! ! WOW 2008! ! ! !

2008-01-04T00:05:00.000-04:00

WELL FAMILY AND FRIEND,

WE ARE STILL HERE AT EAGLE COVE MARINA, WE ARE WAITING TO HERE IF AND WHEN JERRY GOS ES BACK TO VIRGINIA, AND THEN WE ARE HEADING SOUTH. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THE MARTY GRAGRHAI AND THAT STARTS ON JAN.19 THUR FEB 5. SO I AM KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED AS THAT HAS BEEN ONE THING WE BOTH WANT TO GO AND SEE.
JERRY TOOK JENIFER FOR A RIDE IN THE ZODIAC BEFORE DINNER. THEY WENT ACROSS THE RIVER AND JENIFER CLIMB UP INTO A CAVE AND SHE GOT SOME ROCKS TO TAKE HOME.
JENIFER CAME DOWN AND SPENT CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS WITH US, IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE HER HERE, IT WAS A BIT CHILLY HERE. BUT NO SNOW HERE. AND FROM WHAT I HERE THERE ISN'T MUCH BACK HOME EITHER? WE BAR-B-Q A HAM AND EAT OUTSIDE ON TH TOP DECK BUT SOON AS WE WERE DONE WE WERE BACK INSIDE TO WARM-UP.

JENIFER WE HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME WITH US. AND PLEASE TELL THE REST OF THE FAMILY WHAT FUN YOU HAD AND MAYBE SOME OF THEM WILL COME DOWN FOR A VISIT. WE WERE GLAD YOU CAME.

WE DID TAKE HER UP THE RIVER ANT THROW A LOCK, WE LIFTED 63 FEET AND THEN STAYED AT A SMALL MARINA AND THEN WE CAME BACK HERE.

SO WHEN JERRY GETS DONE IN VIRGINIA I WILL PUT A NOTICE ON HERE AND THEN WHAT WE SEE ON OUR WAY SOUTH.

SO HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH TO ALL IN 2008...

FALL COLORS IN ALABAMA! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2007-11-17T05:15:00.001-04:00

Here is the road down to the marina, in all the fall colors.

This is a new home being built back in the woods, away from everyone else.

This is right across from a high school, there are about 15 cross's. What a thing to have to go to school everyday and see this. How very sad.

Hope you enjoy looking at these photo's it is so very beautiful here in the fall.

BACK IN VIRGINIA ! ! ! ! ! !

2007-11-08T20:55:00.000-04:00

WELL I AM BACK IN VIRGINIA FOR A BREAK, AS I HAVE BEEN BUSY PAINTING AND SUCH AT THE BOAT.
WELL IS GETTING COOLER HERE IT HAS BEEN THE MID TO LOWER 50's. YOU NEED A JACKET ON BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT IS NICE HERE. THE LEAVES ARE CHANGING COLOR IT IS BEAUTEOUS HERE WITH ALL THE TREES AND THE FALL COLORS.
JERRY IS STILL TRYING TO GET THIS JOB DONE BUT NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK, HE THINKS HE COULD COME BACK HERE AFTER CHRISTMAS. OH WELL THERE A GOOD DOLLAR TO BE MADE, IF YOU CAN PUT UP WITH THEIR B-S...
JENIFER IS COMING DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS, IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE HER.
WELL YOU CANADIANS ARE ALL STAYING WARM, WE ARE NOT MISSING THE SNOW.LOL LOL

THE WEEKEND IN VIRGINIA

2007-10-22T13:32:00.000-04:00

THE WEEKEND WITH JERRY IN VIRGINIA, WE WENT TO CHESAPEAKE BAY,SO HERE ARE THE PICTURES WE TOOK.

IN THIS ONE THE WATER IS DOWN SO LOW THERE IS A BOAT LEANING OVER ON THE DOCK, IF YOU LOOK DOWN FROM THE BIG WHITE HOUSE TO THE RIGHT.

LOOKING OUT OVER CHESAPEAKE BAY.

STANDING ON THE FISHING PIER LOOKING BACK TOWARDS NORFOLK.

UNDER THE ROCKS IS THE TUNNEL THAT GOES UNDER THE WATER. BETWEEN VIRGINIA BEACH/NORFOLK IT WAS OPENED IN APRIL 1964 WAS THE ONLY WAY BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.

OUR WAITER AND WAITRESS AT THE SEA GULL PIER

WHEN YOU CATCH A FISH YOU CAN CLEAN BEFORE YOU TAKE IT HOME THERE IS ONE ON EACH SIDE.

THIS IS THE PEERLESS PIER IT IS 625 FEET LONG, THE FISH THAT CAN BE CAUGHT ARE BLUEFISH,TROUT,CROAK ER,FLOUNDER AND MANY OTHER SPECIES ABOUND.

JERRY STANDING ON THE PIER. ENJOYING THE SUN.

A SIGN ABOUT CHESAPEAKE.

ME AT THE SIGN.

THIS IS A BIG SHIP THAT JUST CAME BY AS WE PARKED AT THE PIER.

TUNNEL UNDER CHESAPEAKE BAY.

THIS THE BEACH IT GOES FOR MILES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

THIS IS POST BARGE THAT PUTS IN POSTS FOR THE BRIDGE.

CHESAPEAKE BAY EXIT

BAD HAIR DAY IN THE CAR TO CHESAPEAKE BAY. ROOF DOWN AND THE SUN SHINNING AND THE WIND BLOWING THROW YOUR HAIR. IT GREAT( NO SNOW)

SAILBOATS IN THE BAY.

HEY IT IS DAY LIGHT AND THEY WANT YOU TO CHECK YOUR HEAD LIGHTS , WOW

THAT BEFORE YOU GO IN THE TUNNEL.

ENTERING THE TUNNEL. THIS IS THE TUNNEL BETWEEN NORFOLK AND NEWPORT NEWS.

IN THE TUNNEL AND LOOK LIGHTS WE REALLY DON'T NEED OUR HEAD LIGHTS.

THE GPS IS THE BLUE THAT IS WATER. AND WHERE IS MY LIFE JACKET..

COMING OUT.

THE NEXT PIC ARE JUST LOOKING OUT AT THE BAY AND ALL THE BOATS.

THIS ODD LOOKING PLACE IS THE HAMPTON COLISEUM.

IT WAS A GOOD TIME IN VIRGINIA AND HOPE I WILL BE BACK TO SEE MORE THERE IS A LOT TO SEE HERE. WELL TIME WILL TELL.

WELL I AM BACK...

2007-10-20T10:58:00.000-04:00

I GUESS YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WONDERING WHY THERE ARE NO NEW POSTS!!
WELL WE HAVE BEEN AT THE SAME PLACE NOW SINCE THE 14 OF SEPT. SO THERE HAS BEEN NOT MUCH TO POST NOTHING BEEN GOING ON. AND WE HAVE VERY BAD INTERNET SERVICE HERE . JERRY HAS BEEN IN VIRGINIA SINCE THE 10 OF OCT. AND COULD BE HERE UNTIL LATE NOV. SO I HAVE BEEN STAYING ON THE BOAT AND MAKING SURE IT STAYS FLOATING.

THIS IS THE GAS DOCK AND THAT BUILDING UP ON THE HILL THAT IS A RESTAURANT THAT IS NOT OPEN, BECAUSE THIS THERE SLOW TIME OF THE YEAR.
THIS MARINA IS NESTLED BACK IN OFF THE MAIN STREAM OF THE RIVER BUT WE STILL GET THE WAVES WHEN BOATS OR BARGES GO BY, AND THEN WE ROCK AND ROLL.

WE I AM OFF TO SEE JERRY IN VIRGINIA FOR THE WEEKEND, HOPE TO DO SOME SIGHT SEEING WHILE THERE. AND MIKO IS IN A PET HOTEL, WILL PICK HIM UP ON TUESDAY .

SO UNTIL THEN BYE FROM US ON THE BOAT..

EAGLES COVE MARINA ( TUSCALOOSE)

2007-10-10T01:14:00.000-04:00

HI ALL WELL I HAVE HEARD IT IS GETTING COLDER BACK HOME.. OH BOO WHOO.... IT SURE ISN'T GETTING THAT WAY HERE, STILL SPENDING OUR DAYS IN SHORTS AND TANK TOPS.
WELL JERRY IS OFF TO VIRGINIA AGAIN TOMORROW FOR ANOTHER TWO TO THREE WEEKS. HE KEEPS THIS UP AND THE HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE OVER AND THEN WE CAN GO TO FLORIDA . AND WE ARE HOPING TO BE THERE FOR CHRISTMAS. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND IT WITH US JUST LET US KNOW AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE WILL BE IN FLORIDA.
WE JUST GOT STARTED IN PUTTING NEW FLOORING IN OUR BEDROOM AND HE GETS THE CALL IN GO TO WORK, SO THE JOB IS ONLY 1/2 DONE. JUST LIKE ANY JOB, JUST WHEN YOU START TO DO SOMETHING THEY CALL YOU AWAY. BUT THAT IS OK CAUSE I WILL HAVE TIME TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS TO GET READY FOR THE LAST 1/2 TO GET DONE. (will post pic a bit later)
WELL YOU ALL TAKE CARE AND STAY WARM.

WELL WE ARE IN ALABAMA AND IT IS GREAT! ! ! !

2007-09-16T21:43:00.000-04:00

THIS IS THE START OF WHERE WE ARE AT NOW. HERE IS A LOCK ON THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER, IT IS ONE OF FOUR WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO GET HERE AT EAGLE COVE MARINA.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS ARE GETTING VERY BLACK AND WE DIDN'T TO FAR AND IT STARTED TO RAIN.

THIS WAS THE NEXT LOCK AND DAM

THE WATER IN THE LOCK AS WE WERE BEING LIFTED UP 30FEET.

THIS LOCK BEFORE OUR MARINA, ONE TO GO TO EAGLE COVE.

THIS THE INLET WE STAYED AT ON THE RIVER BETWEEN DEMOPOLIS AND TUSCALOOSA.

THIS LOCK IS ABOUT 50MILES FROM DEMOPOLIS GOING TO TUSCALOOSA.

AND THESE ARE OF THE DEMOPOLIS YACHT BASIN MARINA, AND CAMPGROUNDS.

OUR BOAT IS THE FOURTH ONE DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH THE BLACK WINDOWS, IT IS WHITE AND GREEN.

OUR GENERATOR AS IT IS BEFORE THE PUT IT BACK IN OUR BOAT. AND NOW WE HAVE AIR AND CAN USE ANY OF OUR LIGHTS AND OTHER ELECTRICAL STUFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE RIVER..

AND YES THERE IS THE MERCEDES PLANT, IT IS BETWEEN TUSCALOOSA AND BIRMINGHAM.

AND NO WE DID NOT HAVE A TOUR THROUGH IT ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE NICE.

THIS IS A SMALL MARINA AND I WILL TAKE SOME PICTURE AND POST THEM AT A LATER DATE.

HEY FAMILY AND FREINDS ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2007-09-14T22:06:00.000-04:00

HEY WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS JUST THAT WE WERE IN DEMOPLIS ALABAMA FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO AND NOT MUCH GOING ON THERE. BUT I WILL POST PIC'S AND SOME NOTES ABOUT IT AND OUR TRIP UP THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO..

TAKING UP HOMESTEADING HERE ! ! !

2007-08-19T20:12:00.000-04:00

WELL WE HAVE HAD SOME RAIN FINIALY, BUT IT HASN'T COOLED DOWN TOO MUCH WHEN WE GET IT DURING THE NIGHT WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP. ON FRIDAYNIGHT ABOUT 11PM THE THUNDER AND LIGHTING STARTED AND IT WASN'T LONG AND THE RAIN STARTED AND BOY DID IT COME DOME REALLY HARD. AND YES JERRY SELPT RIGHT THROUGH IT.
AND YES WE ARE STAYING HERE WHERE IT IS OUT OF THE HURRICANE BELT. AS I AM SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL HERAD ABOUT THE ONE GOING THROUGH JAMICA TODAY, NOT NICE AT ALL. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT JERRY IS GOING TO GO TO WORK FOR AWHILE BUT ONLY TO VIRGINA. SO HERE IS AS GOOD AS PLACE AS ANY FOR US TO BE. SO WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU ALL UP TO DATE AS THINGS HAPPEN.
WE ARE STILL IN DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA.
DEANNA, JERRY & MIKO

WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS.!!!!

2007-08-15T23:03:00.000-04:00

WELL IT HAS BEEN HOT HOT HOT IN THE HIGH 90'S AND 100rd's F. AND NOT EVEN A BREEZE SO WE HAVE BEEN STAYING INSIDE WHERE IT IS COOL....
WE GOT HERE ON THE 7th AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUR GENORATER FIXED BUT INSTEAD WE FOUND A GUY WHO HAS THE SAME AS THE ONE WE GOT. AND WE CAN GET IT FOR LESS THAN $ 1000.00 INSTALLED. SO WE ARE WAITING FOR IT. WE ARE IN DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA. IT IS A LITTLE OVER 200 MILES TO MOBILE AL. WE ARE NOT SURE WHEN WE WILL LEAVE HERE.
THINGS ARE FINE OTHER WISE WE ARE GETTING VERY TANNED, WELL THAT IS WHEN WE GO OUT. HA HA
WELL THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, HAVE TO GO AS I KEEP GETTING BOOTED OFF.
TAKE CARE ALL UNTIL WE CHAT AGAIN..
THE BOAT PEOPLE AND MIKO.

WE ARE DOING WELL; AND HALFWAY TO MOIBLE ALABAMA.......

2007-08-04T20:14:00.000-04:00

Pickwick Lock & Dam this is at the beginning of the TomBigBee River,

We dropped 84 feet at this lock.
And yes every chance l get l leave our names and when and where we are from and the day we were there. So our friend coming behind us know we are ahead of them.

This is Pickwick Lake it is B-I-G and D-e-e-p next pic is how deep this lake is ::

and some places it was even deeper than this, and the 80.3 is temperature of the water. This is about 4:30pm. NICE............
This Grand Harbor, very nice and is very expensive some nice boats here too. And it is a DRY county. We had to drive 18 to 20 miles to the next county to buy booze.
Bay Springs Marina this a nice Marina too we stayed two nights here the only other people here was a guy and his dog and they had been living here for the last two months ....

And this what he was living on, it is a 41/100 Catamaran it is 4000.sq ft. Wow big yes and no we didn't get a tour. Jake build this boat out in the derest it took him five years to do it, then had it trucked to the water. It took seven trucks to bring it there. But very nice..... He can't get in to all marinas, and if he dose no one can get around him. So he is limited to where he can stay.

And we think that on the back he brings his car with him cause he has a PT cruiser.

This is a very small Marina but nice we stayed one night here and had to get a diver in to change a prop because we met a barge on a very narrow place and we hit something in the water and bent a fin on the prop, again......

This is the TomBigBee River and it narrow narrow some places only room enough for a barge and us to pass.

These are bird house that are made from squash, we have seen them a few places.

This a pond in a yard on our way to Boonville. NICE and the water is so green.

We were in Boonville believe it we were there
They have strange names of there towns here too, Like Big V!!!
The water is so calm in some places. Like here oh soooo peaceful
The tress are already starting to turn fall colors, makes you wonder...
And now we are at Columbus, Columbus Marina we pulled in here on Friday afternoon and we will be pulling out Monday morning , this is a good place if we were going to stay at any place for very long. We are finding a lot of these marina's have a courtesy van or car for boat people to use which is nice.

In the last week we have dropped 265 feet, after that 84ft drop the rest have been 30ft each time. Jerry said by the time we get to Mobile we should be at sea level.

Well that is all for now. And if you can't post a comment on here let us know at either Jerry's or my email. jerryleicht@hotmail.com or debossert@hotmail.com until later.

It would be nice to here from some of you back home some time !!!!!

Deanna , Jerry & Miko..........

LEAVING GREEN TURTLE BAY,, AND IT IS ABOUT TIME

2007-07-27T00:26:00.000-04:00

WELL WE GOT OUR V-DRIVE IN TODAY SO WE ARE BACK ON OUR WAY, HEADING DOWN SOUTH. BUT WE HAVE LOST ONE OF OUR CREW ROSE HAS GONE BACK HOME. SHE MAY COME BACK TO JOIN US LATER ON. SO BYE FOR NOW AND WE WILL MISS YOU, AND YES MI KO WILL TOO AS YOU TOOK HIM FOR WALKS ALL THE TIME AND HE LOVED THAT.
WE ARE HOPING TO DO ABOUT 70+ MILES TODAY, I GUESS TO ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT TIME WE GET OUT OF HERE. THIS WAS A VERY NICE MARNIA BUT IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON AS THE NIGHTS ARE STARTING TO COOL DOWN SO FALL IS ON IT'S WAY AND THEN WE ALL KNOW WHAT COMES AFTER THAT AND WE DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THAT. SO WE NEED TO GET ON THE MOVE.
WE HAVE MET SOME NICE PEOPLE HERE TOO, BONNIE & JERRY THERE BOAT BLACKDOG. WE HAVE ALSO RUN INTO SOME PEOPLE TO WHO MET BACK DOWN THE RIVER AND WE ARE SURE WE WILL SEE THEM AGAIN AS WE ARE HEAD THE SAME WAY. HOPE THEY ALL HAVE A SAFE TRIP. AND WE LOOK FORWARD IN SEEING THEM AGAIN
JERRY, DEE & MIKO

GETTING THE PROPS FIXED IN LOUISIANA CITY.

2007-07-18T07:35:00.000-04:00

HERE WE ARE AGAIN GETTING OUR PROPS FIXED, IN LOUISIANA CITY, AND MET SOME GREAT PEOPLE THERE. THIS IS A BIT BACKWARDS. BUT LIKE I SAID IN THE LAST BLOG AS I COULDN'T UPLOAD ANY MORE. SO HERE IT IS. THIS IS DOCK D AND SOME GOOD PEOPLE WHO WE MET THERE!

THIS IS ONE OF THE OLD HOUSES THAT ARE HERE. JUST WISHED WE COULD OF SEEN INSIDE OF THEM. THEY HAVE BIG HOMES AND BIG YARDS.
ED & NANCEE GOOD PEOPLE AND WE ARE STAYING INTOUCH WITH THEM, HAD SOME GOOD LAUGHS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOUSE BOATS ON DOCK (D) VERY NICE BOATS, THEY ARE VERY BUSY ON THE WEEKENDS AS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WORK DURING THE WEEK.
THE GROUP GOT TOGETHER AND HAD A B-DAY PARTY FOR THREE PEOPLE, JOHN, MIKE AND EMILY. AND THEY INVITED US TO IT. GOOD FOOD AND A NICE EVENING.
THIS IS JERRY HAVING TO HELP PULL THE BOAT OVER TO GET THE PROPS BACK ON.

GETTING THE NEW PROPS.

THERE LIFT, AND ANOTHER OLD ARMY TRUCK , I GUESS THEY NEVER DIE.
THIS IS A BIRD THAT KEEPS WATCH ON THE MARINA.

THE FIREWORKS AT ALTON.......
THESE ARE THE SAME BRIDGE TOP ONE IS DAYLIGHT AND BOTTOM WAS AT NIGHT.

NOW ALL UP TO DATE.

NOW OFF OF THE MISSISSIPPI

2007-07-12T20:07:00.000-04:00

WELL THIS ALL I CAN UPLOAD SO I WILL TRY TO DO SOME MORE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

THIS IS A COUPLE OF OLD BARGES MADE INTO A BAR AND MARINA WHERE WE HAD TO GO FOR GAS SO WE COULD CONTIUE ON ARE WAY. IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THIS PICTURE IS DOUBLE-UP ON SORRY ABOUT THAT.^^^^THIS IS A CASINO ON THE WATER AS THEY COULDN'T HAVE IT ON THE LAND. IT WAS VERY NICE. YES IT TOOK A LITTLE OF OUR MONEY TOO. THEY HAD A ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFETA IT WAS GOOD, WE HAVE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE THERE.
LEAVING THE ALTON MARINA.

HERE ARE SOME VERY NICE PEOPLE THAT WE MET A TWO BRANCHES MARINA, THE ONE LADY WAS FROM ONT. AND WHEN SHE SEEN OUR CANADA FLAG SHE SAID SHE HOPED WE WERE GOING TO DOCK FOR THE NIGHT. THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A SLIP FOR US AS THEY HAD LOST ONE WHOLE SIDE WHEN THE ICE STROM HIT THERE AND THEY HAD NOT REBUILD YET AND DIDN'T KNOW WHEN OR IF THEY WERE GOING TO. SO WITH THERE HELP WE TIGHTED UP ALONG SIDE OF THERE DOCK AND THEY CAME ON AND WE LAUGHED AND HAD A GOOD EVENING , BECKEY,LISA & PAUL. THANKS FOR THE GREAT EVENING.
HEY LOOK WE HAVE MADE IT TO ST. LOUIS, WE HAVE SEEN THE ARCH. AND IT IS A SIGHT TO SEE FROM THE RIVER.
THESE ARE TWO CASINO'S THERE IS ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER.
WELL THIS IS MILE O ON THE RIVER, WHEN WE STARTED WE WERE AT MILE 830.8 THAT WAS AT ST.PAUL M.N.
THIS IS THE WATER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE OHIO, IT WAS LIKE WE HAD BEEN STIRRING UP SOME MUD AND THEN IT WAS CLEAN. IT WAS QUITE A DIFFERENTS IN THE WATER.

THIS IS BARGE CITY AS WE TURNED ON TO THE OHIO RIVER. SOME WE SEEN WERE 5TO 6 WIDE AND THE SAME LONG.
THIS ME AFTER WE HAD FUELED UP AND LEAVING THE GOLCONDA MARINA, IT IS A VERY OLD TOWN JUST UP FROM IT. NICE MARINA THAT WE HAD TO FIND IN THE DARK WE PULLED IN TO IT AT 10PM AND THERE WERE NO OR NOT MANY LIGHTS. BUT THANKS TO OUR GPS WE FOUND IT WITH NO MIS-HAPS, THAT WAS SUNDAY NIGHT THE 8, WE STAYED OVER UNTIL TUESDAY THEN WE LEFT FOR GREEN TURTLE BAY.
THIS A BIG BIG ROCK PIT ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.
THIS IS A BIG HOUSE OVER LOOKING THE RIVER ENTERING KENTUCKY, WITH A BIG YARD.

THIS IS THE BARKEY LOCK AND DAM ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.

WE ARE AT GREEN TURTLE BAY MARINA, WE STARTED OUT FROM HERE WEDNESDAY MORNING. GOT ON TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER JERRY SAID THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE VIBRATION SO HE WENT BACK AND CHECKED IT OUT SAID IT WAS NOT GOOD AND WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE MARINA TO SEE ABOUT GETTING IT FIXED.

SO HERE WE ARE AND THEY CAN'T GET AT IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

LOUISIANA CITY UNTIL THE WEEKEND

2007-06-26T22:45:00.000-04:00

WE HAVE OUR NEW PROPS ON AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO. BUT HAVE DECIDED TO STAY HERE UNTIL SUNDAY OR MONDAY AND THEN HEAD TO ST. LOUIS. THIS A VERY NICE MARINA AND WE HAVE MET SOME NICE PEOPLE. THIS IS A QUITE PLACE DURING THE WEEK BUT WILL GET LIVELY COME FRIDAY.

THIS IS A SMALL TOWN AND IT IS ON THE MOURRIS SIDE OF THE RIVER,AND THE MARINA IS ON THE IL SIDE BUT THERE IS A WALMART HERE BUT IT IS SMALL. THERE ARE TWO FOOD STORES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESTURANTS HERE AS LAWYERS OFFCIES. WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE HOMES A OLD AND LARGE ON LARGE LOTS. THE TOWN IS SPARED OUT TOO.

WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IT IS WITH THESE FEW MARINA'S DOWN HERE THAT HAVE ARMY TRUCKS. THIS MARINA HAS ONE THAT THEY USE TO PULL THE TRAVEL LIFT FORWARD AFTER THEY HAVE GOT IT UP AND OUT OF THE WATER. THIS IS A FAMILY OWNED MARINA, SO VERY FRIENDLY STAFF. OH YES DID I MENTION THEY HAVE A OUT DOOR POOL? WELL THEY DO AND YES WE SPENT SOME TIME IN IT, ON MONDAY THE ONLY THING IS IS DIDN'T TAKE OUR CAMERA WITH US AND I WISH WE WOULD OF AS JERRY WAS QUIT FUNNY AS HE TRIED TO GET INTO A FLOATING CHAIR. BUT A GOOD TIME WE DID HAVE...

OK WE ARE NOW AT MILE MARKER 50 WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE MILES BEHIND US. WE STAYED AT A SMALL PLACE LAST NIGHT TIGHED UP TO A BARGE WHICH THEY HAVE MADE INTO A BAR/MARINA WE HAD TO GO OFF THE MISSISSIPPI DOWN TO EVANSVILLE IL. GREAT PLACE GREAT PEOPLE THERE. THEY WANTED US TO STAY LONGER BUT WE SAID WE HAD MILES TO MAKE. OFF WE WENT. AND NOW WE ARE ALMOST AT MILE O.

PROPS PROPS AGAIN THEY WILL BE THE DEATH OF US! ! ! !

2007-06-23T23:19:00.000-04:00

WELL HI ALL HERE WE ARE AGAIN BENT PROPS, WELL ONLY ONE THIS TIME BUT THE WATER WAS LOW AND WE NEED GAS. SO WE HEAD DOWN TO GET SOME AND WE WERE TO CLOSE TO ONE SIDE AND HIT A STOMP IN THE WATER AND BENT A PROP. WE MADE IT TO LOUISIANA CITY TO TWIN RIVERS MARINA GOT IT PULLED OUT PROPS TAKEN OFF AND HERE WE SIT WAITING FOR PROPS TO COME BACK. WE THOUGHT WE WERE ON A SAND BAR BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MOVE SO WE GET OUT ZODIAC DOWN AND MOTOR TO THE GAS PUMP AND NO ONE IS THERE FOR AND OTHER HALF AN HOUR SO BACK TO THE BOAT WE GO AND JERRY SAYS HE CAN PULL IT WITH THIS, SO WE GET BACK I GET OFF AND GIVE HIM A ROPE HE TIES IT TO THE MOTOR OF THE ZODIAC I START UP THE BOAT AND OFF HE GOES PULLING US. NOW THIS LOOKS FUNNY BUT IT WORKED. THEN JERRY AND ROSE GET THE ZODIAC BACK AND HOOKED BACK ON THE BOAT AND HE COMES UP TO DRIVE US TO THE GAS PUMPS MOVING OVER IN THE WATER OF COURSE.

NOW WE ARE 38 INCHES FROM WATER LINE TO THE END OF PROPS SO WE ARE TAKING IT VERY SLOW, OH YEAH AND ARE SONAR IS TELLING US WE ARE IN 10 FT. OF WATER FLASHING CONTUSELY AT THAT. SO DEANNA WENT UP TOP AND CHECKED ON THE ON UP THERE AND IT READS 2.5 FT. SO SHE STAYED UP AND WATCHED AND TOLD ME THE NUMBERS GOING VERY SLOW. GOT GAS AND GOT BACK OUT OF THERE.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE PROPS BACK ON TUESDAY, AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHATS HAPPENING.

SO BYE UNTIL THEN

p.s. FOR OUR NEW FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE MET HERE IS JERRY'S E MAIL ADDRESS

jerryleicht@hotmail.com THAT IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT US IN THE FURTURE

BYE FOR NOW

THE BOAT GANG J-D-R & MIKO

THE NEXT TWO BLOGS!!!!!!

2007-06-18T21:48:00.000-04:00

HEY THE NEXT TWO BLOGS ARE BACKWARDS LAKECITY IS FIRST AND THEN WINONA. AND NOW WE ARE IN DAVENPORT IOWA NICE PLACE BUT LONG WAYS A WAY FROM THE MAIN TOWN.

LAST WEEKEND WE WERE IN CLINTON IOWA WE WENT TO A ART IN THE PARK SEEN A PICTURE THAT REMIND ME OF MY OLDEST SONS CAT. HE HAS A BLACK CAT THAT LOVES TO DRINK FROM THE WATER TAP AND THEY HAVE THE SAME TAP IN THERE KITCHEN IN BLACKFALDS WHERE THEY LIVE SO HERE IT IS.

THEN WE ALMOST LOST EVERYTHING BUT THANKS TO JERRY WE DIDN'T BUT IT WAS CLOSE..

WE COULDN'T GET ANOTHER ONE AT SABUAL SO WE WENT TO CLINTON AND THEY HAD ONE IN THE NEXT DAY AT NOON.

IN CLINTON THEY HAD A SMALL MARINA AND OLD DOCKS BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD PUT A MILLION $$ IN IT AN THEY STILL WEREN'T DONE WHERE WE WERE AT WE HAD NO WATER HOOK-UP FOR THE BOAT. AND WE COULD NOT GET GAS THERE. SO SUNDAY MORING WE HEADED DOWN TO DAVENPORT AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY..

BEING FIXED IN WINONA 11DAYS THERE.

2007-06-18T20:46:00.000-04:00

This what we had the run in with that cost us a 11 days out of our trip south.

we went in between these two as it was the wides part. The top pic was to the left of us and the bottom was on our right. and there was a small way between the building and the shore.

We made it to this marina called Dicks Marina..This is how they took us out of the water in Winona , and yes that is an old ARMY truck

Doesn't Jerry look happy

Bad Bad Bad

This the bad props that were new the day before...

This is where we sat in there parking lot right next to a intersate, so we got a lot of looks and finger pointing and yes rubber necking went they seen us sitting out on the front deck.

FIRST SET OF PROPS AT LAKECITY....

2007-06-18T19:15:00.000-04:00

Family and Friends,, Here are the pictures from LakeCity where we hit the first wing dam and we had it fixed. This the marina as you can see that there are a lot of sail boats here, they have well over a thousand slips there. Very nice place and good people too.

here they were towing to there lift.

this a picture that is for the next fix as you will see..

this is the bent props as they were lifting it out of the water.

they don't look too bad, but they are. One side could not be fixed at all, but we did keep the best one of the two for the furture. And we hope we won't have to..

Nice new and shiney props and waiting to be tryed out..

Back in the water we go.

And we leave LakeCity right after we gased up and filled the water tanks. We were going to be very carefull from now on.

MORE MILES BEHIND US! ! ! ! ! GOOD

2007-06-13T10:56:00.000-04:00

HEY FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
WE ARE NOW AT DUBUQUE IOWA, WE GOT A LATE START YESTERDAY AND A SMALL ENEGINE PROBLEM BUT GOT IT FIXED AND LEFT MARQUETTE IOWA BUT WE WENT HARD AND HAD GOOD TIMEING IN THE LOCKS NOT HAVEING TO WAIT TOO LONG TO GET IN THE LOCK WITCH WAS GOOD. THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING GOOD FOR US NOW. I CAN'T SEEM TO PUT PICTURES ON HERE ANY MORE SO WILL TRY A BIT DOWN THE WAY. HOT AND SUNNY HERE AND TANNING GOOD.
FROM THE BOAT GANG.

WE HAD A GOOD DAY TODAY! ! !

2007-06-11T23:28:00.001-04:00

WELL WE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY! WE DID 63 MILES TODAY WE ARE NOW IN MARQUETTE IOWA STAYING HERE TONIGHT AND THEN ON THE RIVER AGAIN.OH YES THAT MOTOR PROBLEM WE HAD WAS JUST A DIRTY FILTER CHANGED IT AND NO MORE PROBLEMS, IT HAS BEEN VERY HOT THE LAST FEW DAYS THE HIGH 80's AND THE LOW 90's ALL THIS WEEK. JUST A SHORT NOT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW WE ARE DOING.
TAKE CARE ALL
FROM THE BOAT GANG..

THINGS IN WINONA WE SEEN

2007-06-10T20:02:00.000-04:00

THIS WAS AT THE VISITORS CENTER

THESE ARE BLUE HERRINGS THAT ARE PAINTED UP AND PUT IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN WINONA THEY ALL MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE AUCTIONED OFF IN A FEW WEEKS TO RASIE MONEY FOR THE TOWN. THEY WERE NEAT. THE LAST ONE I TOOK IN A DOWN POUR.

WHY THERE IS THREE OR FOUR NEW BLOGS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE INTERNET HERE...

AND UP DATE ON US TO DATE....

2007-06-10T19:46:00.000-04:00

SORRY CAN'T UP-LOAD ANY PICTURES ON THIS BLOG THIS TIME;;;;
WELL THOSE WING DAMS ARE EVERYWHERE, AND KNOW WARNING THAT THEY ARE THERE EITHER UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE.
We started out doing so well until just before Lake City. And we got two new props put on there and then we were off again. There is not a lot to see on the shores of the Mississippi i.e.: tress, sand and rocks.oh yes and houses. We were a bit worried about going through a Dam & Lock; the first one was a bit intimidating but we were the only one in it and they helped us through, here are some pictures of the first lock.
We drop 12 feet in this lock; we just keep dropping as we go south. We have to drop 1400 feet by the time we reach the Gulf of Mexico so we have a few locks to go through.
Here is the next lock, lock 3..

Yeah we weren’t alone in this one lots of boats of all sizes were in there.
Here is the bone yard they are along the river edges where tress have fallen and are dead. The water is not deep so where they fall is where they stay. We see lots of this on the river.
Then we come up to a place called Maiden Rock where we hit our first wing dam and did in our first set of props. Here are some pictures of what and where we were at. And had them fixed. This is Lake Pepin it is just off from Lake City. There is a lot of Sailboats there.
This is a large Marina they have over 1000 slips for boats. It is a small place from what we could see.
Ok here are the props the first time.
They don’t look too bad but they are: so two new ones go on. All nice and shine and new:::
Here we are going back in the water. On a travel lift.
We are leaving Lake City behind us. We are out on the decks with binoculars watching for things in the water, Rose was on the main deck and I went up top and yes getting some sun in those un-fore seen places only Jerry sees cause there was no one around only the birds. Jerry was keeping close watch on the sonar too. We were traveling along the river very well, time just seems to fly by and before we knew it, it was going on 5pm.
So started talking about where we would dock for the night, and we were coming up to lock five. Got in to it and there were a couple of guys watching from above they were riding there bikes south. We told them what we were doing and they said great sounds like fun, but then everybody we tell what we are doing say it sounds like fun. Well it has been fun but just a bit expensive. Oh wait l am getting ahead of myself. We get done in lock 5 and then we come upon some pipe and a vessel on our port side. Down a bit we see and building sitting to our starboard side. Jerry says there is more room between the two buildings than the building and the shore so we are going between the buildings. And we didn’t even get even with them and bang we hit something killed us dead stop in the water. And Jerry say’s WHAT, those who know he can just see him say that l am sure. He starts the engines and boy do they vibrate when he gives them some gas so he backs off. Then this guy comes over the two-way radio and asks if we were ok and we said NO we had hit something, he said oh sorry hope you can make it to the next lock and the next marina, but if we can’t to call ahead and some one could come and tow us in. That was the U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS that said oh sorry about that. Got to love them army boys????
We made it in and through the lock and in to the marina it was only about 4miles but it was very slow going. We got into a slip at the dock and some guys came and helped us tie up and then one of the owners from the marina came over, Jerry talked to him and they said they could pull us out of the water in the morning and see the damages so that is what we did. They didn’t have a travel lift they have a trailer and old army truck. They backed the trailer into the water and one of their guys drove the boat on it and then pulled us out. Jerry rode on the boat as it was pulled out. The damages were bad as seen in pictures. Jerry was just pissed about it; they said you have Ins. We said yes. So we gave them a call and they said to take pictures and make a report on what happen. So we did. Pictures well I’m always taking pictures.
We left Winona Sunday morning about 9:45 AM and made it to LaCrosse WI and then one motor quit on us so we are staying the night here, so we made it about 40 miles and Jerry says it is a good thing we are not in any hurry.

WING DAM::: WING DAMS! ! ! ! !

2007-06-01T01:10:00.000-04:00

THOSE WING DAMS HAVE IT IN FOR US WE HAVE TOOK A BITE FROM TWO OF THEM IN THE LAST WEEK AND IT HAS BEEN CHEAP.
We sit here in a parking lot in dry dock awiting for our second set of props and all that good stuff that makes us go putt putt in the water.
Sorry I haven't had much on here but haveing problems with the internet again.
Will get all the pic's from the last week very soon. We are all doing fine and well no one has gotten sick or anything yet
Yours truly from the boat crew
J, D, R & M

LONG WEEKEND HERE! ! ! ! ! !

2007-05-26T09:20:00.001-04:00

Well it's long weekend here and the weather is not the greats friday was not to bad, it was sunny and warm. And saturday we wake up to cooler and wind. So we will have to wait and see what the rest of the day is like??? We are all ready to go south got the carbs and the motors are running good. We have been told that this is a very busy weekend for boaters to be out on the river so we are just kind holding back before we leave here. We have 13 miles of old dead trees that are in the river to go through. They are call ( no seemens ) and can put a hole in the bottom of the boat. And when it is windy it can make it even harder to see them and for driving. So if we don't leave here today or sunday then we would like to be gone on tuesday. Here are so more of the pic's that we took on our test drive..

These barges are going up and down the river every day.
This the bridge that we crossed everyday when we were in the hotel. It is the wakota bridge. It is a very busy bridge.

This looking out our front window sitting at the Marina in Twin Citys. (st.paul). Nice view right. How can anyone not like that to wake up to every morning !!!!!
Rose sittng out on deck enjoying her first boat ride she said that this is nice.

And here she is behind the wheel of the boat. Looks like she is having fun.????
Here I am driving it too we all took a turn at it.

And Captain Jerry with out his hat. The Captains hat that is we have found one he likes yet so he doesn't have one..
This the boat that we almost hit when we tried to dock it when the motor would not stay running. It is on the outside of the slip as it is to wide to go in a slip. We were lucky that Ted was there and pushed us away from it. And I was there helping push too but Ted saved us..
Miko has taken a couple of swims too not by his choice either. The first time he just slide off. The second time Rose went out for a smoke before going to bed at about 11:30pm at night, I was in the bathroom and Jerry was in bed already Rose let a scream out Miko fell in the water. I was done what I was doing and up and out the door Rose was off the boat and calling to him to come to her, he went down and under the walk way and she got a hold of him and brought him on the dock here is a pic's from the first swim.
We put him up on the upper deck where it was sunny to get dry. And I had just gave him a bath the night before. The water is dirty here so in for another bath. And he dosen't like his baths at all.
Well that is all for today and hope is all well with all of you back home.

Congrates to Jerry's brother Terry and Gail for their first Grandbaby girl on May 17/07 and all are doing well.

Hope you who read this put some comments on here so that we know that it is being looked at and read.

From the crew on the boat....J, D, R & Miko

OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE???

2007-05-20T14:24:00.000-04:00

THIS SOME OF THE PIC'S WE TOOK WHILE ON THE TEST DRIVE WITH THE CARBS THEY ARE THINGS ALONG THE RIVER THAT WE COULD SEE. WE POST SOME MORE ANOTHER DAY.

WELL ARE TO GET CARBS TODAY ??????

2007-05-17T11:27:00.000-04:00

WELL FAMILY WE HAVE NOT DROWNED YET??? WE HAVE HAD TO GET SOME WORK ON THE BOAT. AND WE ARE TO GET OUR CARBOTAORE BACK TODAY ( WE HOPE ) THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD BE BACK ON TUESDAY BUT NOT. WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK INSIDE THE BOAT LIKE CUPBOARDS NEEDED SHEVFLES IN THEM AND DID SOME PAINTING IN THEM FRIST WHERE THERE WAS NEVER PAINTED. AND JERRY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN HELPING ME. WE ALSO CHANGED CURTAINS ON THE DOOR. (pic in next bog)
WE TOOK THE BOAT OUT BEFORE THEY TOOK THE CARBS OUT TO GET FIXED AND JERRY DID OK ON DRIVING IT, THE ONLY THING WE HIT WAS THE SIDE OF THE PIER WHEN WE DOCK IT. SO THAT WASN'T BAD. THEY TELL US WE HAVE 13 MILES OF BONE YARD TO GO THROUGH WHICH IS TRESS IN THE WATER THAT HAVE DIED AND ARE IN THE MUD. SO THAT WILL TAKE US SOME TIME. SLOW AND DOWN THE RIVER WITH ROSE AND I ON THE SIDES WATCHING FOR LOGS.
MIKO WENT FOR A SWIM, HE FELL OFF IN THE WATER ON MONDAY EVENING GOOD THING WE WERE STILL IN AT THE DOCK BECAUSE HE JUST SWAM UP TO THE DOCK AND GOT UP ON A LOG AND JERRY PICK HIM UP BUT WAS HE DIRTY AS THERE IS STALIE AND SMELLY STUFF STUCK UNDER THE DOCK . SO IN FOR ANOTHER BATH WHICH HE HAD JUST HAD ONE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AND I MIGHT ADD HE DOSEN'T CARE FOR THEM MUCH.
WELL HAVE MUCH TO DO BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE TOMORROW SO BETTER GET AT IT. YES WE HAVE MET SOME VERY NICE PEOPLE HERE AND WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM TOO.
SO YOU ALL TAKE CARE UNTIL NEXT TIME........
LOVE FROM THE CREW OF THE GASPARDO...
J,D,R & M
Jerry,Dee,Rose& Miko

IN THE WATER AT LONG LAST >>> HOO RAY

2007-05-04T23:45:00.000-04:00

HERE IS THE KELL OF THE BOAT THAT WAS REPAIRED, IT HAD A CRACK IN IT FROM BEING RUN ASHORE TO MANY TIMES. THE LIFT IS LINEING UP TO TAKE US TO THE WATER JEFF IS THE MAN DRIVING THE LIFT.

I AM STANDING AT THE BACK WATCHING THE LIFT GETTING IN PLACE.

JEFF IS ALMOST IN PLACE TO START THE LIFT. AND I AM NOW IN THE FRONT OF THE BOAT. IT IS JUST STRATING TO RAIN.

JEFF IS PLACEING THE STRAPS TO LIFT.

THE STRAPS THAT LIFT THE BOAT.

STRAPS ARE READY TO START THE LIFT.

LIFTING

AND WE HAVE LIFT OFF

GONE WE ARE ON THE MOVE TO THE WATER.

AND AWAY WE GO.

WAITING FOR JERRY TO BRING THE GAS FOR THE BOAT, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE TANKS TO GET TO THE PUMPS SO HE HAS GONE TO GET GAS IN THE MARINES TRUCK WITH A TANK IN THE BACK. WE HOLD ABOUT 240GALLONS OF GAS AT $3.00 PER GALLON SO ABOUT A 500 DOLLAR BILL TO FILL IT UP AND THAT IS AT THE CAR PUMPS, THE MARINE'S PUMPS ARE $5.20 PER GALLON NOW THAT WILL BE A BIG BIG OUCH TO THE BANK ACCT.

AND WE ARE IN THE WATER AT LONG LAST. WE ARE LEAVING THE HOTEL ON SATURDAY WHICH IS TOMORROW AND GOING TO LIVE ON THE BOAT THIS WILL BE FUN.

WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE BUGS WORKED OUT OF GETTING OUT INTERNET TO WORK ON THE BOAT YET BUT HOPE TO HAVE IT WORKING SOON. SO IF WE DON'T POST ANYTHING ON HERE THAT IS WHY.

OH YEAH WE ARE THE TALK OF THE MARINA THOSE CRAZY CANADIANS THAT ARE GOING OUT AND DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A BOAT.

OH WELL WE ARE GOING TO GET LESSONS FROM SOMEONE THAT KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE A BOAT OF THIS SIZE.

WE HAVE MET ALOT OF NICE PEOPLE HERE TOO.

SO BYE FOR NOW.

DEE & JERRY

HEY GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!

2007-05-01T19:07:00.000-04:00

HI Family & friends,
Just a short not to let you all know we have the satilite phone hooked up today and the no. is (863-203-2522) that is the number that came with the satilite. Can call us just like a land line phone. But we are sleeping in a hotel not on the boat yet. We should have it in the water by this weekend. Will take pictures of the move and post them on here. Hope everyone is doing well back home.
So take care all until next time
Dee & Jerry

BACK IN ST. PAUL MN........

2007-04-27T16:00:00.000-04:00

WELL WE HAD A GOOD TRIP BACK TO CANADA LEFT HERE AT 8AM FRIDAY AND GOT IN TO MY BROTHERS PLACE IN TABER BY 6PM SATURDAY EVENING. SOLD THE TRUCK AND THEN WE GOT A RIDE TO THE AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY AS WE WERE FLYING OUT ON THURSDAY, WE GOT BACK TO ST. PAUL AROUND 2:30 PM .

WE WERE TOLD THAT MIKO WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN IN CARGO BUT WHEN WE CHECKED IN THEY SAID NO HE COULD GO AS A CARRY-ON AS IT WOULD BE TO COLD DOWN THERE FOR HIM. SO THAT WAS GOOD AND HE DID GREAT, WE ONLY HEARD FROM HIM WHEN HIS EARS POPPED OR THAT IS WHAT WE THINK BECAUSE OUR EARS WERE POPPING. PEOPLE COULDN'T BELEIVE THAT IT WAS HIS FIRST EVER PLANE RIDE. FOR HIM TO BE SO GOOD AS YOUNG AS HE IS. HERE HE IS ON THE PLANE IN FRIST CLASS TOO.

WE WERE AT THE BOAT THIS MORNING AND THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT IN FRONT OF US AND WE WERE TOLD THAT BY NEXT WEEK WED, OR THURS IT WILL BE IN THE WATER. GREAT TO HERE. SO WENT IT HAPPENS I WILL TAKE PICTURES AND PUT THEM ON HERE.

UNTIL NEXT TIME

DEE & JERRY

Back to Canada for a short time....

2007-04-19T09:20:00.000-04:00

HI FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
WELL WE ARE HEADING BACK TO CALGARY FOR A SHORT TIME, WE ARE DRIVING THE TRUCK AND TRAILER BACK TO BE SOLD. WE ARE LEAVING TOMORROW FRIDAY THE 20TH THEN WE WILL FLY BACK HERE AND HOPE BY THEN WE WILL BE NEXT TO GO IN THE WATER. THEY HAVE MOVED SOME MORE BOATS IN THE WATER ALL THIS WEEK AND MORE AND MORE ARE GETTING UN-WINTERIZED EVERYDAY. THE WEATHER HERE HAS BEEN BETWEEN MID 50S TO LOW 70S THIS WEEK IT HAS BEEN SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.
SO I WON'T POST ANYMORE ON HERE UNTIL WE ARE BACK, IN A FEW WEEKS. JERRY SAID WE MAY BACK BY WAY OF VEGAS, HAVE 12 HOUR LAY OVER THERE.
BUT THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.
WELL BETTER GO GET THING PACK TO GO TO THE BOAT AS WE ARE LEAVING EARLY IN THE MORNING BACK FOR CANADA.
BYE AND TAKE CARE
DEE & JERRY

BOATS ARE STARTING TO GO IN THE WATER ((HOO RAY))

2007-04-14T21:16:00.000-04:00

HI FAMILY AND FRIENDS,

WELL STARTED TO PUT BOATS IN THE WATER YESTERDAY HIP HIP HOO RAY SOON WE WILL BE ON ARE WAY. WE WERE TOLD TODAY THAT OURS SHOULD BE IN THE WATER IN TWO WEEKS. THAT IS IF THE WEATHER STAYS NICE. SO HERE IS HOW THEY PUT THEM IN AND TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WATER.

HERE IS THE MARINE TRAVEL LIFT, THEY ARE GETTING IN READY TO BE MOVED. THIS WAS ON FRIDAY APRIL 13/07 . I THINK THEY PUT THREE OR FOUR IN YESTERDAY. JEFF THE MANGER TOLD US THEY CAN PUT 10 BOATS IN THE WATER IN A DAY.

WE HAVE BEEN BUSY BEES THIS LAST WEEK WORKING ON THE BOAT SO HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO! THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES;

THIS IS THE OLD FLOOR THERE WAS CARPET HERE IN THE SALON THAT LOOKED LIKE SHIT SO BE GONE WITH IT.

THIS IS THE GALLEY THAT HAD LAMINATE WHICH IS GONE.

SO HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE OF THE OLD SHIT. THIS WHAT ONE BOX DID ONLY SIX ROWS, SO WE HAVE A FEW BOXES TO PUT DOWN.
THIS IS DAY ONE OF THE HARDWOOD FLOORING.

THE GALLEY IS ALL DONE BUT WE HAVE A SQUEAK IN THE FLOOR NOT SURE IF WE ARE GOING TO FIX IT OR NOT. GOOD QUESTION ??????

WELL ALL DONE AND IT LOOKS GREAT, IT WAS HARD WORK BUT WE DID IT. WE PACKED ONE BOX AT A TIME FROM THE TRUCK TO THE BOAT. WE LIKE OUR NEW FLOOR, AND HOPE YOU DO TO WHEN YOU COME FOR A VISIT.

WEATHER IS GREAT HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO BBQ ON THE BOAT TOMORROW SITTING ON THE DECK WITH A COLD ONE......

UNTIL NEXT TIME. D & J

((( SNOW ))) WE DON'T LIKE (11/04/07

2007-04-11T23:06:00.000-04:00

HI FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
YES WE ARE GETTING THE SNOW AND IT IS COLD HERE WITH THE WIND BLOWING OFF THE WATER. BUT WE ARE GETTING THINGS DONE ON THE BOAT. PICTURES TO COME ON THE WEEKEND. JERRY IS GETTING THINGS INSTALLED AND WORKING.
IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE WARMER BY THE WEEKEND. WE SURE HOPE SO. WE NEED A WEEK OF WARM WEATHER AND THEN THEY SHOULD START TO PUT BOATS IN THE WATER. THE GROUND NEEDS TO BE DRY FOR THE BOAT MOVER TO GO IN WHERE THE BOATS ARE AND MOVE THEM TO THE WATER. EACH DAY THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BOATS THAT ARE GETTING THE PLASTIC OFF OF THEM , SOON THEY WILL ALL BE READY FOR THE WATER.
DEE & JERRY

EASTER SUNDAY > APRIL 8/07

2007-04-08T19:46:00.000-04:00

EASTER SUNDAY AND STILL ON LAND. NO BOATS HAVE GONE IN THE WATER AS OF TODAY. THEY ARE FORCASTING SNOW FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS. IT HAS BEEN COLD AND WINDY HERE FOR THE LAST WEEK, SURE WISH IT WOULD WARM UP.

ROSE WENT BACK TO TABER UNTIL WE GET THE BOAT IN THE WATER, THERE ISN'T MUCH FOR BOTH OF US TO DO. JERRY PICKED UP A SOLAR PANEL INSTALLED IT ON THE BOAT YESTERDAY SO A LONG WITH THE TRIBINE WE HAVE LOTS TO KEEP OUR BATTERIES CHARGED. WE CHANGED ALL OF THE LIGHT FIXTURES TOO, WE CHANGED THEM ALL TO A HALGENS FOR BETTER LIGHTING.

JERRY HAS EVERYTHING HOOKED UP AND WORKING THE ONLY THING THAT HE HAS LEFT TO DO IS TO INSTALL THE THAT THING SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN DRINKING WATER FROM THAT BIG POND WE WILL BE IN. HA HA HA.

WE ARE SLOWY GETTING THINGS PUT AWAY A BIT EVERYDAY.

THIS IS THE THING THAT THEY USE TO PUT THE BOATS IN THE WATER. THERE ARE TWO SIX INCH WIDE SLING THAT GOES UNDER THE BOAT AND THEN IT CREEPS TO THE WATER OR DOCK THEN IT GOES IN THE WATER, I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET A PICTURE OF A BOAT IN THE SLING SO YOU CAN ALL SEE HOW THEY DO IT.

THIS IS THE TRUBINE LOOKING OUT OF THE GALLEY WINDOW TO THE BACK OF THE BOAT. AND YES IT WORKS TOO.

THIS IS THE BACK OF THE BOAT BEFORE THE TRUBINE IS UP, AND THE LADDER THAT WE USE TO GET ON AND OFF THE BOAT.

THAT IS ALL FOR NOW MORE LATER THIS WEEK OR ON THE WEEKEND.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE HAD TO GOOD EASTER, STAY SAFE..

TA TA FOR NOW JERRY & DEE.....

ANOTHER DAY CLOSER....

2007-03-31T19:50:00.000-04:00

We are unpacking the truck and hauling it four boats deep to our boat.

Here is our bedroom somewhere under all this there is a bed??

More totes stacked everywhere??

This is the galley or kitchen. (totes)

This the salon or living room (totes).The other side of salon.

This the boat unwinterized waiting to get in the water, but if the rain don't stop it will be longer before we are there.

This the thing that they use to put the boats in and out of the water. It is sitting on the side of the Mississippi River.

This me standing on the top deck looking out across at all the boats waits to go in the water, there is alot of them.

The mighty Mississippi .

This a picture of the Mississippi River from the top deck of the boat. It is that close.

This is Jerry working getting the trubine up and working. It was today and it was rainy and only 41 F. here today he just got the electrical done and then it open up those big black clouds and let us have it. It poured rainy good for a couple of hours.

This is our satellite, so we can keep intouch with the rest of the world. That is if anyone is checking up on us, drop us a line if any or all of you have read our blog???

Well that is all for now more next week.

Miss you all. Love Jerry Dee and Rose.

One week here and still on Land...

2007-03-29T00:03:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone, We have all of our things on the boat now and we are getting it put it away. But here are some pic's of our trip down here. They are going back wards this one at the top is in Minnesota and back to the Alberta Rockys

Hi everyone,
We have all of our things on the boat now and we are getting it put it away. But here are some pic's of our trip down here.