tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52803737867185616442024-03-05T03:49:48.391-05:00gottalife adventureThe adventure of Gottalife as we take a year and sail the Great Lakes, the East Coast and the Bahamas.Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-72033892328423346872009-06-02T17:28:00.007-04:002009-06-02T17:45:38.872-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fZyXi7_3mrTiGKdR60uo1gE0nTrmHEjP5zuWVjO4RZiRAZQFlIy7TejbR38e3ySbGHKhvw5fgPh-SDgOsHJ9IBi60cZ0EUtxX43LyXCt2EdloD9HHSB_VJASz1TzoylH3-ThosV6jTI/s1600-h/IMG_2878.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847596610033042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fZyXi7_3mrTiGKdR60uo1gE0nTrmHEjP5zuWVjO4RZiRAZQFlIy7TejbR38e3ySbGHKhvw5fgPh-SDgOsHJ9IBi60cZ0EUtxX43LyXCt2EdloD9HHSB_VJASz1TzoylH3-ThosV6jTI/s200/IMG_2878.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWblFhgRTI/AAAAAAAAraY/8ESRcIMdVR4/s1600-h/IMG_2874.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847594385130802" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWblFhgRTI/AAAAAAAAraY/8ESRcIMdVR4/s200/IMG_2874.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Catskills<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbkmkBIRI/AAAAAAAAraQ/Xs1Ydy4RESk/s1600-h/IMG_2848.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847586074173714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbkmkBIRI/AAAAAAAAraQ/Xs1Ydy4RESk/s200/IMG_2848.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbSebAkGI/AAAAAAAAraI/q_1E6tRagT4/s1600-h/IMG_2844.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847274651258978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbSebAkGI/AAAAAAAAraI/q_1E6tRagT4/s200/IMG_2844.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbSYT3qcI/AAAAAAAAraA/ZX1kRviQUG8/s1600-h/IMG_2833.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847273010702786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbSYT3qcI/AAAAAAAAraA/ZX1kRviQUG8/s200/IMG_2833.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Trash barge down the Hudson<br /><br />Erin Statue Of Liberty <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Cmdu9hP-P32J2Frif9OM5VaVHmyfJXFslkRcQHgBSCdCZukljLMtZTJpDNK-yGwSst9Nzd-hIcY5wvRvkpOa6hWwV2nvaPTZbuvy88qy9Kv2fRtH9ddWo_tw0JTw6Zd0vbrZ5NTuZtM/s1600-h/IMG_2676.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847269938498418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Cmdu9hP-P32J2Frif9OM5VaVHmyfJXFslkRcQHgBSCdCZukljLMtZTJpDNK-yGwSst9Nzd-hIcY5wvRvkpOa6hWwV2nvaPTZbuvy88qy9Kv2fRtH9ddWo_tw0JTw6Zd0vbrZ5NTuZtM/s200/IMG_2676.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbSBCejVI/AAAAAAAArZw/b_r2Bjwyl5g/s1600-h/IMG_2674.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847266763738450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbSBCejVI/AAAAAAAArZw/b_r2Bjwyl5g/s200/IMG_2674.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Geneva Statue of Liberty<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbRybjDLI/AAAAAAAArZo/CXWRqfELcsQ/s1600-h/IMG_2667.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342847262842358962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWbRybjDLI/AAAAAAAArZo/CXWRqfELcsQ/s200/IMG_2667.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWa5uBqecI/AAAAAAAArZg/arYIbi8w08s/s1600-h/IMG_2635.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846849343191490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWa5uBqecI/AAAAAAAArZg/arYIbi8w08s/s200/IMG_2635.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWa5qjCSCI/AAAAAAAArZY/eTsO5OmJEEA/s1600-h/IMG_2615.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846848409421858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWa5qjCSCI/AAAAAAAArZY/eTsO5OmJEEA/s200/IMG_2615.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> Spooney's on the Cheasapeake<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqWD4i1eAa6mmuVDWMB8RZy0d8ocoVSgJAYuWSnkzBGTuF5w8NJfC6HYGoSdz3Jstz5PedYgX04hG2KdPXPvpEM35JDOAwLN1r6LpzEuYnYPIImMYep8jJvklDqosZ_MrBU2CEFHui48/s1600-h/IMG_2609.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846845553465634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqWD4i1eAa6mmuVDWMB8RZy0d8ocoVSgJAYuWSnkzBGTuF5w8NJfC6HYGoSdz3Jstz5PedYgX04hG2KdPXPvpEM35JDOAwLN1r6LpzEuYnYPIImMYep8jJvklDqosZ_MrBU2CEFHui48/s200/IMG_2609.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> New and Old Friends<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWa5fc9wfI/AAAAAAAArZI/rhdUYalx4CA/s1600-h/IMG_2600.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846845431169522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWa5fc9wfI/AAAAAAAArZI/rhdUYalx4CA/s200/IMG_2600.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> New Friends, old Friends goodbye for now<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-fvjcBNgfomF-EWrRbdEzyZqcf1b4lR_tjZURujdSMSOPB9QVdV4163XbfswlJThTkc2Xh-ZBUNY_8Lbh6xbZHi4Vd_hFaVMU1EE2xu6OW1nxFjYNLneT7heUO7RY8liEq-YhKJSaM8/s1600-h/IMG_2591.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846837948719474" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-fvjcBNgfomF-EWrRbdEzyZqcf1b4lR_tjZURujdSMSOPB9QVdV4163XbfswlJThTkc2Xh-ZBUNY_8Lbh6xbZHi4Vd_hFaVMU1EE2xu6OW1nxFjYNLneT7heUO7RY8liEq-YhKJSaM8/s200/IMG_2591.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWahSRiA0I/AAAAAAAArY4/d9BbzjsHHRA/s1600-h/IMG_2570.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846429576692546" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWahSRiA0I/AAAAAAAArY4/d9BbzjsHHRA/s200/IMG_2570.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWahe0Q6vI/AAAAAAAArYw/08-muoGG6Bg/s1600-h/IMG_2528.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846432943598322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWahe0Q6vI/AAAAAAAArYw/08-muoGG6Bg/s200/IMG_2528.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> St. Michaels park<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWahPSlGnI/AAAAAAAArYo/4c2kENsIWsk/s1600-h/IMG_2521.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846428775783026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWahPSlGnI/AAAAAAAArYo/4c2kENsIWsk/s200/IMG_2521.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4kT9QvaxQii-wDwx5sHY55RpsPU62eD6zjQdCZehdLYh231I46rbkZkPWn57QM3VS9DQmM_96vAiFCDUvuk09t9lEaBluf6KoMV-httj0lWH_DNYkCd5bozzBxsgFXQnlYE-F4w1PrE/s1600-h/IMG_2448.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846421472873170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4kT9QvaxQii-wDwx5sHY55RpsPU62eD6zjQdCZehdLYh231I46rbkZkPWn57QM3VS9DQmM_96vAiFCDUvuk09t9lEaBluf6KoMV-httj0lWH_DNYkCd5bozzBxsgFXQnlYE-F4w1PrE/s200/IMG_2448.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Camp Lejume<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWag6fZPYI/AAAAAAAArYY/VzzpJ5kfmT4/s1600-h/IMG_2492.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342846423192386946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWag6fZPYI/AAAAAAAArYY/VzzpJ5kfmT4/s200/IMG_2492.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> the Sequioa<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaH37ORfI/AAAAAAAArYQ/mA0kyU9XUvY/s1600-h/IMG_2332.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845993007072754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaH37ORfI/AAAAAAAArYQ/mA0kyU9XUvY/s200/IMG_2332.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Cumberland Island - Georgia<br /> Carnegie mansion<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHhO8R_I/AAAAAAAArYI/GbLc_88dzoM/s1600-h/IMG_2312.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845986915764210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHhO8R_I/AAAAAAAArYI/GbLc_88dzoM/s200/IMG_2312.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Cars left to rust at the Carnegie mansion<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHTsLYZI/AAAAAAAArYA/cVswuy9jH2E/s1600-h/IMG_2238.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845983280292242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHTsLYZI/AAAAAAAArYA/cVswuy9jH2E/s200/IMG_2238.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Helping another boat 'hard' aground<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHeOhy4I/AAAAAAAArX4/po9bOfkHO2E/s1600-h/IMG_2157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845986108722050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHeOhy4I/AAAAAAAArX4/po9bOfkHO2E/s200/IMG_2157.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Cape Canaveral<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHDaidDI/AAAAAAAArXw/Xmp2jVPLIJg/s1600-h/IMG_2151.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845978911339570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWaHDaidDI/AAAAAAAArXw/Xmp2jVPLIJg/s200/IMG_2151.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ28oCnhI/AAAAAAAArXo/Re_-WbSpSTE/s1600-h/IMG_2138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845702211018258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ28oCnhI/AAAAAAAArXo/Re_-WbSpSTE/s200/IMG_2138.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> On the crossing - Homeward bound<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ2rgRc4I/AAAAAAAArXg/vBczHxeUdkk/s1600-h/IMG_2128.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845697615033218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ2rgRc4I/AAAAAAAArXg/vBczHxeUdkk/s200/IMG_2128.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /> Leaving the beautiful Bahamas<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ2dYqncI/AAAAAAAArXY/e74lW6kbeMs/s1600-h/IMG_2087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845693825031618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ2dYqncI/AAAAAAAArXY/e74lW6kbeMs/s200/IMG_2087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Hopetown lighthouse duty<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ2aCT6BI/AAAAAAAArXQ/cWVZcRiOC48/s1600-h/IMG_2080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845692925962258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SiWZ2aCT6BI/AAAAAAAArXQ/cWVZcRiOC48/s200/IMG_2080.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Lighting the light at Hopetown<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfHQveBCeSl_m-ecCzZc1KB3Epg95yvAt7wDsiFSd-FG4M2Umxfdp3jaYIKOdTastCxoN-hjBxAzNYoL_zYVCi71mTBz_jtaxBlyfjl_cfwEkP_ZXQzXoVP8tBrFi1CxDhQoi2wwFpfo/s1600-h/IMG_2051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342845689806714978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfHQveBCeSl_m-ecCzZc1KB3Epg95yvAt7wDsiFSd-FG4M2Umxfdp3jaYIKOdTastCxoN-hjBxAzNYoL_zYVCi71mTBz_jtaxBlyfjl_cfwEkP_ZXQzXoVP8tBrFi1CxDhQoi2wwFpfo/s200/IMG_2051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-24881699815475702852009-05-05T16:26:00.005-04:002009-05-05T21:11:10.870-04:00U S of AHello one and all and all in one! This is <span style="color:#ff0000;">Erin</span> speaking from the lovely coast of Florida! We are in the ICW (Inter-coastal Waterway) other wise know as "The Ditch"! We are back in the US of A. It feels good to be back though I miss the Bahamas immensely. It is good to get Internet though. I shall tell you about the rest of the Bahamas before moving on to what is happening here in the states. Before we went to Nassau, we were at Hope-town. Hope-town was a Paradise itself. All the houses were painted light green, pink and yellow making the town just lovely. They had little dirt roads that only golf carts drove on. The island was green and lush. I loved walking down the dirt road, smelling the fresh air that was warm and humid. The ocean side beach didn't have a lot of sea glass but more than I have seen the whole trip. Sea glass is a rare find. Then there was the light house. It was like one you would see in pictures with the red and white stripes and the light keeper's house. Usually the keeper house has a gift shop in it or something. Not this one. The light house was a kerosene light. It was NOT electrical like most are, so it had to have a keeper to go in the light house every night and light the lighthouse. The light could be seen for 13 miles.<br />That night we got to light the light house. First off we trudged the wooden steps that spiraled up the lighthouse. Going up the middle of the steps was a large concrete pipe. In the Pipe was a 1200 pound weight that was cranked up to the top of the light house and then it was released. The weight would descend slowly causing the Fresno lens to spin. The Fresno lens is the glass around the light.<br />There were few windows to let light in so we had to watch our step. The were pipes that ran up and down the lighthouse that would take the fuel up and down. Halfway up there was a wooden platform with a green metal tank that held the fuel. Finally, at the top we walked through an old looking wooden door. We were in a room with only a ladder at the very edge of it.We crawled up the ladder and then squished our way through the hole in the roof. We entered a little room where there was a cat door only big enough to let a human on hands and knees through. In the middle of the room there was a metal stand on top was the lens. It looked like an ordinary lamp only about 50 times bigger. The keeper said that the stand was a pool of mercury that the Fresno lens sat in that made it spin easier. At the bottom of the stand there were gears about three feet off the ground. There was a handle at the end of the gears.That is what was used to crank the weight up.<br />The room had vents about a foot off the ground all around the room. So when the sun came up and they did not need to have the light on in the lighthouse they could cool the room down by opening the vents. I crawled through the cat door which had lead me out onto a porch about 150 feet above the ground. It was a walk way on the tipsy top of the lighthouse. I walked around the light house on top then went back inside to find the keeper there ready to begin. To start we had to close the old door down on the floor below. Then the cat door had to be sealed shut. We had to walk around and make sure there was NO ventilation of any sort getting in. We closed all vents. Then about five feet above us there a grate platform with the Fresno lens in the middle. We climbed up to there where we had to take down white sheets. The sheets were to block the sun from coming in and damaging the lenses and to prevent a fire. The lenses could reflect the sun and start a fire during the day. It was sunset now so we had to get started in lighting the light house. The keeper poured alcohol in the light and then turned on the gas. He then took a match and then lit the alcohol which was used as a starter to get the fire going. It looked like a candle. It was not a big flame at all but it could be seen for 13 miles! It took awhile to get the alcohol burned off. So while we waited, we got to crank the 1200 pound weight up. It was like cranking up a two pound weight, it was not difficult at all. It takes two hours for the weight to fall down to the bottom of the light house, so the light keeper has to come up every two hours to crank it back up. Even during hurricanes he has to go up to the lighthouse! With 80 knot winds could you imagine being up so high? Once the lighting had been done and there was a bright flame going, everyone had to get down off the grate platform and down at the base of the stand.<br />All the parts of the light house had been there since early 1900's. It was all old equipment but it worked flawlessly. The Keepers family had worked there for quiet some time. The keeper with us had told us that his father, grandfather, and grandfather's father had worked in the light house. We watched the light for a while in the light house then we decided to go down and get a view from the ground. We opened one door and scrambled through as fast as we could to make sure that no ventilation got in. When I stepped out onto the stairs after the old wooden door and the cool air hit my face did I realize how hot it was up in there! I could not imagine it during the summer when there are temperatures in the hundred's!We walked down to the dingys and looked back at the light that we helped light. It felt pretty cool to know that I had helped light that lighthouse. Back out at the boat we watched the light. Two hours later we still saw the light so the keeper must have cranked the weight back up. I thought that light house was a life time experience!<br /><br />While we were still in the Bahamas we could not pass up an opportunity to go to a enormous outdoor water park. We got a dock at the Atlantis Marina and took the 'Bird On A Wire' crew, Brendon and Mark onto our boat for the day to go to the park. We had perfect weather for it too. It was sunny and warm. Upon entering the hotel to get to the park there was tile floor that went though a maize of shops and stores. We then found ourselves facing what looked like a giant rock candy stick. Only it was blown glass. Then after getting a few pictures we proceeded farther. We entered the casino in which the floor was multicolor and there was a loud chatter of people. The Casino was dimly lit and had several tables in which to play card games. There was a path down the middle of all the slot machines. There was a booth in the middle and on top of it there was a glass blown ball of red, orange, yellow things sticking out the side that looked like snakes without the teeth. It was probably as tall as me. Then with an immediate turn after the casino we ended up looking out ( with our jaws dropped) at a pyramid and a green building with four points and what looked like white flowers about to bud.<br /><br />But to get to the water park we had to follow a yellow brick path that was a bridge with an aquarium that we could look down in. It was about 2 feet off the water in which you could look down on an aquarium full of grunts, snappers, and some really scary looking fish. There were also Manta Rays. They were huge and large enough not to want to be in the water with them. They were about 6 feet wide and 8 feet long! It was a Mayan theme so in the tank they had old statues and figures of the Mayans. Atlantis is has the largest outdoor aquarium in the world. It was tropical paradise with hammocks and white beaches with clear blue water. There were hundreds maybe even thousands of chairs set out in rows for people to set their stuff on or just to get a tan. It was crowded and we were having a hard time time finding a seat. We eventually found one and dropped all our stuff in relief and scurried off to go off the slides in pure excitement. There were only Seven slides. (Others were for smaller kids.) On the Power Tower (the green building) there were four slides. The Power tower was open on top so we could see the whole park. We saw the Falls, one of the smallest ones and The Drop another small one. On both of them we rode on tubes. The may have been small but they were awesome. The Drop would drop us about 5 feet in the dark then shoot us back up and drop us once more they did that several time then dropped us in a lazy river. The falls were about the same. When going up more steps we ended up on top of the Power Tower where there were two more slides. The one was a slide where you sat in a tube and it was like the Drop only higher and bigger drops. The other slide was called the Abyss. Down Down Down!!!! The Abyss, a body slide that is a 60 foot vertical drop. When I went down I did not touch the tunnel I was in. At the bottom we ended up in cave with glass all around us with big fresh water catfish. It took me a second to get over the shock. It felt like I had just been free falling. Then we went to the pyramid. It was still outdoors. One small slide, the smallest I went on dropped you in a plastic tunnel in which I could see out. But just outside of the tunnel there was a shark tank so I got a close look at the sharks swimming around! Also on the pyramid were two racing slides. They were called Challengers. It was a 50 foot slide that was at about a 45 degree angle, so it was not much of a drop. It was a body slide. It was made for speed. Two people on separate slides would race down. Kristen, from Bird on a Wire and I raced down. It was so incredibly fast, I was down in five seconds. The other slide was called The Leap Of Faith, Another body slide. It really was a leap of faith. It was only a 50 foot drop but this time it was NOT an enclosed tunnel. At the top I looked over where the slide started and it was so steep I could only see the very end of the slide. The water would spray everywhere so I could not open my eyes. I could not even tell I went through a shark tank. There was plastic between the shark tank and me but still. When I got out of the water at the end I was amazed I even did that. The day unfortunately had to end. Before we left, I went in what we called the current. It was not a lazy river. We were in inflated tubes on this ride. When we stared it took you under a semi dark bridge with rushing rapids and foot tall waterfalls. I know it sounds not big at all, but it wasn't it was just the fact that you were going pushed by this extremely strong current. Then drifting for a while, taking a nice smooth ride, yeah right! Then came the best part ,4ft waves they forced into the river and would push, flip and positively give you a thrill while riding on them. They would sometimes brake and send you flying or just give you a push.Then the rushing rapid and this time bigger falls and a skinner place to go through, only going one at a time! After rushing through that they put you and your tube on a flat escalator and took you up to drop you sightly then go through twisty, turn filled rapids that take you back to where you started. That was most of the water park. This was the first time we had seen a civilization in a long time. That was also the first time we had seen ice cream in few months so it was hard to restrain those of us who wanted it. We also got pizza. It may have just been cheese but that beat the rice and spaghetti we had been eating for almost every meal for the last two weeks.Well, from there we went on to Treasure Cay to Great Sail and then to Turtle Cay. At Treasure dad, Mark, Brendon and Dave from Bird On A Wire went spear fishing. The best catch of the day was our first Hog fish! At great sail we found some interesting items. Well first item I was with my dad, and Geneva and we found a piece of a space shuttle. Don't know which space shuttle it was from though, But we found it on the beach. The next day Kathy, Annie, Dave from Bird On A Wire and I found raw rubber from a ship that was torpedoed during WW2. It was about 50 pounds and had bugs creeping out of it and it a yucky brown color. From Great Sail, we crossed over to Cape Canaveral, Florida.<br />To my surprise, the crossing to Florida was not to bad. It was 140 miles. I could not do much because we rolled a lot. I sat on the rail for a while. The air was a bit nippy and when I was sitting on the rail My feet went in the water on one of the rolls and we were in the Gulf Stream so the water was like 80 degrees! It was really warm, not what I was expecting. I get sea sick so I spent most of my time sleeping because it made me feel better.While in the Gulf stream we going 10.5 knots! That is good for us considering we average 6 knots. Sandpiper hit 13 knots! Like I said I spent most of my time sleeping so I didn't get to see or do much. The hard part was that I was in the Cockpit so I kept rolling out off the bench I was sleeping on. I had to hang onto a line while I was sleeping. It was not a deep sleep. While in Cape Canaveral we got a car from our very gracious friends (Brian and Linda). We went and toured the NASA Space center. We decided to be tourist and did all the tours and saw the space shuttles. (Waited for my dad to stop counting rivets.) We also saw the Imax in which we learned the very important studies in space, like how to go to the bathroom in space. We got to see shuttles on the pad ready to go Space Center. The Space station was made in three separate parts by all different counties. All the parts made it to space successfully and they are now all connected and are one big Space Station. Astronauts spend six months at a time up in the Space Center making repairs and doing experiments in space. To be an astronaut you must be in exceptional shape. They would train for two years in advance to a launch. They trained for zero gravity by going in 6 million gallon pool in a life size simulation of the Space Center! In space the astronauts exercise for hours a day. It was incredible what those people did even before space exploration. Some were fighter pilots in war or were in the Navy. They had to be skilled in plumbing, electrical, know everything about space there is to know. Their life was in their hands, so if anything happened during take off they would have to handle it. They had to know how every part of the Space Center worked. We got to see memorials of the people who died in honor of science. We also got to see a space shuttle that never took off but was a replica of the ones that did. It took up a whole building and this was no ordinary size building. It was super long! But not very tall. If you go to <a href="http://www.kenndyspacecenter.com/">http://www.kenndyspacecenter.com/</a> you can look up Canaveral then it will show you a picture of it.<br />After leaving Cape Canaveral we went to St. Augustine. We had gone there on the trip south. We decided to return. It is such a perfect town and they have the best pizza I have ever tasted in my life. From St. Augustine we went to Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island was so nice. At first we went down the dock and were standing at a little clearing covered in leaves and on our left there was a log cabin that had rockers facing the water. It was like heaven sitting in the rocking chair with the warm air and birds chirping. I could have fallen asleep, but instead we went for a walk. We walked along the beach then cut back onto a wooden dock without water below it. It was all mud below the dock. The Mud held tons of little one inch crabs. We then arrived at a trail that had little country houses on both sides with woods intertwined. There were horses just wandering freely around. The horses were skinny but looked healthy. We came up to a house that looked like a millionaire had owned it. It had four floors, that we could see. In the picture we saw it in the days it was new. It had porches that were magnificent and royal. The gardens were well maintained back then and the statues just made you want to look at the picture for ever. All it looked like now was a brick wall four stories high. There were the old fountains that looked now old and worn down. There were no longer luscious gardens but weeds growing in there place. It looked as though it had been in a fire though. Well turns out it had been in a fire! It had burned the inside in 1959. The Carnegie's had owned that house in 1907! Even today it l would have looked like a huge house from the remains of it. Could you imagine what it would have looked like to a person on 1907? It must have looked like a king lived there. They owned most of that island as a matter of fact. We walked down the driveway discussing what we were going to do the next day. We were thinking of going off shore to Charleston, South Carolina when we had turned back to the wooden lodge. Geneva looked over and said "Erin look it is an Armadillo". It was one. I had never seen on in the wild before! It was so cute!<br />I was walking down the dock with my dad when I had an idea.. I thought. "Hey dad why don't we start off tonight?" "I mean to Charleston?" It was only 3 o'clock in the afternoon. To my surprise he said yes! So that night we picked up anchor and were off to Charleston!<br />The crossing to Charleston was not bad at all. It was offshore and over night. I even read some of my book. I am proud of myself! I also found a better place to sleep offshore. It is the port side couch below deck. Now onto our time in Charleston. We met up with our cruising buddies 'More CowBell'! More CowBell's crew, Sam, Dana and Dave. The first night in Charleston we went out to dinner with them. We went to a pizza place. They only gave you two pieces and that is all you needed! The pieces were huge! The next day we went on a walking tour of Charleston. We saw old houses and buildings. The coolest building was the one we ate in. It was a church! When we were walking up the steps my mom said watch you step from behind me and I still tripped over it. So did every one behind me even though they had been warned! The step was so weird. Inside it had TVs at every table and huge flat screens all over and the food was good to boot. Sam, Geneva and I got a table together.The waitress was super cool. After that the men ditched us and Sam,Geneva,Dana, mom and I went to a bead shop. We recollected the men and went for ice cream! Yum! We walked around the town eating ice cream and looking at the stores.After that we had to go home. We said our goodbyes and departed from More Cowbell.<br />From Charleston we went to Calabash (North Myrtle Beach) where we got pizza and that was it.<br />We have left Charleston and now are traveling down the ICW. Not much goes on during the day. I do school then at the end of the day we lay down our anchor and go into the new towns. Now we are in Newbern,North Carolina. It is storming and very cloudy and other than that I have no more to say so, ERIN OUT!<br /><br /><br />Update from <span style="color:#ff6666;">Geneva:</span><br />Hey Senoritas, Senors, Ninas, Ninos, and llamas. We are currently in Royal Island, Eleuthra. Nassau was so exciting! Going to Atlantis was amazing. Everywhere I looked giant yachts, Shops (Gucci, jewelry shops, Ben and Jerry's)took over. The water park was my favorite because it was fun. The slide were Leap of Faith which was a 60 foot drop into a shark tank that went really fast. It was open so you could see over the park, but I thought the Abyss(meaning black hole) was better because it was a 70 foot drop(about) through darkness and landed in a underground cave with fish in aquariums around you. The tube rides were the Surge (tallest tube ride), the Drop (second), and finally the Falls. They had an extreme lazy river called the current. You went down a bunch of rapids which one time I fell off the tube and body slide down the rapids it hurt. But they had these 4 foot swells to flip you on one part. The last slide was called the Challenger because you raced a friend and it was as tall the Leap of Faith, my best time was 4.46 seconds! We went with Bird on a Wire and Sandpiper. The people that work there were so nice, they would push you on the rapids and talk to you. Sometimes they started to sing! I have heard that the resort was glorious and trust me, it was!! I loved Atlantis and if you ever needed a place to go in the Bahamas I'd like to mention Atlantis. Well if you want a resort that is. We got to go to rachels bubble bath in Cambridge before Atlantis and after Staniel. IT was so cool the waves were huge and you get up close but when a wave comes I like to go to the bottom of the water and watch it go over me with all the bubbles. You have to be careful because it knocks you back on the rock and sea urchins. We went hiking up the sides of the cliffs. The wind was so strong it literally almost knoked me over! I loved it! Spearfishing is amazing here we've got Grunts, Snapper, Grouper, and wait for it...... Hogfish! You should have come Rio Dulce if you are reading this! They were delicious, we actualy had leftovers! We've seen a bunch of green turtles. They are so cute! I kind of want one... but of course I want a three headed dog like Fluffy in Harry Potter too. Hehe *laughs hysterically*! We moved up to the Abacos and they were awesome! The islands we visited are Treasure Cay(the cay is pronounced key because it's the Bahamian way!), Hopetown, Man-a-war, Green Turtle Cay and Great Sail Cay. Now I'll get to tell you what there was on island. There was Bahamas best cinamon rolls which is indeed true! Hopetown was to cool for words! There was shopping where I got and awesome bag, and an amazing lighthouse. This lighthouse was the last one that was not electric it was kerosine! Bird on a Wire came with us and we got up to the top and look through glass while he started the light. Then we cranked up a 1200 pound wieght (I'm super strong!) to get the light rotating it was a gorgeous view from up there, I loved it! Man-a-war was a quiant little town with ice cream! Green Turtle Cay was not much but the had a great bakery! Finally, Great Sail Cay was nothing more then an impossibly long island and warm water to snorkle in. The Abacos were nice but I'm still in love with the Exumas and always will be! In the U.S. we jumped through Florida from cool cities like St. Augustine and met up with Brian and Linda in Canavaral when they graciously lent us thier car. We stopped at Cumberland in Georgia and let me tell you it's a beautiful place from the gorgeous wild horses to the incredible scenery. We saw plenty of wildlife such as armidillos to fiddler crabs, I hope we get to go back for a spring break and camp out! We wanted to skip the rest of Georgia because it was getting shallow, we decided to leave that very night for a 25 hour hop to Charleston where we would hopefully meet up with More Cowbell (Sam, Dana, Dave) who we cruised with. The crossing was long and rolley so out of exhaustion and seasickness my mom was asleep the first 30 minuets we were out. It was up to my dad and I to drive through the perilous waters to safety of the land the waters tossed the boat....... okay so what if it wasn't like that? The world'll never know. Now in Charleston we had a fun time with More Cowbell we did everything tours, shoppping, eating, eating! It was cool to see them again and we hope to see them again. Well thats all and the next time I wrote I should be in North Carolina. Tootles everyone! 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sc__Ug5xpqI/AAAAAAAAppQ/0K5uO5aEvBI/s200/IMG_0662.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFMB2MCIz4CFMwKDhc2fB7Kys_3cQul7sXhQqum9UCrLtUNc92k2u0vLB3tfzj1zTuvw_9JZpxKtAMR7pqgnxkkVBM58E0HE154-Sr2wcNbZ0nYsomhMkxhDwjyD5xm11XT4UM3jXtlk/s1600-h/IMG_0181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318750404409181106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFMB2MCIz4CFMwKDhc2fB7Kys_3cQul7sXhQqum9UCrLtUNc92k2u0vLB3tfzj1zTuvw_9JZpxKtAMR7pqgnxkkVBM58E0HE154-Sr2wcNbZ0nYsomhMkxhDwjyD5xm11XT4UM3jXtlk/s200/IMG_0181.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sc__TzXQQvI/AAAAAAAAppA/YILxkFWxH7o/s1600-h/IMG_0057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318750400618185458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sc__TzXQQvI/AAAAAAAAppA/YILxkFWxH7o/s200/IMG_0057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This is a post by <span style="color:#ff0000;">Geneva</span>: Hola all of you people! Sorry I haven't been writing on the blog lately. It's been pretty busy with everything going on, but we have been having a blast the last couple of weeks in Georgetown. Yes we have officially left after 3 full months of fun. It was not easy leaving all of the kids, for we have all split up. In Georgetown 2 of my friends Sam and AnnMarie had their 12Th birthday on February 27Th and it was so cool. We sang a song for AnnMarie that I think was weird but it was fun. We had a small birthday party with all the cruiser kids on the beach with tug-a-war, relays, cakes(2). Everyone was ecstatic to participate. Thanks to Priority (Dakota, Declan) I have learned to wake board, not as good as their dad (Scott) who can jump and all that jazz. I'll soon be able to do 360s.....Tehee..... NOT! Yesterday we celebrated another great birthday Dakotas' AND Brendon's'. Another double birthday, the day was full of slingshots, pizza, and cake. The slingshot makes you fell like your flying, you go so high. Back in Lake Erie we need to do that and amaze our marina friends as they say we are going to die. This may come as a shocker but my dad used the slingshot and he went flying. The slingshot is made up of a halyard line, another line tied to the end, the other line tied to the dingy as it throttles up and flings you as you scream and hold on. Bird on a Wire, Sandpiper, Priority, and Zola are currently anchored with us in Staniel with the pigs on the beach that are huge. I've might of said this before but I could literally ride these pigs! Oh did tell you that Sargent Majors are vicious. All 2 inches of them! I was feeding them in Thunder ball Cave and one came up and took a chunk out of my knuckle (well using its 1 centimeter sized mouth) and drew blood!! I was amazed at how much it hurt. There are sharks here but so far they have been nurse sharks (although there is a bull shark in Cambridge). In Cambridge (a mooring field) it's in the Land and Sea Park so it is beautiful they have a great snorkel spot called the aquarium. It's called that because it has so many colorful fish and coral that you think it's a aquarium. The only bad thing is that there are gorgeous shells and you can't take them even if they are broken pieces of conch. Next to the mooring field there is a island. Any guesses on who owns it? Johnny Depp! He only uses the beaches but when we were snorkeling his yacht was there so that meant he was there! Cool isn't it? Of only he would invite us over... Right off of the island there is a sunken plane. It was said that it was a drug plane because it was so small. I really thought it was awesome because I got to practice free diving pretty deep on the plane.<br />It is true that lion fish are taking over the Bahamas from the Pacific. They are so pretty but they have stingers that feel like scorpion stings when touched. These invasive species are also eating Nassau Grouper eggs (a really good tasting fish) and have no natural predators. Well, I have to go snorkel on the coral heads! Tootles, and we are coming back soon! We may go to Atlantis in Nassau for we are now moving north now, heading back home. Yey! Well see you guys soon! There will be more to type about as we get closer and closer to the end of the trip...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Update from <span style="color:#ff0000;">Erin</span>:</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Our cruising year is coming to an end. We will be heading back to the states soon. Our time in the Bahamas has been extravagant. It has been a long time since we have written in our blog. So what we have done in the couple of months has been a mystery. After Long Island, we went back to George Town. We stayed there another month. We stayed for some of the cruising regatta. My mom and dad did the children's day event in George Town. At first we thought it was going to be a disaster because we had only nine Bahamian kids and 10 cruising kids and 30 helpers. However, the George Town Elementary school let the fifth graders join us. Originally, it was the third and fourth graders. The third graders couldn't come because of some kind of problems with behavior. We played tug-of-war, obstacle course, water balloon toss, and other relay games. It was a fun day for everyone.<br />We also had a Marine Biologist in our midst. The cruising kids did experiments on the clarity of the water. We made Secky discs out of bucket lids and black electrical tape. We had four dighys to go out and experiment different areas of the harbor and test the water. The Secky discs were held under the water and one person had a line attached to it and drifted back until they could not see it any more. This is how we measured visibility in the water. We also took sediment samples. We tested current by seeing how long it took to drift back 3 meters. Each group tested four different areas. Our group was made up of the kids and adults of Sailing Vessel 'Priority' (Declan, Dakota and Dad Scott). When we finished all the testing in all four spots we met up with the three other groups on the beach. We got bottles and put in all the sediment samples in different bottles and compared them. We compared them by shaking them and then looking at each one to see which were the clearest. Our group had the clearest results in the clarity tests. The conclusion of the experiments were that the North Ocean cut was the cleanest.<br />We have split off from Georgetown now with Bird on a Wire. We have gone to Black point where we did not do much.. We went into town which had nothing really. They had a couple of run down houses and a bakery. It was a house. You knocked on the door and she would take you into her house. We ordered and she had bread fresh out of the oven the next day. The house smelled of homemade bread. The next day, we were on the move once more to Staniel Cay where we dove Thunder ball cave (again). Thunder ball cave is a grotto which is a cave under water with an air pocket. Sargent Majors guard the entrance. (Sergeant Majors are a type of fish). We got to feed them hard boiled eggs. We found out that they bite.<br />We entered the Land and Sea Park in the Exumas where we dove on a ship. There is no fishing or shelling. We paid for our mooring by painting a house boat. We also had a movie night on the beach . A Huerta (small rodent) ran across Geneva's feet scaring her and us to death. The next day, we were off again to a new location, Cambridge Cay.<br />There we saw an aquarium under water. It was extravagant with colorful reefs, lots of angel fish, Sargent majors, lion fish and parrot fish. We also saw an 8ft manta ray gliding under us. That same day we dove on an old drug running one passenger plane. It crashed in about 10 feet of water and had coral growing on it. Once again the day went by fast and that night we watched the shuttle launch. However that is not what interested us the most. By the island near us, a huge 100+ foot boat had anchored. No one is allowed near that island, so what was the boat doing there? The Island belongs to Johnny Depp. It turns out, the boat also belonged to him. He invited us over for dinner (OK - maybe not). The peaceful night went by with no dog piles in the middle of the night. The next day we went to a very rolly anchorage and stayed long enough to enjoy a dingy ride through the mangroves and and afternoon on the beach. Because of the windy weather, we decided to back track to Staniel Cay. It was not only smooth, but Priority and Zola were there. Also it was Dakota's 13Th birthday. We had a fun day of Wake boarding, sling shot, and later pizza and a movie that night.<br />We are planning to continue heading north to Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. That is all of now folks - stay tuned for more.<br />Erin.<br />I am sure you are wondering about the human slingshot. To make it, we took a line that was attached to the top of the mast and then attach it to another line. A fast dingy takes this line and a person is holding it and drives away from the boat slinging that person into the air. I am sure my mom has pictures to share of this adventure. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-4712164529116830652009-03-10T15:10:00.002-04:002009-03-10T15:30:55.909-04:00Last Days at Georgetown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TY-NILSkFBKlF_juEcRMCqlZZ6albOkBn-9C9Rc4m_zaUsb1HtzNESduKBz_8b6E3Ja9B1wDfWkidPqpLH6dWzF3oeiOmyDhzon7AyXxtTIyAtYilA0S3Vy9cMii2hpWn9eEh5ZCLMg/s1600-h/IMG_9157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311640184160876578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TY-NILSkFBKlF_juEcRMCqlZZ6albOkBn-9C9Rc4m_zaUsb1HtzNESduKBz_8b6E3Ja9B1wDfWkidPqpLH6dWzF3oeiOmyDhzon7AyXxtTIyAtYilA0S3Vy9cMii2hpWn9eEh5ZCLMg/s200/IMG_9157.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba8mSPyDZI/AAAAAAAAoHI/iGZUvYx3JGc/s1600-h/IMG_9162.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311640176449162642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba8mSPyDZI/AAAAAAAAoHI/iGZUvYx3JGc/s200/IMG_9162.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba8mQN0OSI/AAAAAAAAoHA/D21pGMPIMgo/s1600-h/IMG_9197.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311640175904045346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba8mQN0OSI/AAAAAAAAoHA/D21pGMPIMgo/s200/IMG_9197.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba77iUpJJI/AAAAAAAAoG4/VUmn3jNQfrg/s1600-h/IMG_8850.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311639442030142610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba77iUpJJI/AAAAAAAAoG4/VUmn3jNQfrg/s200/IMG_8850.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba77EzCrHI/AAAAAAAAoGw/qFYV32nHCF4/s1600-h/DSC_0118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311639434104581234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba77EzCrHI/AAAAAAAAoGw/qFYV32nHCF4/s200/DSC_0118.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba77IEOoCI/AAAAAAAAoGo/j5nNidZX9TE/s1600-h/IMG_9474.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311639434981974050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba77IEOoCI/AAAAAAAAoGo/j5nNidZX9TE/s200/IMG_9474.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKCwlJbXbyRN-68mgTMqocAs5NksY6hPRCi05vuyAva4CefYVWEeu-fvzuLKf9jjXd4Wr5QNwNUdFfLB0nDu8EhyeukD57sfWSLAio8i5BCOJyQis1uWb7Socqde1N9_THLBsXNj0FIE/s1600-h/P1110042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311639427108039634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKCwlJbXbyRN-68mgTMqocAs5NksY6hPRCi05vuyAva4CefYVWEeu-fvzuLKf9jjXd4Wr5QNwNUdFfLB0nDu8EhyeukD57sfWSLAio8i5BCOJyQis1uWb7Socqde1N9_THLBsXNj0FIE/s200/P1110042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba76b9dCrI/AAAAAAAAoGY/GTf3jQtjWXE/s1600-h/P1110061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311639423142398642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/Sba76b9dCrI/AAAAAAAAoGY/GTf3jQtjWXE/s200/P1110061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>All good things must come to an end and our visit to Georgetown Exumas is ending. We are planning to start north tomorrow March 11 and visit the northern Bahamas on our way. We are still not sure when we will arrive back to the states, but we are getting close to the end of our adventure. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-89684924011195234912009-02-21T12:53:00.005-05:002009-02-21T13:10:04.969-05:00More Bahamas<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBCw5B0fMI/AAAAAAAAoF4/jaukQi3tIO4/s1600-h/IMG_8716.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305313768752053442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBCw5B0fMI/AAAAAAAAoF4/jaukQi3tIO4/s200/IMG_8716.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBCwxrAEQI/AAAAAAAAoFw/zfCxkVDvlvA/s1600-h/IMG_8556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305313766777295106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 133px; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAohTaTsI/AAAAAAAAoD4/MXx5O-r_-xc/s200/IMG_8484.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAodnnnPI/AAAAAAAAoDw/Bxug2rscPrY/s1600-h/IMG_8457.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305311424932191474" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAodnnnPI/AAAAAAAAoDw/Bxug2rscPrY/s200/IMG_8457.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAofP8jwI/AAAAAAAAoDo/zED703oxpCk/s1600-h/IMG_8091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305311425369771778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAofP8jwI/AAAAAAAAoDo/zED703oxpCk/s200/IMG_8091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAoP90Z_I/AAAAAAAAoDg/yoJu7LCvTwc/s1600-h/IMG_8039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305311421267208178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SaBAoP90Z_I/AAAAAAAAoDg/yoJu7LCvTwc/s200/IMG_8039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-58990606137618428472009-01-28T15:24:00.002-05:002009-01-28T15:58:53.181-05:00Long Island Bahamas<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SYDBXe6XxyI/AAAAAAAAnxY/Zfr1-EZ1l6Y/s1600-h/IMG_7247.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296445770966746914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SYDBXe6XxyI/AAAAAAAAnxY/Zfr1-EZ1l6Y/s200/IMG_7247.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SYDBXN0BoyI/AAAAAAAAnxQ/8BlSwCV_2fY/s1600-h/IMG_7779.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296445766376727330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SYDBXN0BoyI/AAAAAAAAnxQ/8BlSwCV_2fY/s200/IMG_7779.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SYDBW1FEQuI/AAAAAAAAnxI/XFieAmEdaks/s1600-h/IMG_7778.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296445759737316066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SYDBW1FEQuI/AAAAAAAAnxI/XFieAmEdaks/s200/IMG_7778.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>We took a side trip to Long Island. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-31243267820444660232009-01-09T16:40:00.006-05:002009-01-12T15:00:46.267-05:00Bahamas<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SWueWp4ojTI/AAAAAAAAnD0/7l3mHmhCpl0/s1600-h/IMG_6113-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290496299314482482" style="FLOAT: left; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SWfEz0mdDWI/AAAAAAAAnCM/OOIpWFdli2k/s200/IMG_5555.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SWfEz7fkj0I/AAAAAAAAnCE/70iEBPykoIg/s1600-h/IMG_5495.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289412683792420674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SWfEz7fkj0I/AAAAAAAAnCE/70iEBPykoIg/s200/IMG_5495.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IuSvS5eK9bZ49ZuN6ToJacdu5wWUy7vc0C07t8rsSPvjZXW4NV5lHVNs3MRUgugiiGQnC_hPufALhk0MckiEwNX5ZP5QdN2wK5sYn5KuNaRjktXbuXxhDcqoi46ENndHsc4JeGPZqrc/s1600-h/IMG_5265.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289412676909190178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IuSvS5eK9bZ49ZuN6ToJacdu5wWUy7vc0C07t8rsSPvjZXW4NV5lHVNs3MRUgugiiGQnC_hPufALhk0MckiEwNX5ZP5QdN2wK5sYn5KuNaRjktXbuXxhDcqoi46ENndHsc4JeGPZqrc/s200/IMG_5265.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hola Amigos! I miss all of you, however I have been having a super duper time! From snorkeling to hanging out at the beach with my new cruising friends the fun never ends. I'll start with my new friends: AnnMarie,Brian,Brady,David,Sam,Chris,and Josh. It's really fun to actually have kids my age! The weather of course is ah-maz-ing. I can't remember a day yet that I have had to stay on the boat all day. Of course, I don't think my parents could keep me cooped up in our boat all day. I've been snorkeling on the reefs and seen some lion fish. So far, no one has been stung or pricked by the lion fish. They are an invasive species. The barracuda sightings are minimum surprisingly I've seen more sea turtles than barracudas. The sea turtles are everywhere, one swam right under me when I was on the reef. Did you you know when sea turtles have their heads above water they look like upside down pineapples!? Weird! Let me tell you one thing its short and simple. Hermit crabs pinch really hard when they get on your foot! I can't believe how dark a tan I have since I've been here. I've only worn my bathing suit and shorts most of the day. Okay I just need to say it: I CAN'T BELIEVE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING I WENT SWIMMING OUTSIDE AND THE WATER WAS WARM!!!!!! Well that's it for you chick-a-Dee's. Adios amigos and thanks for reading my blog. Later Gators and have a good uh... whatever the next holiday is! ; ) <span style="color:#ff6666;">Geneva</span></div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;"><br /><br /><div><br /><span style="color:#333333;">Update from Erin - Well as you know we are in the Bahamas, Mon! We have been to some really cool, neat places! When we were in Shroud Cay, there was a little place up a little mangrove stream that we went up in our dingys. At the end of the stream, we made it to the ocean. It was there you could look out to a pool and it had really strong currents like a washing machine. When we tried to swim from one beach to the other the currents would take you away to the ocean where there was like 1 foot of water and where you would have to walk back to shore!<br />The first place we went was Chub Cay. There was a house there, if you walked to the upstairs it was house and downstairs it was a restaurant with only little tables and the bathroom also had a shower. That is how much of a house it was. Have you ever heard of the James Bond movie Thunder ball?? We went to Thunder ball cave!!!! It was soooo cool. It was an underwater cave that a bunch of fish followed us in and we fed them. Mark jumped from a hole in the top of the cave. It had to have been a 20 foot drop. There were holes underwater we would swim though. (I lost my fin a couple of times from the cave walls knocking it off). When we were at Wadrick Wells, there were blow holes on the top of the hills. When the tide came up they would blow and the wind coming up would be strong enough to take your hat off!<br />We did our normal Christmas Caroling through the anchorage. We had 3 dingies full of kids and went from boat to boat singing. We also decorated the boat with lights. We made a Christmas tree that went up the mast. It was great.<br /><br /></span></div></span><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#333333;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-45689657966402511292008-11-28T15:51:00.013-05:002008-11-29T08:43:51.976-05:00Florida - Getting ready for the Bahamas<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGwxqOXMI/AAAAAAAAgDE/9TIArhvOK6E/s1600-h/IMG_4094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274074442405665986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGwxqOXMI/AAAAAAAAgDE/9TIArhvOK6E/s200/IMG_4094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGwlEKsII/AAAAAAAAgC8/Zenik6O8y9U/s1600-h/IMG_4087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274074439024816258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGwlEKsII/AAAAAAAAgC8/Zenik6O8y9U/s200/IMG_4087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGwjSSSJI/AAAAAAAAgC0/IDFH8SyfwRk/s1600-h/IMG_4052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274074438547163282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGwjSSSJI/AAAAAAAAgC0/IDFH8SyfwRk/s200/IMG_4052.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Nb8KIgKTlUUGzGOIlXvbysCVnselcDLJp33n_tzih9ZUMXL7npWrNu5bwSlOBHvRQMalIacdU5kFuxwtuTbmY2PWcu27VnVEHVboeaKP9sa4MXWz1IoSSPrmvkwh-Pg-3CFUxf_YXNA/s1600-h/IMG_4419.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274074432223434418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Nb8KIgKTlUUGzGOIlXvbysCVnselcDLJp33n_tzih9ZUMXL7npWrNu5bwSlOBHvRQMalIacdU5kFuxwtuTbmY2PWcu27VnVEHVboeaKP9sa4MXWz1IoSSPrmvkwh-Pg-3CFUxf_YXNA/s200/IMG_4419.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGOJ51aZI/AAAAAAAAgCk/zTPaoMHqQSU/s1600-h/IMG_4441.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274073847618169234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGOJ51aZI/AAAAAAAAgCk/zTPaoMHqQSU/s200/IMG_4441.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGOBQN1xI/AAAAAAAAgCc/lZsKVAvizsQ/s1600-h/IMG_4332.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274073845296125714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGOBQN1xI/AAAAAAAAgCc/lZsKVAvizsQ/s200/IMG_4332.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGNwJhtOI/AAAAAAAAgCU/1pTT9ywhhQo/s1600-h/IMG_4491.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274073840704664802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGNwJhtOI/AAAAAAAAgCU/1pTT9ywhhQo/s200/IMG_4491.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGN1UBTNI/AAAAAAAAgCM/2SQGxMF5iTg/s1600-h/IMG_4584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274073842090855634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGN1UBTNI/AAAAAAAAgCM/2SQGxMF5iTg/s200/IMG_4584.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGNg10qiI/AAAAAAAAgCE/B_qhaHOBHv4/s1600-h/IMG_4668.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274073836595489314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/STFGNg10qiI/AAAAAAAAgCE/B_qhaHOBHv4/s200/IMG_4668.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />This is a post by... <span style="color:#ff0000;">Geneva</span>!: Thank you, Thank you very much! a lot has happened over the last week or so where to begin....<br />Yea! We are finally in Florida and I'm in a bathing suit! This is the first time in Sandridge history that I, Geneva Anne Sandridge, is in a bathing suit for Thanksgiving and hopefully Christmas. I also want to say.. Happy Thanksgiving! well at least belated. For Thanksgiving we had fun but not as fun as seeing our cousins. Actually I think it was equal to the fun with our cousins and family. We had two Thanksgiving meals. One with friends Brian and Linda at their great home and a huge pot luck dinner at Vero Beach with around 150 people. Last year they had so much left overs they gave it to the homeless shelter! But they probably didn't have a lot this year now that the Sandridge family has been here! Any way, I was really glad we got to meet up with Brian and Linda. Let me tell you if I wanted to live in Florida that is probably the best house to buy!! They also graciously lent us their car to go to the zoo and cooked a phenomenal Thanksgiving type dinner! My favorite part was feeding the birds. Except when one pooped on my head, that was nasty. :) When we rafted at Vero beach it was the only place that sold bathing suits because it's, wait for it, "winter" isn't that's weird!? I mean it was like 80 degrees outside and they had UGG boots and parkas in the stores!! Also, we saw our friends Bird on a Wire for the last time today until February!! :( This is also our last post until who knows? ) So I just want to say a few things.... I'll miss you guys, Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, Happy Valentines day and all the other holidays between here and when we are back! Puppy Dog Chow! Peace.<br /><br /></div><div>Hey ya’ll!! It is <span style="color:#ff0000;">Erin</span>! I have to tell any one and everyone reading this that I will be in the Bahamas. Yea! We will only get Internet in some places.We will not update the blog very often, so sorry readers. I had to tell you that so you did not think that we fell off the face of the earth. We could but I am thinking not. This morning we had to part with our friends which we have been traveling with for a month now. It was a very sad event. We hope to see them again in a few months. Well anyway lets talk about happy things. We had such a great time with them. We would watch movies and play games all the time. We had a great time with them. We also got to see some of my dad and mom’s good friends, Brian and Linda. They brought us to their house. When you would walk in the front door there was a swimming pool that had a hot tub that drained into the pool by a little waterfall. They also gave us the best home cooked meal I have ever had. We also got to go to the zoo. We also fed the birds. They would sit on your back, your hand and your head, it was really cool. One bird sat on me and would not get off even when I ran out of food. It would nibble on my finger. It would go over to Geneva and nibble on her finger and always come back to me. I guess my finger tasted good. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>We spent Thanksgiving at Vero Beach with about 150 other boats going south. It was great, we had a lot of food and a lot of people. Jack and Kris from our Marina came to visit and take us to lunch. It was great to see them, they bought Geneva and me chocolate peanut butter cream pie. Well that’s my update. You will get some soon so don’t be sad, smile!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-36464282274508689292008-11-18T12:38:00.004-05:002008-11-20T11:54:18.434-05:00Beaufort, SC, Jeklyll Island, Florida<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSWVTivDMfI/AAAAAAAAewo/BmM1deLpazI/s1600-h/IMG_3951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270783101881233906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSWVTivDMfI/AAAAAAAAewo/BmM1deLpazI/s200/IMG_3951.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSWVTRplvYI/AAAAAAAAewg/6tC7duLEGPM/s1600-h/IMG_3934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270783097294929282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSWVTRplvYI/AAAAAAAAewg/6tC7duLEGPM/s200/IMG_3934.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSWVTNrJGEI/AAAAAAAAewY/16_tmMr2Snc/s1600-h/IMG_3754.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270783096227698754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSWVTNrJGEI/AAAAAAAAewY/16_tmMr2Snc/s200/IMG_3754.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSL-OE_NPxI/AAAAAAAAeXQ/yXOniCQKpsk/s1600-h/IMG_3770.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270054031787376402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSL-OE_NPxI/AAAAAAAAeXQ/yXOniCQKpsk/s200/IMG_3770.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSL-Nxs6lJI/AAAAAAAAeXI/4d5rkE06ymc/s1600-h/IMG_3629.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270054026610381970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SSL-Nxs6lJI/AAAAAAAAeXI/4d5rkE06ymc/s200/IMG_3629.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5sTt0Wg9b5HFK2mRnCHRLg7qi4vi7ZLmBc6oXactAxjwXQ3g1WB4CTuwxuSFhG9XrGpfWa_8rHuVMsKR9UlHo7d7PsPPku6wpVKhOk6j7VeK0a-YXq0d-fnS5DcRelRCmjBhYydLjX4/s1600-h/IMG_3632.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270054029473812098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5sTt0Wg9b5HFK2mRnCHRLg7qi4vi7ZLmBc6oXactAxjwXQ3g1WB4CTuwxuSFhG9XrGpfWa_8rHuVMsKR9UlHo7d7PsPPku6wpVKhOk6j7VeK0a-YXq0d-fnS5DcRelRCmjBhYydLjX4/s200/IMG_3632.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoCG4_2i_y6YX3uneOj2FktrWFND927XtKP57oIh3DUIMyqVZAg4MXyRfwA3qBZEYiHzWVoIbOzb6OXgYd3TqoYU5-2iEE-3JZz4kzWVvC6kvD5D6Bb7UqZXK_CYUKQOonlt3xxha7N8/s1600-h/IMG_3560.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270054024570101314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoCG4_2i_y6YX3uneOj2FktrWFND927XtKP57oIh3DUIMyqVZAg4MXyRfwA3qBZEYiHzWVoIbOzb6OXgYd3TqoYU5-2iEE-3JZz4kzWVvC6kvD5D6Bb7UqZXK_CYUKQOonlt3xxha7N8/s200/IMG_3560.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Update From <span style="color:#ff0000;">Erin</span>: You know how it is supposed to be warm in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Florida</span>? Who ever said that and put the palm trees there was never in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Florida</span>. It is so cold here. In the morning you can see your breath. Although it is still warm enough for the warm blooded <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">mammals</span>. We have seen a lot of dolphins. They don't come all the way out of the water though. I wish they did. I only get to see the top fin.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>I went kayaking in Beaufort, NC. When I was done, I tied it off. But the knot at the kayak end did not stay on. It fell off and now we are down one kayak (spelled back words is kayak). We also joined with our two cousins and grandparents. Mark the oldest one, with lots of black curly hair was taking pictures (like always) and stepped on an ant hill. This was no ordinary ant hill, it was a fire ant hill. He looked down to see the fire ants biting him and took pictures. Now he has marks from where they bit him. Now Mark has marks! We went to Jekyll Island, Georgia. On that island there had been a person named Hyde. Is that creepy or what? They also had a swimming pool. I had to go swimming of course! To make the story short, I jumped in and right back out. We met other kids on a boat named 'Bird on a Wire'. Their names are Kristen and Annie. The older one is Annie and the younger one is Kristen. We had a few sleepovers and taught them to rider our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">rip sticks</span>. On Jekyll Island we also got to see the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">millionaire's</span> club. It was where rich people spent their time in the winter. This was before <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ww</span>2. Well <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">that's</span> all for now folks!</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br />This is a post by <span style="color:#ff6666;">Geneva</span>: Hey y'all we have had the most... umm... I don't know what words to use but oh well! Anyway we have finaly met new people to travel with yay! But the amazing thing is they have kids and a dog (of course named Rudder) so double yay for that! Their names are Annie(12) and Kristen(9). We got to teach them how to Ripstik and let me tell you. They learned faster then me. But its nice to get to travel with someone to Florida. Oh, by the way did I tel you they are from Canada! Aww and we were just there for the North Channel! Oh well... Beaufort, SC was an exciting place. We made it just in time for the Veterans parade. We also got to meet up with my parents' friends the Costigans. I think they are going to travel with us to the Bahamas for Christmas, so thats awesome. They have a Catameran and three kids. Brady(13), Brian(9), and Annmarie(12). Soooo thats really all I can think of thats been super exciting except we got to explore this awsome island and I stepped on a cactus(it hurt), saw dolphins, a dead bird, a run over armidillo(how nice). And my message for school? Kids stay in school! Later Peeps! Peace! : ) </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-24625550026030141142008-11-09T11:24:00.004-05:002008-11-09T11:39:45.290-05:00New Bern layover<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MFmn6JW4c3MJlde2YQmHsWXlonLKENXUDaVG_m81_LiY7_uhcsZQrsUkUhqDFm1BhLoPmWpIn1TZJIFkk1dKc12vkNerhkBvOWR3xKOg1Op7SyLfzeZSCrLLTTpiAZGD_aPTfO0NZa4/s1600-h/IMG_3318.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266698101736855538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MFmn6JW4c3MJlde2YQmHsWXlonLKENXUDaVG_m81_LiY7_uhcsZQrsUkUhqDFm1BhLoPmWpIn1TZJIFkk1dKc12vkNerhkBvOWR3xKOg1Op7SyLfzeZSCrLLTTpiAZGD_aPTfO0NZa4/s200/IMG_3318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6T1Y8QZpwki5bOYr1L6mAGCMVQyxDFR1gDkgeMCu_Ss54fjLRtqtzYoZSUjKvb5Bpz879I4J7Vuuk-yvUj09V4dcnm5-M-WbXhzTl4UfDFdOq1jk-eaWAfl2jlASYcff8p0iGNPGyiA/s1600-h/IMG_3396.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266698094286867554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6T1Y8QZpwki5bOYr1L6mAGCMVQyxDFR1gDkgeMCu_Ss54fjLRtqtzYoZSUjKvb5Bpz879I4J7Vuuk-yvUj09V4dcnm5-M-WbXhzTl4UfDFdOq1jk-eaWAfl2jlASYcff8p0iGNPGyiA/s200/IMG_3396.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SRcQ-kVmOEI/AAAAAAAAdNc/nygLNWwGvUA/s1600-h/IMG_3433.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266696956325279810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SRcQ-kVmOEI/AAAAAAAAdNc/nygLNWwGvUA/s200/IMG_3433.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmzXrk2xNa8WoAUtCrUWUrRU4zzQ233ylAhlPjdMCKyh4DOtOVOv_p4I-xdO_TngWpgWRSW7bCDeyXuN5KnYH8WEgANI6xkUDAQTM05T1dDXXJ7MEwSRyfFB_QHsk4qjFVtlzWDftHrQ/s1600-h/IMG_3316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266696953061346114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmzXrk2xNa8WoAUtCrUWUrRU4zzQ233ylAhlPjdMCKyh4DOtOVOv_p4I-xdO_TngWpgWRSW7bCDeyXuN5KnYH8WEgANI6xkUDAQTM05T1dDXXJ7MEwSRyfFB_QHsk4qjFVtlzWDftHrQ/s200/IMG_3316.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Within the time that I wrote on the blog last and now, we have been in North Carolina. Our two cousins, Mark and Brendon have joined us on our grandparents boat. My grandparents are also travelling with us. We got to stay two weeks at my grandparents house in North Carolina. It was cold there. Well, cold for North Carolina. It was 32 degrees!!!!!! We had some friends down near where my grandparents lived and they drove us to a military base camp with a beach to search for shark teeth. There were a lot of shark teeth. We hope to be in South Carolina soon. Including South Carolina, I have been to 7 states in the U.S. Plus I got to go to Canada! We are now on the tip of Myrtle Beach. Having fun and hope you are too. My dad and mom got to see people that they had traveled with 20 years ago. They talked to them and I got to play with there dog.<br />Erin out.</div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br />This is a post by Geneva: Hey! Sorry I haven't been writing lately but I have a lot to tell all of you Where to start..... oh I know! We went to the one and only Camp <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LeJeune</span>!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Yay</span>!!! Folks, this Marine base is huge when you get there the only thing you here is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BOOOMMM</span>, hey look at the that Tank crossing the road! Hey look at the beautiful..... beaches?! Yes its true they have beaches. We figured that out when Al and Jean <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">graciously</span> took us there and found shark teeth! <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">It's</span> was so cool because since the beaches are closed to the public there are shark teeth everywhere! Of course we would have walked by all of them if the lovely Sue hadn't shown us what they looked like (little black, pointy,triangular rocks). I got at least 30. Also during that week we saw Al and Jean at their lovely house (I love your house!!) with of course Aurora their dog! We got to see Mark and Sue in the awesome, quaint, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">rockin</span>' f.r.o.g room house!! Now I'm not going to brag or anything but this is how you should live..... IN THE BAHAMAS and ANY PLACE WARM!! You know how up North everyone has those brick houses or a brown house.... well these Southern people <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">know</span> how to live! Bright pink bases, red roofs, 5 story, wrap around porches..... I think I can get used to this! See you later Alligators! Now you say "After while Crocodile!"</div></div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-41655296314174985972008-10-15T07:34:00.003-04:002008-10-15T07:59:02.324-04:00Washington DC<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXay5qzmjI/AAAAAAAAcnc/r6JMekU8ceM/s1600-h/IMG_2972.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257348708033600050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXay5qzmjI/AAAAAAAAcnc/r6JMekU8ceM/s200/IMG_2972.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-B16jPr1tBSA6y3OZMo1s95AEm_jcZlcoypR6uIbKCeMpNudCTPkXgEgK6UzIAwkymIbUnac5Oj7St7y_G44jQA8Qzxb7YZFWXPVgwYCYFUWnaAXEIwCOn33skoSQmIV1yjZlyC6P3WQ/s1600-h/IMG_2729.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257348712246028050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-B16jPr1tBSA6y3OZMo1s95AEm_jcZlcoypR6uIbKCeMpNudCTPkXgEgK6UzIAwkymIbUnac5Oj7St7y_G44jQA8Qzxb7YZFWXPVgwYCYFUWnaAXEIwCOn33skoSQmIV1yjZlyC6P3WQ/s200/IMG_2729.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXazDYa8AI/AAAAAAAAcns/8iOhvLLhJ5M/s1600-h/IMG_2804.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257348710640840706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXazDYa8AI/AAAAAAAAcns/8iOhvLLhJ5M/s200/IMG_2804.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXazUeM6SI/AAAAAAAAcn0/wQR-3GmkZFU/s1600-h/IMG_2591.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257348715228490018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXazUeM6SI/AAAAAAAAcn0/wQR-3GmkZFU/s200/IMG_2591.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hi from <span style="color:#ff0000;">Erin</span>! We are now in Washington DC. There is a lot to see and do. I don’t think that we could see everything here. It would be impossible. We have gone to a lot of places like the Air and Space Museum. It was very neat. There were a lot of things to see. We saw the first rocket to go to the moon. They had it in a plastic thing so you could not take pieces of it home. We rode Air Force plane simulators. They were fun. You would feel like you were in an actual plane. You could go upside-down and sideways. It was the most amazing thing ever. You could get seasick.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There were a lot of facts on World War 2 and all the monuments. We also went to the spy museum. That was really good. We got an under cover name that a spy had actually used. They showed how to pick locks and what kind of gadgets they used, like the shoe phone. They also had the brief case recorder and the tie camera. They had a American Seal carved out of wood for a senator, given to him by Russian school children. It had been bugged and the Senator didn't know it. It sat in the senator's office for 32 years. This happened in the 1940’s.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We went in the Capital building when the 700$ billion bail out was happening. We watched our taxes burn with the helicopters that carry the president places. The helicopters have to fly right above the river because they can not fly near the near the airport on one side of the river. So they fly down the river right over our boat. They have to fly below 500 feet, so they are very loud. Nice wake up call though. I guess that the president likes to do his work early. We went to the Natural History Museum today; we got to see some beautiful gems, diamonds, and the new ocean exhibit. We also saw the butterfly exhibit. A butterfly landed on my hat and would not get off so I named her Kelly.<br />Now going back about a week, we were in Baltimore, Maryland. That was a really neat place. We went to the Aquarium. It was huge. We saw the dolphin show. The dolphins were amazing they could do so many tricks. They had a lot of fish. We got to see them feed the sting rays. We got to see them feed the sharks too, that was cool.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We also met my dad’s friend, Brian and had dinner at his apartment and play Wii. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The Baltimore Harbor also had a trapeze training school in the park next to us. We watched the final exams every night to see who could do a flip from on bar to the other. It was pretty exciting. Well that all for now folks!</div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-19598431051151330692008-10-13T14:08:00.009-04:002008-10-15T08:06:59.439-04:00Washington DC, Baltimore<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXcp28A95I/AAAAAAAAcn8/eOzlkw63GxA/s1600-h/IMG_2833.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257350751704905618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPXcp28A95I/AAAAAAAAcn8/eOzlkw63GxA/s200/IMG_2833.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPO1BOwb32I/AAAAAAAAcmk/sMBDUhP0M7Q/s1600-h/IMG_2629.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256744222817247074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPO1BOwb32I/AAAAAAAAcmk/sMBDUhP0M7Q/s200/IMG_2629.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPO1BTGmz6I/AAAAAAAAcms/pei_lZYl1cs/s1600-h/IMG_2632.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256744223983980450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPO1BTGmz6I/AAAAAAAAcms/pei_lZYl1cs/s200/IMG_2632.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna3FBNg9P1zPDbcKA7sD_SVYwJ-rliqw7zojjjO2TcKD3HSJE65V6ptWXYX2H6PbhsVDMam6DP8_o5_tw94nzrcIk_QEszDS57-rFBXkCk-oJmFKLNPG7whl68RZy0LCW8cKK23nAJzc/s1600-h/IMG_2642.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256744231226464450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna3FBNg9P1zPDbcKA7sD_SVYwJ-rliqw7zojjjO2TcKD3HSJE65V6ptWXYX2H6PbhsVDMam6DP8_o5_tw94nzrcIk_QEszDS57-rFBXkCk-oJmFKLNPG7whl68RZy0LCW8cKK23nAJzc/s200/IMG_2642.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SPO1BrkTmBI/AAAAAAAAcm8/fLwwyiOPXVY/s1600-h/IMG_2972.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><br />This is a post by the one the only Geneva!!! : Hey everyone we have had a, um, interesting two weeks! We anchored, broke the belt on the engine, blew the alternator, and as if anything couldn't get any worse we ran out of Popsicles! I know I know it's a tragic story!!! :) Now the high points you might want to sit back for a while... We are finally in DC and it is amazing!<br />It's just like the pictures, The Capitol here! The Monument there! Also a spy museum with all the history of spy's, traitors and old ladies with loose lips! I had an under cover name, Maria Rivera. After that we went to the BEP (Bureau Engraving and Printing) Where they make all the money and WOW! To much money! There was a stack of it as tall as me! I measured myself and I am worth $666,440 smackers.<br />Now go back in time to the olden ages of, well, last week. You all know from Hairspray, the song 'Baltimore"- "Good Morning Baltimore, every step's like an open door" and all that. Can you guess where we were? Starts with a 'Balt' and ends with a 'imore'. And let me tell you there are peeps everywhere. There goes a jogger and here comes a biker and hey watch out for that .... ouch... ice cream stand. Every night people, live music around every corner, and don't forget the trapeze training. They have the coolest aquarium with live fish, Puffs, Penguins, Sharks and of course Monkeys. This place is amazing! It never sleeps. Now my long time partner Erin will take it away.<br />Later - Geneva </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Also - I can't forget to thank Uncle Alex and Aunt Jan for taking us ashore and feeding us ice cream and picnic stuff at their house. And another thank you to Dan and MaryAnn for visiting and driving us to the store to resupply the Popsicles.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-83174216456046395342008-09-15T09:31:00.000-04:002008-09-15T09:32:02.737-04:00New York City from GenevaThis is a post from Geneva: Hey everyone sorry I haven’t been in touch lately! Anyhow we have had an exciting week here in New York City! The City, first of all it’s almost like I would have imagined. Busy people. Shopping everywhere!!! But most of all hotdogs wherever you look!!!! The only thing different is that the subways are clean (even if they are confusing, we had a bad start with them but at least we didn’t get on the wrong train!) and people are helpful there. The first thing we did there was say “Lets go the World Trade Center Museum!” It was sooo cool what they had planned for it on about…. 3 years! There is only going to be one really tall and a short one. The bases of the original twin towers are going to be made as a memorial into reflective pools. As much as we wanted to see a show on Broadway (you’d have to wait 2-3 hours in the morning and because they would be sold out if you were at the end of the line) but the amazing thing was I wanted to see Wicked again and it was sold out! How long you ask? 3 years!!!! Also the cool thing is that in New York City they have a three story tall M&M world!!! And a huge one story Hershey store! It was heaven because they were right next to each other! In case you’re wondering we saw the Naked Cowboy!!!! Yes, he really wears underwear that says Naked Cowboy, yes he really can play the guitar and yes he really doesn’t mind that he’s walking around New York City in his underwear!! On the rainy day with the left over wind and rain from Hannah we went to the mall across the street and wandered around. Erin and I got fake streaks in our hair! Erin got a green streak with a shiny bow pony tail holder and I got a blue streak with 3 Sparkly bow clips (pink, blue, and green)! Well those are all the high points but this last detail really is high because we went on a tour in a Double Decker bus! It was so high if you would have stood up you would face a threat of decapitation!asanduskapiggiestwin'sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436451313617545584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-23397797835968260302008-09-14T11:18:00.002-04:002008-09-14T11:20:17.554-04:00Sandy HookHey everyone reads this. This is <span style="color:#ffff33;">Erin</span>. We have just left Sandy Hook. There was not much there. They had a little town, but they had no beach!!!! There was one across the way, but no beach at Sandy Hook. We played tennis in Sandy Hook. We did our first over night motor sail. It is called off shore sailing in natical terms. It was a great night to do it. The moon was full. I had to be careful the whale wolves might have gotten me. We got to stay up very late and eat popcorn! At Sandy Hook we had gotten a huge bag of popcorn. We ate only a little bit of it. It is different in the ocean. The waves are real long and big. I got ocean sick. During the first part of our 24 hour motor sail we drug a line behind us to catch fish. We caught 2 fish within an hour. It was so cool. If some of you were wondering in New York what it was like on the double decker bus well we were very high. We had to duck for traffic lights!asanduskapiggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184090737815691843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-74429274676295222262008-09-09T07:07:00.004-04:002008-09-10T08:15:55.114-04:00New York City<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4w8xHypI/AAAAAAAAaj8/07phGRGLCME/s1600-h/IMG_1786.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244363442181622418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4w8xHypI/AAAAAAAAaj8/07phGRGLCME/s200/IMG_1786.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4xNgm9pI/AAAAAAAAakE/auz0Mv-gw4k/s1600-h/IMG_1849.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244363446675764882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4xNgm9pI/AAAAAAAAakE/auz0Mv-gw4k/s200/IMG_1849.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t4N1bDaRELHGQspYoRqGBg3WtcjkCJOIs-ybqL3IIOzlIlOV_AyOxzcxg05A7nKHH6ENkEhzygXSeavuRGZBeXT_pzrQ1xsqnwbPcDDBgqffXtG7JMjKRATs9XuU-9L9tErJ6EkhFFM/s1600-h/IMG_1933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244363447543211426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t4N1bDaRELHGQspYoRqGBg3WtcjkCJOIs-ybqL3IIOzlIlOV_AyOxzcxg05A7nKHH6ENkEhzygXSeavuRGZBeXT_pzrQ1xsqnwbPcDDBgqffXtG7JMjKRATs9XuU-9L9tErJ6EkhFFM/s200/IMG_1933.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4xWbAWUI/AAAAAAAAakU/aetuEBlY8Co/s1600-h/IMG_1952.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244363449068181826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4xWbAWUI/AAAAAAAAakU/aetuEBlY8Co/s200/IMG_1952.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SMe4xtEz9hI/AAAAAAAAakc/0dVZBDUJC38/s1600-h/IMG_1952.JPG"></a><br /><div>Hello, this is <span style="color:#ff0000;">Erin</span>. I know we have not updated the website for a long time, so sorry. We have finished going down the Erie Canal. What I liked about the Canal is that there were lots of locks. I studied locks when I was in 5th grade. In the Erie Canal I got to go down a lot of them, 35 to be precise. They were like giant bath tub, only the locks were slimy .You had to hold onto slimy lines to keep our boat from bouncing around in the lock. We would write in the slime on the walls. It was funny because a friend of ours was behind us a few miles and when they went through the lock they saw our writing in the slime. We are in New York City. It is so big and at night there are a lot of lights. So far in New York we have been taking the subway. We got lost a couple of times but found our way home eventually. We never took the wrong train to the wrong place, but we got on a lot of trains then realized we were on the wrong train. We also got to see the US open (tennis game). It was great, we saw Roger Federer play and he won. It was a very close game. In the US open, the players would take a break and the camera men would show people in the audience. I didn’t get shown. They also gave away grills. We were in top section and you could hear people yell at Roger Federer. They would say things like “come on Roger” and “I love you Roger</div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-92110823080732653192008-08-22T18:24:00.000-04:002008-08-22T18:47:10.006-04:00The Erie Canal - First few days<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNK3NXZNp-BwKtCP7auIRIrdKTxBrzwhx6GV6NkvzVILkbVpGJcdFWlkMp2QjTS7iyk1NGmANvIzU9ZCTEVvAPPO_2A7KPUReDS_Zx6JqpRV_BMegoop7d4PZ9QrbcYWdP-VLVz4XzqfM/s1600-h/IMG_0967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237477297114664370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNK3NXZNp-BwKtCP7auIRIrdKTxBrzwhx6GV6NkvzVILkbVpGJcdFWlkMp2QjTS7iyk1NGmANvIzU9ZCTEVvAPPO_2A7KPUReDS_Zx6JqpRV_BMegoop7d4PZ9QrbcYWdP-VLVz4XzqfM/s200/IMG_0967.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl8amo2jgxIK_vEsNsTXkIgb3Xiq3JzZIsTLUm73d0alzVdsZQKHpRB_v0cbnSACbhV9imM331g393WdOMBP_TXQH9ew9rdfFqtgG-MLpVvZCh0MI6rYPi0nn47OQdV9sMnM4qVYiciw/s1600-h/IMG_0990.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237477296698261634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVl8amo2jgxIK_vEsNsTXkIgb3Xiq3JzZIsTLUm73d0alzVdsZQKHpRB_v0cbnSACbhV9imM331g393WdOMBP_TXQH9ew9rdfFqtgG-MLpVvZCh0MI6rYPi0nn47OQdV9sMnM4qVYiciw/s200/IMG_0990.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SK9B2t3RsNI/AAAAAAAAXiQ/8A4a0mG7Xyg/s1600-h/IMG_1020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237477299935359186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SK9B2t3RsNI/AAAAAAAAXiQ/8A4a0mG7Xyg/s200/IMG_1020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SK9B2_8EsoI/AAAAAAAAXiY/tmbEoVUB3FE/s1600-h/IMG_1028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237477304787317378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SK9B2_8EsoI/AAAAAAAAXiY/tmbEoVUB3FE/s200/IMG_1028.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SK9B22VmorI/AAAAAAAAXig/adTmkxgpQHg/s1600-h/IMG_1036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237477302210044594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SK9B22VmorI/AAAAAAAAXig/adTmkxgpQHg/s200/IMG_1036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This is Erin</span>. Hey everyone reading this we have had a great time on the Erie Canal. It is really neat. It is very small compared to the lakes. It is only 90 feet across and 300 miles long. On each side of the canal there is a tow path where the horses would pull the barges. (That was a long time ago.)<br /><br />The canal was built in 1825 and it was all hand dug. Horses would pull the barges down the canal on now what are tow paths. People back then figured that it was easier to ship things then to send it by train. The train owners did not like that so they built a rail way bridge. instead of having the frame on the top of the bridge it was on the bottom.. So the barges carrying big loads could not get through. The railroad bridge looked really neat. You can see it in the picture above.<br />Hey there again long time no see! This is another post from <span style="color:#ff0000;">Geneva!</span> :<br />We are in the canal and let me tell you it’s not like the North Channel, everything is mucky. But on the bright side I got to go down my very first lock and take a cave tour of an old underground factory. Did you know that back then it took the Canal to be built around 8 years? That to make the huge caves of factories each time they only blew a basketball hole in the wall and did that over and over again? Well that’s not the job for me because my middle name is not patient. In the cave, I got cave kissed!!!! That is when the cave drips on you. Wow, I must have a lot of luck! On the tour of the lock and the cave there was an upside down bridge. The reason for this is because the train industry was losing lots of business to the canal shipping and needed a plan. The upside down bridge would not let any big shipping boats around causing everyone running back to the train industries arms! Wow even back then they were clever! Well that was my favorite thing and I will be writing more of my ingenious words so stay updated!!!! </div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-17194110187036315702008-08-16T18:12:00.000-04:002008-08-22T18:33:00.450-04:00Home sweet home<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRYdoioAI/AAAAAAAAW2w/iWyQTaYIDMQ/s1600-h/IMG_0867.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235242572554870786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRYdoioAI/AAAAAAAAW2w/iWyQTaYIDMQ/s200/IMG_0867.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRYi1cDtI/AAAAAAAAW24/M28Jtso6sog/s1600-h/IMG_0871.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235242573951143634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRYi1cDtI/AAAAAAAAW24/M28Jtso6sog/s200/IMG_0871.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRYgPaUGI/AAAAAAAAW3A/a_K712Ozs5A/s1600-h/IMG_0930.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235242573254774882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRYgPaUGI/AAAAAAAAW3A/a_K712Ozs5A/s200/IMG_0930.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UIcCDjiZXnjYO8B2ZCyAqbBfTOEV9DWg3vkswqBotX87lUV6nY5PmIDdpzdtUt8L2QjPe5oEqdMArbQ_LzLx0WWtOuvMrRttbhCUKadyh1eB-u9rcjXJkeIemCoJu0FHe1uZhv5Oerw/s1600-h/IMG_0948.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235242580082055490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UIcCDjiZXnjYO8B2ZCyAqbBfTOEV9DWg3vkswqBotX87lUV6nY5PmIDdpzdtUt8L2QjPe5oEqdMArbQ_LzLx0WWtOuvMrRttbhCUKadyh1eB-u9rcjXJkeIemCoJu0FHe1uZhv5Oerw/s200/IMG_0948.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRLXylGlI/AAAAAAAAW2o/tZhbt3fPCPw/s1600-h/IMG_0818.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235242347648064082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SKdRLXylGlI/AAAAAAAAW2o/tZhbt3fPCPw/s200/IMG_0818.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><br /><div> This is a post by <span style="color:#ff0000;">Geneva</span>!!! : Hey Peeps we just started our journey to the BAHAMAS!!!!! At home we got to see our friends and family, but most of all we went to band camp!!! I’ll get to that after I tell you about the awesome Stars party at Sulfur Springs. We got to go creek hiking and roast marshmallows over the campfire! Yum! At band camp I played the saxophone and Erin played the flute. The band directors were Mr.Luce , Mr.Chongris , …… But the best part of all we got to meet the one, the only Dr. Jon R Woods (OSU Marching band) !!!! He was a great director and I had a blast!!!! But finally it was time to say goodbye and leave for a whole new adventure. BAHAMAS!!!!<br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-30013489487989393482008-08-02T06:42:00.000-04:002008-08-05T21:46:24.093-04:00Mackinaw, back home for a few weeks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVruu4NYrEfSYIVJYDil-wzf1nGXwiP3fma5Ih1_rNk-jndAuAzCDg6Y1KqBKtxlSSUnBevYHekVNqlclRwGSrokNMNNLnKbwhSguUtJhiC_2r4CaXLUBv72NPc85e_U7vjY8BSP7hlN0/s1600-h/IMG_0750.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231203756136333474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVruu4NYrEfSYIVJYDil-wzf1nGXwiP3fma5Ih1_rNk-jndAuAzCDg6Y1KqBKtxlSSUnBevYHekVNqlclRwGSrokNMNNLnKbwhSguUtJhiC_2r4CaXLUBv72NPc85e_U7vjY8BSP7hlN0/s200/IMG_0750.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJj4GjL64mI/AAAAAAAAWl8/WmvcPkFidL4/s1600-h/IMG_0751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231203758598972002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJj4GjL64mI/AAAAAAAAWl8/WmvcPkFidL4/s200/IMG_0751.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazcKdz9wPoSj6DevXqyVTR9QCF9EmtQHR53VPlxWNg6I8nCcgevLsp1jbpzVWCb-WHZT0r6engEshONabDViMwrBM74r9_YzYA_mTIQopii7JTTgJgcwofJLgsqjsI4k8fULI64y4nPM/s1600-h/IMG_0779.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231203757941277794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazcKdz9wPoSj6DevXqyVTR9QCF9EmtQHR53VPlxWNg6I8nCcgevLsp1jbpzVWCb-WHZT0r6engEshONabDViMwrBM74r9_YzYA_mTIQopii7JTTgJgcwofJLgsqjsI4k8fULI64y4nPM/s200/IMG_0779.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88GC2XAI/AAAAAAAAVhU/yoPPr4aasok/s1600-h/P7160744.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229872070396369922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88GC2XAI/AAAAAAAAVhU/yoPPr4aasok/s200/P7160744.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88d5-kFI/AAAAAAAAVhc/EtA9weiPUN0/s1600-h/P7160762.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229872076801609810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88d5-kFI/AAAAAAAAVhc/EtA9weiPUN0/s200/P7160762.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCASRynJN28uoBFnNLcQOB3TRPPH_-TIh_qLwyj_VcAj9MNzu2OY7X8vypxLHhgRfIB5I1hCEKb74NU8ajH-PHHffrzW-USHc0KQ27_J2Gbif7fIWFL9GTk0ElehOBjyJWYp1MPvdcnLc/s1600-h/P7160769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229872074554977746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCASRynJN28uoBFnNLcQOB3TRPPH_-TIh_qLwyj_VcAj9MNzu2OY7X8vypxLHhgRfIB5I1hCEKb74NU8ajH-PHHffrzW-USHc0KQ27_J2Gbif7fIWFL9GTk0ElehOBjyJWYp1MPvdcnLc/s200/P7160769.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88oa-IcI/AAAAAAAAVhs/0rFi5LyZnRI/s1600-h/IMG_0670.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229872079624348098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88oa-IcI/AAAAAAAAVhs/0rFi5LyZnRI/s200/IMG_0670.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88z3vBSI/AAAAAAAAVh0/JjcD5V23CTU/s1600-h/IMG_0727.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229872082697782562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SJQ88z3vBSI/AAAAAAAAVh0/JjcD5V23CTU/s200/IMG_0727.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This post was by Geneva:</span> Hey everyone!!! We have just come back from a awesome adventure with horse drawn carriages, shopping and more shopping…. My family and I had just gotten back from Mackinaw City and Mackinaw Island. In Mackinaw City they had over 200 shops in at least walking distance. One of the cool things we did in the city was getting to go in the House of Mirrors and let me tell you never ever walk in there with your hands at your side instead of in front of you. Erin and I even got to make soap; mine smells like Black Cherry, is purple and has a sea horse in it. Finally we got to the see the new GET SMART movie, it was “the bomb” ! The next day we got to go to Mackinac Island on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Shepler</span></span>. The first thing we did when we got there was to rent a bike and ride all the way around the island. Not saying that it’s a huge island but, it was a long ride and traffic was terrible considering there are no motorized vehicles. We had a great lunch at Mama Mia’s pizza place. Now I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wouldn</span></span>’t say that Mackinac Island is the cheapest place saying that to stay in a “special” hotel a hotel room it’s 500 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">smackeroos</span></span>. No I’m not kidding but that’s just The Grand Hotel which is huge.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>This is Erin here. Not many people travel down the Michigan coast on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">jetski</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">considring</span> the fact that the water is so very cold. Well the Water Warriors did. The Water Warriors are a group of 25 jet skis that traveled down the Michigan coast. They raised money for the Special <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Olympics</span>. One lady rode in her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">jetski</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">raised</span> 50,000 $$$$. That is a lot of money for just riding on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">jetski</span> all day. It was really cool that we got to wave to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">special</span> needs kids. They had so much fun. You could tell by the smiles on there faces. I added their web site to our Blog ( <a href="http://www.waterwarriors.org/">http://www.waterwarriors.org/</a> ). </div><div>Okay, as you saw Geneva and I were in front of a HUGE wave that had splashed up on the break wall. You don't know how long we had to stand there to get a good picture of us and the wave.That day they had about 5-7 foot waves. They were not big, not huge, but<br />enormous.</div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-78635557805935178552008-07-14T22:37:00.000-04:002008-07-14T22:44:40.853-04:00The Pool, Benjamins, North Channel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-1XpkLZT9QD69UZxjWN1i7ulkaYPlX_3PtxlYMH1Cl-XDMD7exkq8WvfOUzsx7XqNOyerjbqybnw8uZoWFShPqLmOqWkTYdhTOg2s4Vb37tgKMdIy8h97WgzsVtl4U6zZQZtSG-HYss/s1600-h/IMG_0185.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223065936039020674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-1XpkLZT9QD69UZxjWN1i7ulkaYPlX_3PtxlYMH1Cl-XDMD7exkq8WvfOUzsx7XqNOyerjbqybnw8uZoWFShPqLmOqWkTYdhTOg2s4Vb37tgKMdIy8h97WgzsVtl4U6zZQZtSG-HYss/s200/IMG_0185.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SHwOzIXfhEI/AAAAAAAAUtM/Vc1NXJBLMqk/s1600-h/IMG_0241.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223065939425068098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SHwOzIXfhEI/AAAAAAAAUtM/Vc1NXJBLMqk/s200/IMG_0241.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SHwOzaxhjYI/AAAAAAAAUtU/BHzMSeIShDQ/s1600-h/IMG_0366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223065944366091650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SHwOzaxhjYI/AAAAAAAAUtU/BHzMSeIShDQ/s200/IMG_0366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SHwOzl5UpCI/AAAAAAAAUtc/CKCToaESYsk/s1600-h/IMG_0456.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223065947351589922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SHwOzl5UpCI/AAAAAAAAUtc/CKCToaESYsk/s200/IMG_0456.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This post is written by Geneva</span>: Hey everyone out there! Sorry we haven’t been updating you on the blog but Erin and I are here to catch you up. Well to start with, we just came from the Benjamin’s and the water is FREEZING!!!!!!! We have been having the best time of our lives (well so far). The first thing we did when we got there was go hiking and you won’t believe what we saw. Once we got on land (I drove the dinghy) we were climbing up these huge, pink rocks, and we actually saw a fox coming down the hill. My mom was bustling to get her long lens and you wouldn’t believe it (but we have pictures to prove it) the fox came right up to us not 2 feet away from me and it was almost like it was posing for us! The next time we saw it, it had caught a squirrel. Yum! The next day my parents taught Erin and me to….. Snorkel! I loved it and so did Erin, so much that our parents say they created monsters because we wanted to keep snorkeling in the freezing cold water. Later that day my dad took me around the island in the dinghy to see if we could make it around and we went really fast. I wanted to go snorkeling again, so when I got back Erin wasn’t there turns out she had followed us in the kayak and was going around the island. Her battery had died so she didn’t answer when we called her on the radio. My dad and I went looking for her but it probably took her 1 hour to get around the island with the huge enormous waves. When we went all the way around the island there she was sitting on the boat. I was astonished that she had made it all the way around. Well that’s one adventure she or anyone else will ever forget! The last day there we found our treasure. It was one of those plastic 50$ sailing plates and it was in perfect shape. We found it on the bottom of the lake! That’s one treasure but we hope to find more! That’s the end of what I have tot say for now! See you guys soon!<br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Update from Erin:<br /></span><br /><br />I will be writing about a place we went called Turnbull. Two of the couples we were traveling with split from us. We made up for it. We met 4 new people. They had two kids one named Eric and one named Becca. Becca was nine years old and Eric was ten years old . They had a sail boat called the Blue Moon.<br />They let us ski behind there dinghy. So we took them tubing and had a ton of fun.<br /><br />I will also write about a place we went to named “The pool”. Wow do I have a lot to say about this place. Well, we got to go on a hike with the bugs buzzing in our ears. We hiked a mile uphill, then…we made it to the most beautiful place that I have ever been in my life. You could hear the birds chirp. You could not see the bottom of the water because it was so deep. The water was a blue, clear color but it was cold. I mean not cold dry ice freezing! I had to wear a wet suit to get in the water and it was still cold .We found a cliff that we could jump into the water. To warm up we did a little bit more hiking and we found the jackpot on blueberries. They were good even though they weren’t in season yet. Okay now back to earth, that night the mosquitoes were bad. What do I mean by bad??? Geneva counted 32 bites. Yah, that bad. Well that is my update.</div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-79175292654515210772008-07-02T16:41:00.000-04:002008-07-02T16:47:20.272-04:00Long point Cove<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR9tDnoLKnmj-ooCvEKFbVLtt66VLdsB_l2dhOAsQyJoyGBCJ4d4EV990smssTgrSHpLiUoH_gv0YDVjqU4fidO_FN5XfdbHmSqXvpIGi0Etnyt5MiumB-1aHAuD7GkeoOXFPsuWuChg/s1600-h/IMG_9898.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218521083690360898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR9tDnoLKnmj-ooCvEKFbVLtt66VLdsB_l2dhOAsQyJoyGBCJ4d4EV990smssTgrSHpLiUoH_gv0YDVjqU4fidO_FN5XfdbHmSqXvpIGi0Etnyt5MiumB-1aHAuD7GkeoOXFPsuWuChg/s200/IMG_9898.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGvpR9zcSVI/AAAAAAAAS2U/RmxkOHJh8sY/s1600-h/IMG_9910.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218521088096225618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGvpR9zcSVI/AAAAAAAAS2U/RmxkOHJh8sY/s200/IMG_9910.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGvpSKnPnhI/AAAAAAAAS2c/Jmc4ikAdn3w/s1600-h/IMG_9915.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218521091534724626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGvpSKnPnhI/AAAAAAAAS2c/Jmc4ikAdn3w/s200/IMG_9915.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6pFttBspX5cJPb3NfpfPNmE8lVRXzrVxb-MEevwfuWx6FR7HZnxpsGcjeZQRXIqOmFNj00OhXWoFBgHJ0LvtNNqVpOS8POFGKbQoMdMeVHaie8uFCgLEQsN0Mpu0mEVMMJ-6rFeVlmc/s1600-h/IMG_9951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218521090660864802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6pFttBspX5cJPb3NfpfPNmE8lVRXzrVxb-MEevwfuWx6FR7HZnxpsGcjeZQRXIqOmFNj00OhXWoFBgHJ0LvtNNqVpOS8POFGKbQoMdMeVHaie8uFCgLEQsN0Mpu0mEVMMJ-6rFeVlmc/s200/IMG_9951.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGvpSVQ0VbI/AAAAAAAAS2s/CpbAshDSdbQ/s1600-h/IMG_9972.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218521094393451954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGvpSVQ0VbI/AAAAAAAAS2s/CpbAshDSdbQ/s200/IMG_9972.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">This post is written by Geneva</span>: Hey people of the earth we are still having a blast (and trust me with the wind we are having it is a blast). Anyway my family and I just came from Long Point Cove. We got to climb a humongous cliff, it was beautiful up there and I got a bunch of pictures. The cliff was about flat in the front so we had to take a back route with all the trees and little rocks to hold. Erin and I got to go swimming and jump off the arch. I know what you are asking “Wasn’t the water cold?” The answer is maybe. But you will never know. You have to find out from the pictures of us swimming. Now…. Take it away Erin!!!!! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Update from Erin</span> –<br /></span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Having fun!!!!!</span> Now it has been almost 3 weeks. The weeks have one by so fast. We have just come into Gore Bay. It is a very nice place with some little stores. We were out of civilization for a number of days and it was a lot of fun. We went hiking at Long Point Cove over these huge cliffs. When we were up there, we could see for miles. That night we had a camp fire on the rocks and roasted marshmallows. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-60278749521667329922008-06-28T13:51:00.000-04:002008-06-28T14:44:33.043-04:00The haunted Lighthouse at Presque Isle - Michigan<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGaGW096qaI/AAAAAAAASuo/vnNrPRDr8Mo/s1600-h/IMG_9508.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217004945088883106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGaGW096qaI/AAAAAAAASuo/vnNrPRDr8Mo/s200/IMG_9508.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGaGXEOnCZI/AAAAAAAASuw/a8JIvxGj6wA/s1600-h/IMG_9542.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217004949185431954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGaGXEOnCZI/AAAAAAAASuw/a8JIvxGj6wA/s200/IMG_9542.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGaGXKdW3cI/AAAAAAAASu4/cGP_cnQIYyg/s1600-h/IMG_9564.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217004950857899458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SGaGXKdW3cI/AAAAAAAASu4/cGP_cnQIYyg/s200/IMG_9564.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This post is from Geneva: <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hey everyone how's it going?</span> Well we were just at Presque Island and we just saw a HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE!!!! Well there is a new lighthouse (built in 1870) and a old one (1840). The story to the old lighthouse is this: One night a lady and her older sister went to the lighthouse to climb to the top. But the older sister was to old to climb. So the lady went all by herself while the sister sat at the bottem with the other lady working there (Linda) as they waited and waited the lady had been up there for a long time and the sister was worried so Linda said she'll be back soon but when she didn't come back Linda was just about to go up and look when the lady came down and exclaimed " Wow that was such a cool lighthouse with the guy dressed up in vintage told me all about the area!" Linda looked back at her and said "What guy there is nobody working here except me"........... CREEPY!!!! Now do you think it was a fake? Well many more people have reported it so you tell me. My family and I got to walk up those steps and let me tell you, luckily we did not see any ghosts! But you want to hear more? Well, this lighthouse still lights up, but here's the scary part the light had no bulb in it and the wires were cut when the new lighthouse was built. Every night at 9:30 the light shines. I got to see it light up even though it was not connected to anything. I got to walk up the stairs to the light, well I hate to say this but I'd say the lighthouse is haunted. Okay one more story, if you ever watched on the SciFi channel Unsolved Mysteries, they actualy shot a part of the series there and here's what happened....... They were looking for anything lightbulbs, wires anything. They never found a single bulb or wire. As the crew was walking out of the lighthouse for lunch the last man stepped out and "Whoosh" the door slammed shut. They tried to get the door to open but it was jammed so one man offered to climb up a ladder to the window and climb down the steps and open the door from the inside because all their equipment was inside. Just as he was reaching for the door he felt something cold as he slowly turned he swore he saw something in the shadows. A ghost. So he was desperate to get out so he banged and banged until the door opened. The blacksmith was looking at the door and said that there is no possible way that any human force could do that to the door. Again it has to be a ghost!!! So all of these are from the old lighthouse. I had a blast looking at everything in the musem next to the lighthouse. Well write comments!!! And Brendon I have read good books called the Twilight series and Suzzane Hi!!!!! I miss everyone!!!!!</div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280373786718561644.post-17493468181292395302008-06-23T14:30:00.001-04:002008-06-23T17:28:42.386-04:00first few days<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSzukgWiIwf1ZgB8ikvxIYtRwU7v6JSSd1kPtn-G3rYZmD-B8qcBwKs0SzSQX_-Frd4IxhkqD_gMBU8kAim6pzZsVSB1iggQbrD1900DHFWRec0sfKZya09pHs77vwH0fNB6v7k8249g/s1600-h/P6200561.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215153944299224546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSzukgWiIwf1ZgB8ikvxIYtRwU7v6JSSd1kPtn-G3rYZmD-B8qcBwKs0SzSQX_-Frd4IxhkqD_gMBU8kAim6pzZsVSB1iggQbrD1900DHFWRec0sfKZya09pHs77vwH0fNB6v7k8249g/s200/P6200561.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SF_yGhSwuEI/AAAAAAAASig/-LePhnbq6cU/s1600-h/P6190550.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215153087348521026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wS0EBdKtElY/SF_yGhSwuEI/AAAAAAAASig/-LePhnbq6cU/s200/P6190550.JPG" border="0" /></a> The first few days were beautiful. As you can see George and Quzie had a relaxing sail with Geneva at the helm. </div><div></div><div></div><div>From Geneva: Wow we have had an exciting past few days as we go along, please post comments at our pics or if you just have questions or want to talk. Hope to see you soon on the first 2 weeks of August hope to see or hear from you soon! </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0qCNzbszSTVAEkgrPzIf0VBgnPt0FYScO" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a> </div><div></div><div></div>Gottalifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858560938966677601noreply@blogger.com9