Saturday, July 29, 2017

A looper boat pulled into our marina and I assisted them with their lines. As it turned out, we had met them at the Alligator River Marina on the Inland Waterway in NC. David and Leigh Pfefferkorn on Pamlico Star and their quests Evelyn and Phil spent two days at the Marina. We had dinner together at the Thousand Islands Country Club across the street from the Marina. Here is a picture I took as they were leaving this afternoon:
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Today was a beautiful day and we took a ride on the St Lawrence River and took pictures of the many historical Island Cottages. Here are some of the pictures That I took within two miles of our marina:

 

This is a cottage owned by the Skull and Bones Society of Yale University 

This cottage is in the Marina harbor

 

TI Club Marina



Cottage on Welcome Island

 

Cottage on Summerland Island

Boaters anchored and rafted up in the Summerland Islands



Cottage at entrance to Summerland Islands Anchorage



Lulu driving the Boat



A Ship we passed on the River



Bolt Castle Generator Plant



Cottage on St Elmo Island that once belonged to Arthur Godfrey



 

Bolt Castle on Heart Island



Casa Laga

 

The "Mother in Law Cottage" and Bolt Castle Boathouse in background



Casa Laga Grounds



George Bolt's daughter's estate on Wellesley Island

Pullman Island

Border Patrol Station



Coast Guard Station



The depth of the river in front of the Coast Guard Station, i.e. 209 feet



Sailboat heading up River



Docks still covered with the high water

 Many boathouses are still impacted by the high water level

 



Friday, July 28, 2017

Took Lulu for her first Dinghy ride today. She is proving to be a good boat dog. Here is a picture that Brenda took from the Bow of the boat. She is so small you may need to enlarge the picture to get a clear look at her. Notice that we are both wearing PFD's. Mine is for my own safety and in case I have to go in after Lulu; she seems to have no fear of the water.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Unfortunately we have had a lot of rain that resulted in flooding and slows down the lowering of the river level. The golf course has been closed for two days, but has now opened for walking.
We took the boat over to Alexandria Bay this morning to get a pump out; we can't use the pump out at our marina because the water level is so high that Brenda cannot get off the boat to tie up the lines.
Here is a pictures of Alexandria Bay from the River:

 

There was a 30's era Trumphy docked at the Hutchinson's fuel dock. The name of the boat was "Enticer" with a hailing port of Newport, R.I.

 

 

  

 

When we got back to our marina, Brenda hit the laundry and I started to wax the boat. I got about a third of the boat done, and I'll continue to work on it in the coming days.

 

At the end of the day, it was time for Lulu and I to take a little nap.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Today was Christmas in July at the TI Club Marina. A few of the folks on our dock initiated this theme event, and approximately 35 to 40 people participated. The event consisted of decorating the boats and/or dockboxes, an ugly T shirt contest, a docktales party on the lawn at 5, and a buffet dinner at the TI Club. Here are a few pictures I took of this event:

This is our boat with Lulu and our Christmas tree display in the Cockpit.



 

This is Doc Mina in his winning Ugly T Shirt. He had a vertebrae necklace, and stains on his shirt labled  "blood", "poop", etc.  On the back he had a picture of his boat labled "This is what I look Forward to on the Weekend"

 

 

Brenda and I at the lawn party 

Lawn Party Crowd

 

  Doc with Mary and a clean shirt!

 

Scot and Sue

 

Bill and Brenda

Crowd around Appetizer table



Gary playing Reindeer games!

 

Dinner at the TI Club

 Dave in his Moving Santa Cap

 Chris and Lauren

 

Partygoer wearing a well done electrified T Shirt

 

Some of the boats were elaborately decorated. with lights.

 

Beach Bound with Pup in cockpit without the lights turned on

 

"Luck of the draw" with lights

 

And without lights turned on; notice the vintage sled

 Neatly Decorated Boat

 Gary's Boat decorated as Rudolph. Notice the Red Nose and the Eyes in the windows. Santa is at the helm.

 Lauren's Boat with a stocking labeled "Billy". I assumed it was mine, but it was gone in the morning