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Shay Days in Harbor Springs
15 July 2023 – Saturday Ephraim Shay was an inventor and businessman who moved to Harbor Springs in 1888 at the age of 49. The town celebrates “Shay Days” every summer to remember his legacy. We spent the day learning about Shay and enjoying the beauty of Harbor Springs, MI. 1055 57,180 72° Leave Gaylord,…
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Change of Plans
August 2022 Posted 30 April 2023 Excited to be in northern New York to celebrate mom’s ninetieth birthday, things didn’t quite work out as planned. First Beth, then my sister Brenda, and finally mom all celebrate their birthdays in August. We gathered at Fern Lake to celebrate mom’s big nine-o. Brenda has been doing…
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Wind Jamming on the Maine Coast
June 2013 Although I grew up in northern New York state, my parents are both maniacs, that is from the state of Maine. My father, being an art professor and having long periods of the summer free, would take the family back to Maine to visit relatives and take us tent camping on the coast. A…
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Beaufort Buddies
Left Santee for a short jaunt to Beaufort, SC to meet friends Janet and Wayne Estabrooks. Looking for their boat, we passed this guy protecting the bow sprit of a motor yacht. No only was he weathered, the parrot on his shoulder hadn’t been eating any crackers recently. Finding Wind Drift next door, she looked…
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Hurrying toward Florence
Up early, we checked the weather and decided to preempt our exploration and head for home. Hurricane Florence was predicted to be heading toward Durham. Goodbye site 127. $33 per night for electric and showers was reasonable for this interesting location. I would be remiss if I didn’t call out Dale and Laurie, the campground…
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Saleing
Circumstances change and the time had come for a good friend to sell his sailboat, a beautiful Landfall 38. Always up for an opportunity to mess about on boats, we accompanied Jim to the shores of the Neuse River to prep his boat for sale. Beth drove our new van, while Jim and I brought…