Sep 2, 2010 - A Multitude of Mishaps

Location: Herrington Bay Marina, on Herring Bay in the central Chesapeake (17 miles below Annapolis) Climate: Hot and sunny and gorgeous - but Hurricane Earl is imminent! It's hard to believe that so many things can go wrong in such a short time. Since leaving Sandy Hook NJ we have had a series of near catastrophes - but fortunately none eventuated in real disaster. Number 1: A live dead head We left our overnight anchorage on the Cohansey River just off the Delaware River, headed north to the C & D Canal after a long 26 hour passage from...

Jul 24, 2010 - A Rough Start... Again!

Rough Start, AGAIN… Hello beloved family and friends. The Fitz 3 is off on another vacation and are hoping to have a lot of fun and good stories to share with you. So let’s start now. For all of you who know and love Gary, you know he is the apple that fell from the tree of a long line of “advance planners.” He lives his life by the 7 Ps – Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. It might be well noted here that while Dillon is very much like his father in many ways, he’s like his mother in this respect. We subscribe to the 1 P...

Jul 25, 2009 - Home Sweet Home

We left Cleveland around 8:30 in the morning after giving the trailer a good cleaning. The weather report showed a band of thunderstorms were headed toward the area, and we were wanted to get out ahead of it. In general, the trip went without incident. We knew we were getting closer to home when the drivers became bigger jerks. In fact, after paying the Ohio toll to enter Pennsylvania a car drive up the side of the road to get around us. Shocker, DC tags. Other than that, the only thing the trip home taught us is to remember to never get...

Jul 7, 2009 - Gettin' Ready

We are home getting ready for the longest camping trip we've ever taken. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a mechanically trouble free trip. Barring that, we're ready for what comes. Next post will be from the road!...