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By morning, the wind has swung around 180 degrees out of the north, and blowing hard. Within hours it goes from almost still to gusting over 40mph. Wind driven tides rush in through the northern inlet and pile up against the now closed southern end, submerging the dock again. Breaking waves roll down the Bay, …
A couple of years ago, I rode along with Emily when she moved from Virginia to Oregon. That was a 3000 mile drive across North America. In winter. Well, now she’s moving again. This time from Anchorage, Alaska, back to Oregon. Time for another road trip, indeed. We were hoping to take the Alaska …
A bunch of folks got together to make some noise for a totally amazing and totally illegal show in Richmond, Virginia last weekend. Two bands came down from DC, one from Richmond. Friends from way back, and some new.
Michael Bogoger, The Doryman Speaking of boats . . . Back in January, at the end of the Epic Cross Country Road Trip, there was a fun little bonus waiting: A chance meeting with longtime boatbuilder and maritime blogger known as Doryman.
the Great Lakes in winter “White Hurricane” by Lou Blouin of FoundMichigan.org An excellent story of an epic storm that struck the Great Lakes 100 years ago today. Modern weather forecasting was in its infancy. At the time, basic weather observations were gathered by hand by people scattered across the country, like human instruments, then …
Video from the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival Clips from Friday and Saturday. Back when the Depression hit (the one in the ’30s) my grandfather, my dad’s dad, hitched a mule and plow to a fence post in a field in Arkansas. He walked into the road, thumbed a ride with a trucker, and left …
pianos and bikes in the park Montreal was founded hundreds of years before the automobile, and never really got on board with the whole idea. Many streets in the old quarter are still cobblestone and narrow, more suited to carriages and peddler carts. That’s part of the appeal. And like many old cities, they’ve only …