Month: August 2011

The beaches reopened yesterday. The bad news was that you couldn’t actually ride to the beach – it was a nice little 3 mile hike from one of the park’s parking lot. I was a…

Time flies when you’re having fun! I am posting from down in Chincoteague.  We delayed arrival until yesterday and although the beach was closed we spent the whole afternoon walking the town. Had we spent…

I’m officially on vacation and as you can see, I am still posting. We are planning a couple of  short trips until we leave for Chincoteague Island Monday morning because the hurricane is going to…

Lower Chesapeake Bay 1) Still looks as though Irene is favoring a more westward Track, which will be rougher conditions into area, mostly Sat night into early Sun 2) 50-70 mph may clip the extreme…

I made it to the last day before vacation which officially starts when I leave here at 5 tonight. And not a day too early as it is going to get crazy down here with…

The biggest thing to happen around here was the earthquake we had yesterday. OMG! I’ve lived here for over 50 years and have never experienced one. I actually thought they had run into the building…

The countdown continues to my vacation. We may have to adjust our plans a bit to compensate for the impeding hurricane action coming up the coast,  because being at the beach during a hurricane just…

I have noticed a steady increase in the readership here. If it keeps up I may be able to sell some advertising (since not many people are using my Amazon link 🙂 I’m on the…

Last Friday before my vacation! It has been a pretty productive week despite have a couple of guys out on vacation. The 42 classic needs to be done by Labor Day and it may be…

Another beautiful August day. Not dog hot but not too cool – just good working conditions. Countdown to my vacation now stands at 5 working days. I’m headed down to Chinquoteague again this year. Going…