..."to the vagrant gypsy's life"... WHERED THE SUMMER GO?

Hey, Boss, those are some of the most, if not actually the most dangerous waters in the world. Keep a weather eye out for the storm surge and the sudden squall, k?

We'll keep the God Squad on simmer until you get back . . .

Wow! That's great! I imagine your kids are grown....? Is it all motor, or does it have a sail?

Farmer, have a wonderful time, my friend. I know something of the Bay of Fundy, and Set is right. Be careful!

wow, i am green with envy. though i wouldn't be able to make it, would die of claustrophobia. all the more reason to envy you. The Man Who Could! And Did!

We actually leave on June 25 but Im already thinkin about it.
I figger there wil be a G.Squad dust up tween now and when we leave set, so Im just bein superstitious by not wantin anybody mad at me before we leave.
We did the lower part of Belle Isle 2 years ago and there were some treacherous waters around The bottom of Fundy in a place called La tete. Im hopin that from The Top of Newfoundland down to our carrying place into Placentia, we will have enough harbors of refuge should we get a sudden squall or a leftover NEaster.

Lil K, Ive sailed and chugged. Sailing is slow, dull and leaves you unable to react quickly enough to save your butt.Our boat is a special rebuild of an old really neat Hinkley lobsterboat. It has plenty of room below and in the pilot house We have a diesel with a big tank and a reserve

Fman - got your radio and your flares? Your GPS?

who you callin Fman?
Yeh, you wont get outta any of the ports without a safety check. GPS and radar and sonar are all on a single chart plotter. We got more gizmos than Sharper Image. (I just wanted to see whether that comes up blue as a sponsored link). Were gonna take a waterproof digital recorder that Im gonna rent from a Philly company. Cameras dont take well to seasprays and all. We keep em mostly below and in paper bags in a locker. The diving camera is meant to take the water and only needs to be washed down with water and baby oil. Im hopin we get better whale pix than our 2 year ago trip. Also, since the killer whale pod has been seen this year already, were gonna keep tuned to the VHF and SWX

I've Newfie blood on my Mom's side.
Two-boat Irish.

Have shot of Screech for me.

What a wonderful vacation!

Soak up the breeze and the salt, and bring back good stories!!!!

We'll think of you very often!

ENJOY!

Yer alway in my heart, farmer, and will be more so when you two are out having a grand adventure.

Is screech of the alcohol persuasion? then its not fer me. I did all of my drinking (and much of Pennsylvanias) before I turned 40. I like tea on the boat. Even though we have heat underway or in dock (with hookups) if we drift with a sea anchor it can get downright cold , so were always cookin a pot of tea on the stove, Cant use the nuke unless the engines are running.

Lash-Thankyou , I hope to get some good shots of the wildlife. WHen we are making way along Newfoundland I want to stay not too far from shore so we can see the terrain aroundislands in the Notre Dame Bay.

Thanks osso. We decided that were only going to take 2 art tablets and basic art supplies (what would you take on 2 months trip where you couldnt take everything {space} but hadda take somethin?} Its like the Time Machine question for artists.

Hmmm, pencils...

oh, and erasers.

Now that I've been a drafting person, I might bring an electric eraser, for another kind of fun, given you have juice working.

Newfies is a hoot (pacem, George, that don't mean i don't like 'em). The oddest wedding i ever attended was a Toronto-Portugese/Newfie wedding. The Newfie in-laws sat there at the reception in stunned silence for awhile, until they loosened up and joined the fun. The Portugese drop a bundle on those do's . . . a dinner with two meat entrées and fish, then a desert table about an hour later, followed by a seafood table at midnight. They play old disco music very loud, and everyone who is old enough to walk, or not too old to walk anymore, as well as those in between, get up and dance. They indulge in disco lights, fireworks and electric pyrotechnics . . . and everybody just plain wears themselves out havin' innocent fun. The Newfies was pretty wore out, too--but they hung in for all the fun, just the same.

osso. Ive decieded on a bunch of pencils and some watercolor pencils and a series of pens, Inja ink , erasers, cotton cue tips and one brush. I can fit most of this in a roll up carrier thats no bigger than a roll of paper towels and its a naugahyde plastic material.

set we always liked the Newfies, I used to run some projects on the edge of the Long Range and in Argentia (it used to be a weapons testing area for Canajia in WWII and we were finding Unexploded Ordnace all over Placentia Bay. I got to work with some of the engineers who were Newfies and they made ya drink .

Et pax tecum, Set.

I have several Canadian friends who keep me
well-informed of the latest Newfie jokes!

I tried this url and got a kennel that breeds Newfoundlands. Is there something else on that link?

duhh. I was typing newfies (as in more than one newfie, which everyone knows is the plural for the dog breed , not a pejorative of an entire culture)

SO, I Finds me newfie dot com and finds me favorite recipe.Moose Stew.

3 pounds of moose cut into small pieces

1/4 pound of butter

6 cups of water

Salt and pepper

Brown moose meat in hot butter, add water, salt and pepper. Let simmer, adding chopped onion after about an hour of cooking. Cook for another hour. Then cut up and add 2 carrots, 2 parsnips, 1 small turnip and 10 potatoes

Cook for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Make dough boys if you wish.

Now me onlly problem is where can I get just 3 pounds a moose meat? They comes only in tree sizes dat I knows

deres yer Huge


and den deres yer Really Huuge

an finally deres yer , we gonna need a bigass crane fer dis one