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Could not find a room on Dauphin Island last night. We tied up at Gulf Shores Yacht Marina in Fort Morgan. Rocked all night long due to the North wind causing about 2 foot waves. Rough night onboard Falcon. Woke up this morning and crossed Mobile Bay headed back north in about 1.5 to 2 foot...

Monday Afternoon @ 3:35 Made the run down to Dauphin Island today and crossed Mobile Bay. A little fog this morning, but otherwise great weather with a perfect temperature of 82F. Peanut butter sandwich for lunch since most of the restaurants are closed for the off-season or only open on the...

Friday Night in Demopolis Marina at the little Inn. Saturday Night anchored 2 miles north of the Coffeeville Dam. Sunday Night coordinates N31.06.445 W87.57.701 tied up in 0.9 feet of water to trees in front and back. 42 miles north of Mobile, Alabama. Spent about two hours this morning at...

We are docked for the night. Coordinates N33.14.136 W 088.17.784 We are at the Bevill lock. We went through 5 locks today, saw multiple pairs of Bald Eagles in trees... continue south tomorrow. We were delayed making our way through the locks and dams because of a fuel barge and slow...

This mornings temperature was 67 degrees as we awoke on Lake Pickwick. We traveled south today and went through a total of 3 lockes. We were delayed at Whiten Lock for 2 hours as divers worked to fix a problem on the Lock and Dam. We are docked for the night at Midway Marina in Fulton...

Falcon launched at Pickwick State Park around 3:30 pm Tuesday. Traveled approximately 14 miles and anchored for the night at Pickwick Lake on Tombigbee Cut @ N34 55.770 W088 14.528. Falcon will continue south tomorrow.

This is another GRAND ADVENTURE on '"Falcon" our C-Dory 22 cruiser cruising down the Tombigbee launching at Pickwick State Park in the evening of 9/21/2010. We ended our first quest back in April,2010 pulling out just ahead of a troubling weather front and obligations here with church and...

Not very long ago I had my hearing tested and they recommended a: Hearing Aid $ 3,100.00 Earlier I had priced a 9.9 HP Honda kicker: Kicker $ 2,910.00 The dilemma, what to do? So I can hear all I need but my C-Dory 22 Cruiser does not respond well to the ore. The installation along...

Lighting on the farm is dangerous but protection is close. On the water there are few places to run for shelter. Brenda and I have endured frightening lightning storms on some of our adventures aboard "Falcon". C-Brats tell us WHAT IS SAFE. There may be a post that already covers this...

Returning from a cruise into New Orleans, LA with my 11 year old grandson and his father we were approaching the Houma, LA courtesy dock at the ramp slowly, less than idle speed and about 8 feet away. Suddenly "Falcon" lurched severely to port and remained firmly stuck for some time...

A few months back I was cleaning the cockpit bilge pump area and noticed a slight smell of fuel and considered this normal since the fuel in in this area. Concerned about a slight stain on the fuel filter prompted a further inspection of the fuel filter. I discovered the outlett plug on the...

2/16/2000 Old Buddy, a border collie, was named after the first dog President Clinton's because he was inapporate at times. Buddy would dig out of this pen and early one morning he did not respond to the walk around the place, he was shot through the admanon and the vet eased his pain. Buddy's...

Hello Everyone Here it is Nov. 30 and we finally have our country internet up and running. We always look forward to the Gulf Coast Gathering in October and like others feel that Wefings should continue as our sponsor of the web site just to promote our boats and spur sales. Marc and John...

Hello C-Dory People Brenda and I will be cruising in on our boat "Falcon" along with our friends from Little Rock, AR Joel and Karen on their boat "Little Dang" launching at Cotton Bayou, Orange Beach AL. on 10/18/2009 late afternoon. We plan to anchor out 10/18 10/19 10/20, Water Street...

On our Erie Canal / New York Adventure our 75 HP Honda #3 cylinder was missing at slow speed under 3,000 RPM. We replaced all spark plugs before entering the Hudson River. No improvement? As we motored out into the Hudson the motor ran rough as before however above 3,000 RPM it would run...

This old bare foot Arkansas Country Boy regards any cruise on "Falcon" as a GRAND ADVENTURE. Our cruise on the Erie Canal to New York is definitely no exception. My 14 year old grandson, Garrett was the captain. He goes to a Christian School and has arranged for his schoolwork. My son Rob...

Wefings Brenda and I have not missed any gatherings. A fun time for us while attending the past three (3) gatherings. My son Rob and I have a father son boating adventure planned for late this month (September 2009) to the Erie Canal and New York City that could extend close to this date...

A Summery Our Land Between The Lakes cruise lasted nine days. Anchored out three night in hot weather. Fortunately two night were interrupted with strong winds, lightning, and cooling rain to break the the long hot nights. Byrdman, Manna Byrd, Jeff and Kathy welcomed us to...

The Lake Barkley State Park Lodge is definately a five star lodge. The food is great, the room overlooking the lake is modern, and coffee on the veranda watching the birds and a deer seemed almost like home. Brenda and I cast off from the marina at 8:17 AM, after checking our fuel, destined...

Hello Brenda and I plan to trailer our boat "Falcon" to Paris Landing State Park on Kentucky Lake in Tennessee leaving Stamps, AR. on Monday 6/15/09 , stay overnight at the Inn and launch at the Marina the next morning. Our son Dr Bill will post our location and destinations each evening...