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Bill and Brenda, Good luck on your cruise. I was at Paris Landing for a few days recently. I met my two brothers and my sister there for a little reunion for three nights at the condos in the State Park. Beautiful country around the lakes and I am sure you will have a great time.

Sorry for the delay, I somehow missed your reply. I agree with you about our right coast Brats-in the interest of encouraging their participation I yield my turn to any of the East Coast Brats, if interested?

Jim, Never been there but based on your clever clues I guess Boot Key?

The only anchorage I remember with high shoreline was Prideaux Haven.

Pat I think it is in Desolation Sound? Patty's pic looks like the aftermath of a hurricane!

I've never painted mine. I am not convinced it makes a lot of difference, especially at the deeper depths for halibut. I like 8oz, 12oz and 16oz sizes. If the current is running too fast to get down with 16oz it isn't much fun jigging heavier weights. They seem to work well for the deeper...

Tom, I used to make those when I had access to some free lead. The only difference in mine, I liked to space the bottom hook up high enough to clear the bottom of the jig. Seemed to help keep them from hanging up as much when you hit a little rocky patch of bottom. I also often used a treble...

Don and Brenda, I am surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but in your first post you made a comment about the empty weight of both the 22 and 25 being the same. Not so, not even close. Check the figures again, you will need a very substantial tow vehicle to tow a loaded 25. I don't know...

Knotty C Sorry for the delay but right you are. We stopped there on our way back from the Lake Powell cruise.

Unfortunately the picture doesn't show any landmarks but I am pretty sure I was the first C-Dory to ever pass through this National Monument. I got a lot strange looks.

Probably the first C-Dory to ever visit this National Monument.

Looks like Point Retreat Lighthouse at the northern tip of Admiralty Island.

Like Moose I use a very large screwdriver but find the thickness of the tip still not quite thick enough. I filed the tip down about about 1/8". The end of the screwdriver gets wider and thicker as you file it down-then you end up with a good snug fit in the very wide slot of the drain plug...

Count me in. I am sitting in a small RV park in Chetumal, Mexico, near the Belize border. We head into Belize tomorrow morning and will probably not have a chance for wireless again for 2 weeks. I will be in the Queen Charlotte Islands fishing for a few weeks in Aug, so I hope to have some...

Ron, Great photos. I have driven that route before, although I have chewed it off in smaller bites over the years. I agree it is one of the most scenic in the US. I can still remember Anne taking the dogs for a swim in that cold water in Desolation sound-I doubt there is much that would faze...

Brock, Your comments are right on! The smiling laughing children we see every day are a constant reminder of how little it takes in the way of material things to be happy. We are traveling with a small group of like-minded couples, all about the same age, and we really are having the trip of a...

We have meandered our way to an RV park near Cuernavaca, Mexico. Since my last post we have spent many hours in many natural areas looking for the high altitude species. We have birded up to 11,100 feet according to my GPS. One of the most interesting days was a trip to the Monarch butterfly...

Toyman, This is an RV trip, no boat this time. I have taken a boat to Baja before but it was many years ago before I had the C-Dory. We are now in San Miguel de Allende at an RV park where we have a fair WiFi connection. We have meandered our way through Monterrey and south to San...

Congratulations Ron and Anne. You will have a great time. I made a shorter trip with the same set-up a few years ago. A truck camper pulling a boat is a great way to travel. If you get to Baha in Feb or early Mar you just have to go to Guerro Negro and see the gray whales in Scammons Lagoon...

Thanks for all the kind thoughts. We are going with Adventure Caravans and the leader is a seasoned birder who has done this trip before and has also led a trip as far south as Costa Rica last year. He also does a long Alaska trip. From reading posts about his trip last year I am expecting a...