Here’s our view from the pilothouse at night on the Ohio River. To port is a chart plotter, then a...

The paddle wheel of a Mississippi riverboat of the variety that dominated this river in bygone times. Keenan snapped this...

The industrial landscape along the Illinois River reminds you that these rivers and canals (some natural, some man-made) were America’s...

We celebrated Keenan’s 13th birthday in Chicago and enjoyed visiting with more than a dozen family and friends. Here we...

One of America’s great cities, Chicago has a stunning skyline and was a welcome site for the entire Muddy Waters...

The SS Keewatin, a former Great Lakes passenger vessel built in Scotland in 1907. Today the Keewatin finds its home...

Here’s a shot of some of the sand dunes from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, recently voted (with more than...

Here we are having a great time and learning all about our favorite food “Chocolate.” Chocolate. I never tire of...

Calm before the storm. A pre-sunrise departure on Lake Michigan before the prevailing westerly winds kick-up on the lake. With...

Nothing like ice cream with your cousins on a warm summer day by the lake. Here’s a shot of Keenan,...

Here’s a shot of Keenan and Daria on the White Pine Trail leading to Bridal Falls. We tied-up at the...

The subtle shades of dusk on the North Channel. Lots of beautiful cruising and anchoring in these somewhat remote cruising...

Here’s a shot of Muddy Waters and the Admiral when we pulled up for lunch at Henry’s Famous Fish Restaurant...

Here’s Keenan catching some air by jumping from the top of the wheelhouse. We anchored out for a few days...

Here’s Muddy Waters just about to exit the Peterborough Lift Lock. We spent a full week in Peterborough, enjoying music,...

Here we are next to the Parliament building in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, located in the province of Ontario....

Sackets Harbor, a wonderful place to learn about the War of 1812, is also nestled in dairy-farming country in upstate...

Here’s ol’ Muddy Waters tied-up near a few canal tugs just in front of the first lock on the Erie...

Keenan and Daria with two officers, standing in front of the West Point Museum after our tour of the U.S....

Here’s the view from Muddy Waters’ back porch while parked at the Lincoln Harbor Marina in New Jersey, just across...

Here we are in the pea soup fog following the trawler Trident as we depart the C&D Canal and head...

A midshipman’s cap we found floating in the harbor after a night of festivities during graduation week at the Naval...

It’s a “Hon”derful Life for Daria and cousin Emma as they brush up on their Bawlmerese in the place where...

The extended Samway family relaxing and taking in the sun and surf in Round Bay, just off Severna Park, Maryland...

Jennifer and the kids in front of a cannon on the battlefield at Yorktown, Virginia Next up, Norfolk, Virginia at...

Here’s Muddy Waters sitting in style at the River Dunes Marina in Oriental, North Carolina. Jennifer and I used to...

Keenan and Daria aboard the USS Yorktown, a WWII-era aircraft carrier now a floating museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Pictured...

Here’s a shot of Old Glory off our stern early one morning as we anchored in Redbird Creek in Georgia...

Here’s a shot of ol’ Muddy happily tied up at the municipal marina in Fernandina Beach, Florida. We saw a...

Muddy Waters as we head out of Four Fish Marina into the ICW, proudly flying our America’s Great Loop Cruiser...

The Muddy Waters Crew, hanging out at the Bimini Bay Resort & Marina on our the last day in the...

Welcome sign for the Sivananda Ashram located in Nassau, Bahamas. I spent 3 days in this beachside Garden of Eden,...

Here’s a shot at dawn of Spanish Wells, the Bahamas most productive fishing town. We explored this bustling settlement and...

Here’s a shot Keenan took of the Foxes after we had them aboard Muddy Waters for a farewell lunch the...

This is the view from a hill near our anchorage in the Exuma Land & Sea Park, run by the...