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Yesterday was such a beautiful day that Claire and I decided to go exploring. We visited St Michaels, Tilghman's Island and Oxford Maryland. St Michaels is the home to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and also has a sign as you enter the Town that states "it is the town that fooled the British during the War of 1812". Tilghman's Island is located on the Chesapeake and Choptank River. It is still very much a fishing town. Tilghman Island is also home to the only commercial sailing fleet in North America, the Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks. Although there were once hundreds of these ships on the Bay, now there are only nine.The skipjacks are moored on Tilghman Island, in Dogwood Harbor, along with many other commercial fishing boats. The skipjack shown here is the Rebeca T Ruark.
Oxford is extremely picturesque and is know for it restaurants and its Ferry. The Robert Morris Inn 1710 - the oldest full service Inn in America and Oxford-Bellevue Ferry is 336 year old, however it was not in service yesterday.14EC39BE-EA3D-4DF7-9A07-CE94C627FAF4_1_201_a.jpeg73DF2E1B-D4C0-46BA-B0CB-1B8005B5BF8E_1_201_a.jpegF76457D9-377A-4CC6-9BAE-C2148D9432DB_1_201_a.jpeg9B637C94-15C0-4F6D-8D12-BA5EF23168A4_1_201_a.jpeg478E6073-9444-45C2-8A2F-9D93D6543A52_1_201_a.jpegE36FC03C-9825-46DD-B601-DF95213D9DD4_1_201_a.jpeg
 
Really enjoying the stretch of sunny 60-70°+ weather. The last couple of sunsets have been nice too.

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Might have to recomission a boat tomorrow, the weather is just too nice not to.

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Conditions tomorrow.

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Lake Hopatcong, NJ, today.
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The Redwoods of Northern CA (Fort Bragg) via power assisted rail(road) bike.
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Got out on Falls Lake today....then pulled the boat for the season (scupper valve replacement on the docket)

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can you elaborate on scupper valve replacement? is it the same issue as with the 230s, under water line? I have not had to do this yet in my 190 and 240, but would if warranted. TIA.

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@swatski There were two incidents over the Summer with one being a 16' 242. Searching...
 
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I couldn't believe it when two of my daughters decided to wake board today... in 50 deg water.
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So, I had no choice but to don a shortie, too, lol.
The water was ridiculously cold.
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Sights from my 200 mile return road trip from Fort Bragg to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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We stayed at the Super 8 (by Wyndm). Never again.
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The less traveled part of the Pacific Coast Highway.
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The light house / finish line at the end of the Need For Speed movie.
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Took a combo tour. I don’t remember much of it.
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Boys were being quiet. Went to investigate and found this. Sitting quietly next to the fire talking to each other about who knows what. They're 9 and almost 3.

Hit me right in the feels!

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Taking the chainsaw for a walk in my Sugarbush yesterday, during deer hunting season. Cleaning up some of the storm damage sustained over the Summer. Will need to come back to a few areas with some 5/16" tubing and fittings to repair deer chewing damage.
Yesterday, farm life got in the way of boating.

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Funny, those are really taken from the deck at our house. Credit to Willow's camera/phone for the pics. The pictures are of upstate NY, across the Lake. Sunsets this time of year, show Whiteface Mountain near the town of Lake Placid, host of the 1980 Winter Olympics.
 
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Dear @zipper,
Could you please run for the governor of my state.
You have my vote!
Regards,
W.
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