Tranquility

manyboats said:

Ocean Breeze,
We called Prince of Wales Is "the rock" but it's a farm field compared to where you live. One of those houses yours? .... in the bottom photo?

Here's one of our nice sandy beaches.

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Haha Eric.. Nope - too hard to get too lol

Some of our beaches too

opps loaded up a couple of the same pictures as before.. tried deleting them but couldn't

ICW north of Cocoa, FL a week ago.

Great thread. Here are a few from our archives.

From our Bahamas cruise 1987 on Rosebud -


Quiet evening in the Keys


Sunset of the ICW, South Carolina


Windmill Harbor, Hilton head, SC

I think if you look hard enough and long enough there are some Palm trees in my pictures too..

Ketchikan ... always seems to have interesting recreational trawlers.

manyboats said:

Murray M,
Did you take that on the Tlell River trail? We walked it in 03. I taught HS shop in 1972 in Massett.

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It was south of the Misty Meadows campground, just inside the forest from the beach.

I worked on a Parks Branch youth crew there on my first summer job in 1975 (I think) the first summer Naikoon Park opened up.

Haida Gwaii...a global treasure.

Murray M wrote;

"Haida Gwaii...a global treasure."

Indeed .... but they are developing the north beach. I think there's only one place like that in the world. Should never have been touched.

This pic is of the boat launch that we used to go through Karheen Passage and into Sea Otter Sound. This boat launch is a door to a magic place. The ramp looks like it's paved but it's gravel. That rock looks like a big ugly fish.

2nd pic is of Point Baker on the NW corner of Prince of Wales Is. No roads at all here. Just boats. 3rd pic is a nice commuter in town.

Nice day on the ICW today. Football and fishin'. KJ

manyboats said:

Murray M wrote;

"Haida Gwaii...a global treasure."

Indeed .... but they are developing the north beach. I think there's only one place like that in the world. Should never have been touched.

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What do you mean "developing"?

When I was there in 1996, I stayed in a B&B on the North beach. There had been "development" for many years at that location. There was also a road that went onto the sand, on which many folks had mired their cars, pickups, etc and lost them to the rising tide. Tow Hill was a great vantage point to observe the tranquility of the whole beach. I hope none of that has been changed.

Keith,
We were there in 03. It probably wasn't much changed since you were there or since we were there. I'm saying everything from the old radio station to Tow Hill should be undisturbed beach ... never should have been sold into private lots. It should all have been a park and a proper park at that. Never should have given the Spit to the Haida. Nothing has been done w it. It just sits there and suffers abuse by most that go there. Shame on Canada.

manyboats said:

Shame on Canada.

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Oh, let's not start pointing out the negative effects of 'development' in each others National Parks

Greetings,
Agreed.

Ditto........

More pics.

Retiring the colors before sunset

Stelaine,
Very appropriate picture for today! Looks like something very bright is just over the horizon. Of course it's the sun but if one had a wandering mind ... aliens!

manyboats said:

Stelaine,
Very appropriate picture for today! Looks like something very bright is just over the horizon. Of course it's the sun but if one had a wandering mind ... aliens!

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Eric,

We lived in central Florida and could see shuttle launches from the back yard. The night launches were very similar in appearance which is to say they were spellbinding!

Steve

From our (rented) terrace, San Carlos, Sonora, Jan 18, 2013

Beats winter in the PNW... (but sorry about the clouds). The two marinas here are pretty quiet this winter and two or three of the trawlers that were for sale in 2011 are still on the market.

manyboats said:

Stelaine,
Very appropriate picture for today! Looks like something very bright is just over the horizon. Of course it's the sun but if one had a wandering mind ... aliens!

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Remember that you are looking east, and on the far eastern shores of our country is a place called Washington DC. Aliens. That is the only explanation.

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Ooops! Rambler don't you mean looking west? (hee hee) Though I totally agree with you on the aliens in the District of Combatants

We live very close to the Skagit River south of Bellingham. I took this picture on Cape Horn Rd about 3 city blocks from our house. Great place for biking and walking. In many ways it's more beautiful here than the Alaska we left.

Swimin for oysters and picking clams in desolation sound mid 90s.

That's not sunrise?

Rambler said:

That's not sunrise?

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The photo is of a sunset. The sun had just slipped below the tree tops.

Photo taken while north bound in the Dismal Swamp canal

Trent & Mersey Canal, England. The only sounds were the birds in the hedgerows and the sheep on the hill.

DHMEISSNER, your pic in post #7 of the Norfolk Broads is great, my old stomping grounds and where I learned to love boats, thanks.

I love the picture of the Dismal Swamp! Wish we had one of those.

Rambler this is a tranquility picture thread. What's this about sunsets?

Marin I can hear the birds sing'in. VERY tranquil. Chris was overwhelmed w the wildlife here .... especially the birds. Much more than in Alaska except for the deer and bear.

Greetings,
Yup the Great Dismal swamp is an alternate route to the AICW. As I recall, only ONE turn between the locks just two straight cuts. Worth doing at least once and is a more sheltered passage between Iron Bridge, VA and Elizabeth City, NC. Best check those statements. It's been a while since I've been through there. Depending on the time of year and the water levels, there may be some floating and partially sunken stumps and sticks.
The BEST source for up to date information about that waterway is: http://www.dismalswamp.com/

Too much greenery lately. Here's Zain the Mastodog having a winter dip in Douglas Channel;