Looking forward to today and going to the RNLI station...it will be enjoyable.. and every day that passes.. well it is closer to coming home.. there is just something about your own bed..oh.. and our pups.. Jax-e... we miss the pups..
Had a good question about the narrow boats and canals..
the canal I would say at it widest point might be 20 feet wide.. if that.I know 3 boats can pass.. which I believe our boat was like about 5 feet wide.. and there was 2.5 feet draft. The canal was only like 5 feet deep, so if you fell in they say stand up. The boat had a diesel engine, we had a tiller and we could go forward and reverse :) The max they wanted you to go was 4 mph.. and maybe a few of the private boats could go faster.. but really you don't want to go that fast.. to hard to slow down and control I would think. We averaged about 2.5 to 3.5 and that was with no boats around. It wasn't like you were going to feel the breeze blowing through your hair.. but we were in no hurry and that made it all the better.
Perhaps next year we will do the Erie Canal.. Like in the fall when the leaves are changing.. I think that would be pretty.
We passed a couple of the big 62 footers with small parties on them.. One boat carried a skull & cross bones.. all with the hats and one had the eye patch.. and then the more traditional flag.. bra and panties tied to the side rail to dry... saw lots of laundry being dried. I have shots of jeans draped across the bow of our boat crossing the aqueduct.. ruined every shot.. but great memories. Another boat we passed they were all in sailor gear.. with the hats.. and the party barge.. he was celebrating his 45th bd.. I told him heck enjoy it.. the dreaded big 50 is coming faster then he thinks! hehehe he lost his smile.. (hey well it is!) Yeah great memories.. hehehe like the MEMORY Mel left the info gal in her office when we were leaving.. I know she won't forget.. Mel goes.. oops... hehehe my opinion.. it was a BAD memory...
I had my girlfriends good luck fishin jeans.. Wouldn't give them back to her.. I brought them over with me.. and I had a picture taken with them in Scotland.. Wales and now.. England. Wish you were here Cyn!
It really gets me.. the men dress here alot in stove pipe jeans and pointy shoes.. the girls in as little as possible with tightes.. very VERY short dresses or long shirts either works over here.. lots of stiletto heels here. And colorful.. they don't care if it is paisley and stripes or what ever.. I guess it depends what is clean that day as to what they wear.
I have also found that alot of the local people are really friendly and willing to help you get from one place to another.. it is the tourists that are rude. Where Hawaii has a lot of Asian cultures.. it seems that over here Muslim cultures are predominate.
Seems I have talked (lots) about the lack of salt here.. their chicken and ground beef are both really good here so we ate a lot of that.. or fish. Their beef.. with the exception of Sunday roast.. wasn't all that great. At least so far we have to find good beef.. as in steaks. I am sure it is there.. and hmm might even be KOBE.. beef that is the best here.. Their pork and beans.. well they are navy beans in tomato sauce.. like what spagetti-o's are in. Just plain weird.. they eat this HUGE breakfast of egg, potato's, sausage, bacon (slab of pork, not bacon like we know it), pork and beans, tomato cooked and toast. I think I got it all.. we eat Corn Flakes.. on rare occasion... I will have toast. And the coffee.. well it has been instant.. even in the fine restaurant's.. it is instant.. I am worried now.. I am very use to instant coffee now.. scary.. On the boat.. I did request a french press and took my own coffee from home.. it was good.. it was real and got a buzz from it.. being real and all.
You know I might complain about the beds.. which is my big complaint.. but it has been a fun trip.. Wish Mel was feeling better.. but he is trying so we just go slow. Now it seems to be his hip and knee that is hurting him so bad..knee when he stands.. hip when he sits. Laying does seem to help relieve some of the pressure. I wish I could do something to help.. I try to do most everything so he doesn't.. I look like a pack mule sometimes.. and people look.. but they don't know.. and I don't care.. They say in a year he should be doing better.. I sure hope so.. he is becoming a little disheartened.. feeling like everything is gonna go now.. SO I try to build him up and say nope.. lets stay here or I don't want to go.. I guess that is why the Paris trip surprises me so much. Well .. hehehe we'll sit by the river.. sipping our coffee.. whispering sweet nothings in each others ears.. :) And it will all be fun.. Lunch at the Eiffel Tower, river cruise on the Seine, then we can see the Louve (sp) .. they have benches.. he can sit. Then dinner on the train back to London. It ought to be interesting.. on the train around the UK.. every time we went into a tunnel.. our ears would pop.. the chunnel ought to be interesting.. I would set up my video camera but going 186 mph.. you wouldn't see much, except for a blur......
Breakfast time.. so will write more later when we get back and I have photos to stick on here..
hugs... Keri
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