Below are links to Google Maps of our location, links to marinas if applicable, and links to Kem's blog on the Houston Chronicle. Most recent event on top.

Places we've been along the way and tentative plans We have no schedule and we're sticking to it.

SPOT ON ooo 79th Street Boat Basin.

"FOLLOW THOSE TRACKS" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " John arrived Thursday morning, and although we weren’t planning on leaving NYC until Friday, all three of us looked at each other and said – let’s cast off the lines and go NOW! We ... "

"PREP TIME" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Bob left Sunday for his training mission in DC and I’m (im)patiently waiting for him to return today. It hasn’t been all tanning, chick flicks and junk food for me since he’s been g... "

"UP AND OVER" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Well, with no visitors in sight, a perfect setting sun, the river running fast but smooth, we were on the aft deck enjoying ourselves (hard to believe, I know) and addressing the more difficult quest... "

"SURPRISE VISITS" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " We recently received an email from long time client and friend Jimmy Mac. He wrote to say that he and his wife, Eileen, were sitting on their porch on the Jersey Shore when they spotted our boat goin... "

"STAR SPANGLED CELEBRATION" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " The stars I am referring to were our onboard guests for the July 4 festivities. John & Becky, Melissa & Grant, and Ken & Candace all joined us for an all American party of hot dogs, potat... "

"FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " We first traveled to New York to pay our respects at Ground Zero with Rhese and Karen, ten years ago, December 2001. First, the families of those who died and those who served were allowed to pay the... "

"KEN & CANDACE TOURS" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " We have been looking forward to seeing our LYC Cruising buddies Ken & Candace since we heard she was celebrating an early birthday in NYC at the same time we were going to be here. We had no idea... "

"TIMES SQUARE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Friday night we finished off our work early and headed for Times Square. It seems as if we weren’t the only folks looking forward to a long holiday weekend. The Square was packed with people si... " Video of the New Year's Ball

"PROVISIONING NYC STYLE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Getting food, keeping it fresh, and preparing healthy meals on a boat takes a lot of organization and planning. Unusually, it requires pulling into a marina, locating the store, securing transportati... "

"NYPD BLUE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Several of you have asked if we feel safe roaming around New York City. The answer is an unequivocal YES. This hasn’t always been the case. When I was a girl, my father traveled to New York on ... "

"STREET SCENES" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Part of experiencing New York City is being aware of what’s going on around you when you are just out walking about – the sights, the sounds, the smells and of course the action. Followin... "

"EMPIRE STATE BUILDING" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " No visit to NYC would be complete without a trip to the top of the Empire State Building.We’ve flown in her lots of times for various reasons, and I must confess, this is our first visit to the... "

"BONES" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " OK, so we’ve been here a few days and hadn’t even been to ONE museum. We started with the one closest to our marina, just a short walk away. The American Museum of Natural History is the ...

"CENTRAL PARK" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " We had a picture perfect Sunday to explore The Park – lots of sun brought out lots of New Yorkers. This land was purchased by the state as an open space in 1853 and a competition was launched f... "

"CHELSEA HIGH LINE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Our next NYC adventure was to walk the High Line. Two years ago, a section of the old Meatpacking District’s elevated railway was converted to an above street level park, running some 1.5 miles... "

"UNION SQUARE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " Union Square is where downtown and uptown meet - great restaurants and a wild café scene.   I thought that our first encounter out and about in NYC should include a real "taste" of New Yo... "

"THE BIG APPLE" View and comment on the post. Excerpt: " We’re here in the Big Apple and have a great slip at the 79 th Street Boat Basin, one of 15 marinas in the NY Parks & Recreation group of marinas. It’s an incredibly busy marina and i... "

New York Harbor - Boat traffic of all kinds - select this link to view the video.