Patrick Griffin
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- Jan 1, 2000
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We took our yearly fall boat trip. This year is was back up to the Sacramento Delta. Lake Mojave was the other choice but the weather didn't look to good for the week. The Delta was great and with no one on the water, we had the entire place to our selves. We got rained on twice but I was on the boat so it didn't really matter.
This trip, my wife wanted to try and bring along kayaks. So we borrowed a couple of kayaks and tied them to the bow. It turned out to be fun for something different than running around in the dingy. This picture is my wife and the boat at the anchorage in Railroad Cut.
Kayaking down Railroad cut. We had glassy water the entire week.
We stopped at Wimpy's marina for breakfast one morning.
This is a picture of Georgiana Slough after going under Tyler Island Slough. We didn't have to call for a bridge opening as the tide was out a bit. But the bridge tender must have been bored because he came out and watched us motor under the bridge.
The next few pictures are of our anchorage in Steamboat Slough.
The next leg of the trip was a cruise up the Sacramento River to Sacramento. This is a picture of part of the Tower Bridge outside Old Sacramento. We had a great lunch and walked around Old Town.
That night it was forecast for rain so we got a slip at Sacramento City Marina. After arranging for a slip over the VHF, cruising through the very tight opening off the river into the marina, (a dredge and barges only left about 50 ft of clearance), the marina staff put us into a cover slip. It worked out perfect because it rained all day on Friday and the boat stayed nice and dry. Also, Sacramento is where we bought our boat so it was nice to see all the Regals in the marina. We, or I am not aware of a Regal group that plans cruises in the California area. Something I wish we had.
Because it rained all day on Friday, we had to cruise for three hours down to where our truck and trailer were parked. But we had a great morning cruising with no one on the water except a couple of fisherman and tugs with barges attached. Actually, when we were anchored on Steamboat, we woke up at 5am to a tug pushing a barge past us. Now looking out the little porthole to see a barge going by in the dark was pretty scary. It looked like it was 5 feet from the boat. Here is a picture of one of the barges.
A picture of cruising on our last day.
A look behind.
Even with the river and sloughs empty, we still had to stop for a ferry crossing on Steamboat Slough.
Well, that's a few pics from our trip last week. Can't wait for the next trip, maybe San Francisco Bay at Thanksgiving. Another yearly trip.
This trip, my wife wanted to try and bring along kayaks. So we borrowed a couple of kayaks and tied them to the bow. It turned out to be fun for something different than running around in the dingy. This picture is my wife and the boat at the anchorage in Railroad Cut.
Kayaking down Railroad cut. We had glassy water the entire week.
We stopped at Wimpy's marina for breakfast one morning.
This is a picture of Georgiana Slough after going under Tyler Island Slough. We didn't have to call for a bridge opening as the tide was out a bit. But the bridge tender must have been bored because he came out and watched us motor under the bridge.
The next few pictures are of our anchorage in Steamboat Slough.
The next leg of the trip was a cruise up the Sacramento River to Sacramento. This is a picture of part of the Tower Bridge outside Old Sacramento. We had a great lunch and walked around Old Town.
That night it was forecast for rain so we got a slip at Sacramento City Marina. After arranging for a slip over the VHF, cruising through the very tight opening off the river into the marina, (a dredge and barges only left about 50 ft of clearance), the marina staff put us into a cover slip. It worked out perfect because it rained all day on Friday and the boat stayed nice and dry. Also, Sacramento is where we bought our boat so it was nice to see all the Regals in the marina. We, or I am not aware of a Regal group that plans cruises in the California area. Something I wish we had.
Because it rained all day on Friday, we had to cruise for three hours down to where our truck and trailer were parked. But we had a great morning cruising with no one on the water except a couple of fisherman and tugs with barges attached. Actually, when we were anchored on Steamboat, we woke up at 5am to a tug pushing a barge past us. Now looking out the little porthole to see a barge going by in the dark was pretty scary. It looked like it was 5 feet from the boat. Here is a picture of one of the barges.
A picture of cruising on our last day.
A look behind.
Even with the river and sloughs empty, we still had to stop for a ferry crossing on Steamboat Slough.
Well, that's a few pics from our trip last week. Can't wait for the next trip, maybe San Francisco Bay at Thanksgiving. Another yearly trip.