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Archive for February, 2008

Note from Pete & Susan Rollins, Royal Shoal Lane has gravel

Royal Shoal Lane has a nice new coat of gravel. This part of Port Vandemere is really starting to come together.

Monday Feburary 25, 2008
Seems like most of this weekend was spent plodding away at the computer. Website, accounting, trying to repair Windows Vista (still trying to do that). I did however do a walk through […]

Note from Bob And Shannon Wright

Its springtime alright. The Red Maple trees are in full bloom with all the nice 60 degree days we’ve had.
Saturday Feburary 23, 2008
Well its finished! I hope everyone will like the layout and interactivity of the new Blog. It’s only taken me about 3 days, but hey now i’m getting good at PHP..
We’ve […]

Note from our Contractor, new blog in process

Tuesday February 19, 2008
Over the next week I will be converting the blog over to ‘Wordpress’! This will give us increased functionality, the ability to make comments, categorize and allow me to expand my range of subjects. So keep checking back to see our new Port Vandemere blog take shape! I got a note from […]

Pond is finished.

February 5, 2008
Its been a glorious few days here in Vandemere, sunshine, daffodils in bloom, birds all a chatter…I am very pleased to announce that we have more waterfront at Port Vandemere. Left, is our almost finished pond! Look really closely and you can see Thomas at the other end. I have to say it […]

Updates on Marina, Baltimore Boat Show, cold sailing

Vandemere Creek is framed in morning light on a quick tour before we head to Baltimore.

Lot 41 looks nice after a little sprucing up and has a great view.  We’ve also found a nice spot for the dock.
January 25, 2008
Yes, its been a few weeks since my last update but  lots of things have been […]

New Vandemerians join the Dragon Run, new Neighbor

The crowd at the ‘Running of the Dragon’ on New Years Eve.Check out Towndock.net for other photos of the celebrations and the regatta.

The crews are back at work again. Ditching Shell Castle Lane, left and evening out the new gravel on Vandemere Creek Drive, above.

Thursday January 3, 2008
I’m not sure about the rest of you […]

Roads get gravel

Gravel! K-9 Correspondant ‘Molly’ keeps an eye on the dozer.

Monday December 17, 2007
Gravel! I know it sounds so exciting. After the roll test and the ’soft’ spots were dug up and re-filled last week on Friday the gravel trucks arrived. Port Vandemere’s K-9 inspectors were out taking note of the changes. Its also time to […]

Crews work on Shell Castle Lane.

A busy day at the job site. The East Group is sighting the road and also placing iron pins, permanently marking each lot.

Ilex vomitoria or Youpan Holly on lot 26. Used by local Down Easters as a substitute for coffee but nicer gracing my Christmas wreath…

Royal Shoal Lane is […]

Construction update, Passage to Belize

Corner of Vandemere Creek Drive and Shell Castle Lane

Looking Down Shell Castle Lane

West view of Vandemere Creek Drive

Adding Soil to Vandemere Creek Drive

From the delivery: Above ‘The Admiral’ a homing pigeon decided to call us home for a few days.

This time there were huge pods of dolphin playing on our bow.

The Storm! huge waves were […]

Road Construction Report, another new neighbor

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The road building crews are hard at work. On Friday late afternoon when I went by it was raining but I could see they’ve doe a lot. Above top: the entrance takes shape. Middle: the first bend in the road shows its […]