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Head Hunters
On the subject of skulls (last blog – crocodiles), from Lola Island we were given a tour of nearby tiny Skull Island. Solomon Islanders have a history of headhunting and cannibalism that … Continue reading →
Quabbin Reservoir and the Yiddish Book Center
Hi Y’all,
Looks like Randal and I left not only eastern Massachusetts just in the nick of time, but also the Washington DC area where we stopped for 2 days to visit folks. We certainly are thinking about our pals there …
Hurricane Sandy
So you know it’s real when Friday morning the men begin to gather on the dock. They’re pointing to the high buildings surrounding the basin, discussing which way the wind will clock, how high the storm surge should be. Then they begin pointing to their…
Sandy in Tidewater
We returned to the boat last Friday and began preping for hurricane Sandy. We had left JB tied up for storms, so it was a matter of opening hull valves and making sure that the main engines and generator would start. We also need to get food…
10/28/2012 – Sunday – New Orleans play day
Today is still very windy but the sun is out. We road our bikes to the grocery store for one last time before we head out towards Gulfport on Tuesday. We filled the water tanks and put away the bikes getting ready for Tuesday morning’s departur…
10/27/2012 – Saturday – New Orleans play day
The front came through during the middle of the night so we woke up to a windy, cold and cloudy day. A good day to just chill – and that’s just what we did!
10/26/2012 – Friday – New Orleans play day
All 12 of us took the 10:00 AM bus into the French Quarter again and started off with coffee and beignets at the famous Café du Monde. That afternoon we split up and Josh and I walked all over Bourbon Street, the waterfront, the farmer’s mar…
10/25/2012 – Thursday – New Orleans play day
The day started off with all of us doing laundry, a bike ride to the grocery store and then taking the bus into the French Quarter to sightsee and have dinner. What a place for people watching!
10/24/2012 – Wednesday – Lafitte to New Orleans (Pontchartrain Landing)
This is our big day! We have two locks and seven bridges to go through so we headed out around 7:15 AM to arrive at the first bridge for the first opening after the blackout time. Some of the bridges around New Orleans have blackout ( or
