I got so caught up in trying to explain my photos that I hope I’m not confusing things with too many facts. Do look at the 3D tour of the Mevlana Museum; you feel as if you are there. My next email after this will show the phot…
End of part 1 – Sneak preview of part 2
End of Part One – We have had a phenomenal time on Sea Spirit
We have had an absolutely wonderful first year aboard Sea Spirit. For a family’s first introduction to cruising, I’m not sure we could have chosen a better boat. We are very grateful to th…
End of part 1 – Sneak preview of part 2
End of Part One – We have had a phenomenal time on Sea Spirit
We have had an absolutely wonderful first year aboard Sea Spirit. For a family’s first introduction to cruising, I’m not sure we could have chosen a better boat. We are very grateful to th…
July 20 – Norfolk, VA
Day 124 – BIG Ships EverywhereWaterside MarinaWe were only going up the Elizabeth River 12 miles today so we slept in and then Stan changed the oil in the engine and fixed our front head. The Great Bridge bridge and lock only open on the hour, so we we…
July 17, 2011
Montebello, Quebec to Ottawa, Ontario – We left the dock at Montebello at 8.00 a.m. for the 42 mile run. It was fortunate we had a good breeze all day as the temperature soared with high humidity. It is Sunday and everything that floated was on the wa…
Days 100-117 – Charleston, S.C.
We left Dataw Island and are currently in the Charleston City Marina and will be there until about August 9th or 10th. We had the opportunity to see Fort Sumter which is where the first shot of the civil war occurred. There is so much history in th…
Konya part 1
“Turkey’s equivalent of the “Bible Belt,” Konya treads a delicate path between its historical significance as the home town of the whirling dervish orders and a bastion of Seljuk culture on the one hand, and its modern importance as an economic…
Woo Hoo…love when a plan really works…and I've seen and
Woo Hoo…love when a plan really works…and I’ve seen and heard mechanic plans that didn’t even come close…so this guy ordered a new raw water pump…said it would be here at 7:30 AM…he’d come down first thing and be done in a couple of hours… …
Terrifying Times
(Wednesday July 20 – Dist: 21.6 mi; TTT: 4:30 hrs)
FOG, FOG and MORE FOG
It was a beautiful morning with the sun shining and the water calm (see adjacent photo). Visibility in the harbor was good….. but as you can see in the top photo there w…
July 20 – Norfolk, VA
Day 124 – BIG Ships EverywhereWaterside MarinaNo time to update the blog this morning. We are taking the bikes out before the heat takes over. Come back this afternoon and I will have pictures and info on our trip up the Elizabeth River to Norfolk.
