Bear shows the kids where we’re fromOur Fijian guide, John, took us on a tour of a school in Soso village on Naviti Island in Fiji. The school has approximately 60 kids and 5 teachers. All the kids are well behaved. We went to find out about the cultur…
Apologies
To all those who have responded with comments and wonder why they haven’t been moderated and responded to, my apologies. Internet service (other then 11 dollars/megabyte satellite) is real tough to come by out here. We should have internet servic…
AIS
We are on our way into the Chesapeake, off Virginia beach, in the dark, in heavy squalls. The rain comes down in buckets. We have several AIS targets but most are not a concern. We here a “securite” call on the VHF, a research vessel is doi…
5-30-2011 – Silva Bay
By comparison to yesterday’s bash up Puget Sound, today was leisurely. We elected to use Silva Bay on Gabriola Island as our jumping off point for running north up the Strait of Georgia. In the past we’ve used Nanaimo but moorage is pricey and it c…
Baltimore Harborview Marina, Baltimore, Maryland
The Baltimore world trade centre, the world’s tallest pentagonal buildingA poisonous frog at the Aquariuma lionfish at the AquariumThe Lightship ChesapeakeHot humid day today. Temperature in the 90s (that would be in the 30s in Canada). Beautiful day t…
Outer Banks – North Carolina…
I’m back in Maine but wanted to share the Outer Banks with all of you. As usual, I am really late posting on the blog but here goes. We left our hotel in New Bern early in the morning and headed for Cedar Island, North Carolina. We were about t…
Memorial Day, 2011
After doing chores this morning, we mostly just chilled the rest of the day. We had an extra long Happy Hour with Norm and Sue. It was so much fun, we didn’t want it to end, but we had to make dinner so we could eat at a halfway decent hour. Happy Memo…
Settling Back Home
We’ve been home for a week and the mail is sorted – well thrown away actually. The bags and boxes have been unpacked. The kids settled right back in with Dyna finding her favorite chair and Dylan splitting time between watching for squirrels out the su…
#34 – Part 3 of 3 May 2010 Little Harbor – Hope Town – Man-O-War – Marsh Harbor – Treasure Cay – Guana Cay – Treasure Cay
The Spaniards called it Habacoa and they were quite underwhelmed with the entire island of Abaco, Bahamas. They were the first Europeans to explore the island but they moved farther south to settle. Eventually, the British colonized Eleuthera Island a…
May 27, 2011
Clamming on Lake TashmooThese Boys are Having a Party – They Did Not Invite us for the Clam BakePlumbers Helper a Fitting NameEos – One of the Largest Private Sailing Vessels – 305 Feet Long – Current Owners are American Media Entrepreneur Barry Diller…
