May 25, 2011Today we played tourist and took the rental car with Jim & Cheryl to see the sights of Juneau. The weather promised to be sunny and warm. We started with the enormous Fred Meyer, which is reputed to be ¼ mile long, and seems like it wh…
Kodi explores Beaufort – Days 240 and 241 – Beaufort, NC
Kodi continues to be our connection to people.We started Sunday morning (5/29) with a walk through the historic district with the Furry Kid. Beaufort is particularly charming in that people sit on their beautiful porches,often with thei…
Serendipitous Jo
Sometimes you meet someone you didn’t know you were looking for until you meet them. That’s how it was with Jo, who is now living with us on Oso Blanco. Jo with Bear on her 37th birthday!Friends on Mystery Ship, another 64 foot Nordhavn, hired …
Inter Coastal Waterway Slide Show-1
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Fijian Primary School Visit – by Bear
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…
