Once in a while you go to a tourist trap and find out its worth it. Sheep World was such a place for us!Historically, the sheep industry has been a huge part of New Zealand’s culture, image and GDP. In the past quarter century, the dairy industry has t…
2011 Seattle Boat Show
The seminar schedule for
the 2011 Seattle Boat
Show has been posted. This year we’ll be presenting on Saturday Jan. 22nd at 11:30am
on our trip to Alaska this …
Going to Kiwi School (by Bear)
Yesterday I went to a Kiwi school with some new friends in New Zealand. The school was very big. I’m guessing there was thirty buildings. But most of them were pretty small. There were around 27 kids in the class I was in. It was my new friend’s class….
Home for the holidays
We are at home in Canada, having left the boat at Twin Dolphin Marina in Bradenton, Florida. Richard and Jill from Finally very kindly gave us a ride to the airport in Tampa on their way home to Georiga, and we thank them. It is time to re-connect with…
December 8-15, 2010 Fort Myers, Florida 26.6476,-081.8685
REMINDER: If you would like to enlarge any of these picture, place your mouse on the picture and click. – An especially interesting picture to enlarge may be the Banyan tree , i.e. Strangler Fig., enveloping a statue. December 8-9. Left Gulfport at 8am and said our good-byes to “Tony M”. We hope to see […]
Bicycling and Blitzen!
We biked all over the east end of Provo Wednesday, all the way out to Leeward Going Through and back again. As we couldn’t dive (the winds are still whipping up the waves and reducing visibility) it was something to do and a nice way to see more of the…
On the High Seas – April, 2010
Harborage was a speck in the distance when the excitement began! Fishing boats on their way in from the ocean were fast approaching us, seemingly from all directions. Thank goodness for Captain Patti’s calm demeanor as my hands shook on the…
Marathon at last!
We finally untied from the dock yesterday (actually, it was the first day in several that we could) and got underway across Biscayne Bay. We exited the Biscayne Channel, past Stiltsville (use Google), and entered the Hawk Channel, which lies off shore …
HOUMA TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Houma to New OrleansOur time in Houma was well spent. Generally speaking, we did a whole lot of nothing. The weather was pretty cold. The highs during the day were in the 40’s and the lows at night were in the high 20’s. It …
Robin
There is not much happening on Lady Jane at the moment, mostly because of the weather.It’s that time of the year when things seem so damp and miserable.No boat action gives me the opportunity to blog about other stuff for a while.Here is our ‘tame’ rob…