Land Ho….

For the past couple weeks we have been getting land acclimated again – even though we are still living on the boat, we’re tied up to a dock and not moving from port to port, one particular harbor after another, one quaint little beach town after anothe…

Intermission is Over

After our brief, but hot return to the Seattle area, we arrived back in Wrangell ahead of schedule by 20 minutes on Alaska Airlines and were greeted by cloudy skies and much cooler, but still pleasant temperatures.Spirit was fine, and we began the main…

We are in God’s Country Now

It is hard to put into words how beautiful these waters are. For the past few days we have been blessed with some of the best weather Ontario has had in years. I keep thinking that if it is this hot up here it has got to be some hot back on Nantucket. …

Trenton to Campbellford

The locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway open for the first lock through at 8:30a, so we were up early and on our way. On this first day we will pass through twelve locks with the last two locks being a double flight. In addition to the twelve locks…

Bora Bora

Having Georgia on board insures that we don't just idle our time away looking at scenery. We have explored each island of the Society group that we have landed on – thoroughly, and Bora bora is no exception. We have done a couple of dives, one on a…

GSSR 2010 – Quick Update – Sans Souci Alone at Sea

The GSSR is underway, although, not really.

Sans Souci is now underway, six hours into a two day passage, and running ALONE.

Grey Pearl was planned to stay behind in Taiwan, because Braun and Tina decided to do a three week tour of China, and then …

GSSR 2010 – Quick Update – Sans Souci Alone at Sea

The GSSR is underway, although, not really.

Sans Souci is now underway, six hours into a two day passage, and running ALONE.

Grey Pearl was planned to stay behind in Taiwan, because Braun and Tina decided to do a three week tour of China, and then …

The Trent–Severn Waterway

The Trent–Severn Waterway was formerly used for commercial purposes but now is exclusively for pleasure boats, connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to the Georgian Bay portion of Lake Huron at Port Severn. Begun in the 1850’s, ironically by the time…

GSSR 2010 – Quick Update

Roberta and I have enjoyed our week in Taiwan, and are now preparing to depart tomorrow morning, early, for Hong Kong.

We have hardly left the boat this week. Both Roberta and I wanted some quiet time on our computers, plus Shelby, our dog, has been …

GSSR 2010 – Quick Update

Roberta and I have enjoyed our week in Taiwan, and are now preparing to depart tomorrow morning, early, for Hong Kong.

We have hardly left the boat this week. Both Roberta and I wanted some quiet time on our computers, plus Shelby, our dog, has been …