Below is a 24-minute narrated video preparing Dirona for the 2,801 nautical-mile North Atlantic transit from Newport, Rhode Island to Kinsale Ireland. We first show storm plate (clear window protection covers) installation at the dock using the tender as a working platform on the port side. Then we move the SCUBA tanks below and secure…
Isle of Skye
The spectacular Isle of Skye scenery makes it one of Scotland’s top three tourist destinations, along with Edinburgh and Loch Ness. We had considered visiting Skye in Dirona, but instead opted to make a day trip by ferry from Loch Maddy. This gave us the added bonus riding one of the big CalMac ferries, something…
Flodday Sound
The anchorage at Flodday Sound is below 475ft (145m) Beinn na h-Aire and 1,140ft (347m) Eaval, both accessible to climb. At high tide, the complex islet-strewn waterway can be explored beyond the causeway that connects Benbecula to North Uist. And fresh seafood is available from the nearby fishing community at Kallin Harbour to the south….
Photography Part 2
Just to get you Drift Away folk caught up with my photography. Some you’ve seen before on this blog, others are new.
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Photography Part 2
Just to get you Drift Away folk caught up with my photography. Some you’ve seen before on this blog, others are new.
Photography!
Like I wrote about often in this blog, I wrote this blog not only for you, but for Pam and me. Now that we’re no longer cruising and living aboard, my writing and photography have taken a new turn.
I’m still writing. Believe it or not… …
Photography!
Like I wrote about often in this blog, I wrote this blog not only for you, but for Pam and me. Now that we’re no longer cruising and living aboard, my writing and photography has taken a new turn.I’m still writing. Believe it or not… abou…
Cruising 2018
Well we have decided that going south this season might be a good option so we are planning on Trinidad for Carnival! Seamantha are game and it sounds like Alizann is seriously considering. A Krogen Rendezvous!
Galiano Island
Montague Harbor: Our trip across the Strait of Georgia was smooth and uneventful (always a good thing). We made an overnight stop in Nanaimo to drop off the two parrots at a pet sitter. We are heading to the U.S. for a Krogen Rendezvous in a few days and our government makes it very difficult […]
5 October 2017 Old Town Alexandria, VA
McHenry Seaport Center
Old Town’s Waterfront
In Old Town, Alexandria, VA, sits the Torpedo Factory, an old munitions factory, turned gallery and artists’s studios. For its 40th birthday 3 years ago, a glass artist installed 5 towers centered around a 3rd floor smokestack, a remnant of the building’s original designation. The spiraling movement of the balls in each tower is reminiscent of the double helix of a strand of DNA. They also look like they’re swimming, providing a very calming and peaceful movement, so you know I loved it.
Artists’s displays encircling the smoke stack
Old Town’s City Hall Spire
Love these little Alexandria town houses
A collection of sights on my solo bike trip to Old Town Alexandria—a block of a preserved cobblestone street
Gadsby’s Tavern, a 1792 Federal-style City Hotel, was situated on the main stage coach route between Boston and Williasmburg, enabling it to become an important political and social center. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee were notable patrons.
Then there’s an 18th century modest townhouse built in 1769 by Washington in case business or inclement weather prevented his return to Mount Vernon.
I visited Christ Church, a small rectangular Georgian structure. The moulding was made by hand and is original. The tower with belfry is 3 stories high. I sat in George Washington’s pew cubicle. Robert E. Lee was also a member of the congregation.
Original dentil molding in the church
Old burial sites on the church grounds
Love the bricks placed in a herringbone design as a walkway to townhouses. Pretty little village.
Bill and Laura
Washington, DC
