The Great Mayan Reef is the second largest in the world, stretching 700 miles (1,126 km) along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. After diving the reef during a day-trip to Honduras as part of a Caribbean cruise, we returned a few months later to spend a long weekend diving in Cozumel. An island off the coast…
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Keith’s Perspective on our Last Week in DC/Le point de vue de Keith sur notre dernière semaine à Washington
This week has been fun. On Saturday, we went to cryptography museum. It was quite boring and a super long drive to get there. I learned that the old computers were really really big. For lunch we ate at a … Continue reading →
The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 9: On The Water and America on the Move
continued… The next exhibit was about the role of the Merchant Marines, which were private maritime ships. Private Maritime ships have been a critical component of this county since its inception, so we found it odd that the exhibit started … Continue reading →
The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 8: On The Water
continued… A sign talked about how inland waterways regularly changed with silt, sandbanks, debris, ice floes, shifting channels, changing currents, changing depths with precipitation (or lack thereof), etc. In the 1800s, hundreds of river boats wrecked as a result of … Continue reading →
The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 7: On The Water
Continued… We moved on to a room called “On The Water.” The first exhibit was about Atlantic maritime trade. The exhibit about the early days of trade focused on tobacco (more on tobacco processing), sugar, rum, and the slaves who … Continue reading →
The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 6: Food Exhibition
continued… The overarching theme in the exhibit on the changes in the way Americans ate was convenience. At the Museum of Industry, we’d learned that by the 1880s, canning food had become an important industry that continued to grow in … Continue reading →
Keith’s Perspective on Our First Week in DC/Le point de vue de Keith sur notre première semaine à Washington
This week has been… well, painful is the wrong word. Maybe… interesting would be the right word, I guess? On Saturday, we arrived in Washington DC. All we did was rest for the whole day except for going out to … Continue reading →
The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 5: Object Project, Change Your Game and Food Exhibition
continued… We moved on to the next gallery, called “Object Project.” It appeared to be a small traveling exhibit about innovations that transformed America. It included: the bicycle, off-the-rack clothing, electric lighting, telephones, appliances (examples were microwaves and vacuums) and … Continue reading →
The National Museum of American History in Washington DC – Part 4: “American Enterprise”
continued… The next section was “The Corporate Era: 1860s to 1930s.” The sign said that this was when America made the turn to be a primarily urban nation. Businesses got big; so did scales of production. Working together, the US … Continue reading →
2025 Summary
We had a memorable start to the year with a fabulous holiday season cruise to South Georgia to take in the region’s diverse and striking wildlife. Our cruising plans for Dirona had long included a visit there to view Ernest Shackleton’s grave in Grytviken, but we just didn’t get that far south. Snowshoeing at the…
