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Motor Home Travels of South Austalia – Final Chapter (Finally?)

21 We are getting a bit tired of “holidaying”. So, today is Sunday – after Mass (we managed to find another church – google is a great thing), we head off down the road, backward (meaning we have been here before), to Coogee Bay. There is a new housin…

Still South Australia – Part 10

17 Today we are making a bee line for Perth, 425 km. But by 11:00 we are getting bored with the interior driving (all really nice farm land, but miles and miles of it) and head back out to the coast which brings us to a place called Mandurah and it se…

Motor Home Travels of South Australia – Part 9

15 On to Albany today, a mere 525 k further along the coast. We get in early enough to explore the down town before we park up at our “deluxe” (really) camp ground. We have our own private bathroom/shower facility. Even though the caravan unit we have…

Thursday February 9, 2012 – Costa Baja Marina

Hard to believe that not only is it 2012, but we are already well into the month of February. I believe that I have caught a bad case of the local malady “manana”. It is easy to do when it feels as if all deadlines are completely artificial and …

Thursday February 9, 2012 – Costa Baja Marina

Hard to believe that not only is it 2012, but we are already well into the month of February. I believe that I have caught a bad case of the local malady “manana”. It is easy to do when it feels as if all deadlines are completely artificial and …

Oh shit!

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Apalachicola

We are in Apalachicola and are ready to head out into the gulf tomorrow, so we can get to Saint Petersburg by Saturday. Our weather buddy says we need to depart tomorrow for the best weather.
We arrived at Apalachicola just past sundown toni…

Just Believe Draft

When we were stuck in the marina in Fairhope my nephew measured the depth at the stern of the boat and it was approximately 6’4″ and on the bottom. We had 600 gallons of fuel onboard at the time. My guess is that the 6’6″ draft advertised by…

Isla San Francisco

Los Islotes is a small island off of the northern tip of Isla Esperitu Santo. While there we swam with the sea lions and enjoyed their curious behavior. This little guy wanted a ride and surprised us all. I ended up in Lee’s lap and Lyn wanted one of u…

TURKISH AUTHORITIES MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR CRUISERS

We’ve heard from friends in Marmaris that a new regulation has been introduced limiting the time visitors can spend in Turkey to 90 days in any period of 180 days, making Turkey similar to Schengen Treaty countries. Previously a visitor could get a 9…