While surfing around this morning, I came across this story.Interesting. The shores of Acapulco’s beaches were this weekend teeming with masses of fish packed so tightly they looked like an oil slick from above.Thousands of sardines, anchovies, strip…
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Amazing! Two dogs survive the Tsunami
A little bit of good news emerges from so much bad.The massive tsunami destroyed most of the neighborhood in Sendai where Kikushi Kayo and her father live. But somehow their two dogs, Toya and Melody, survived.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Car…
What’s up for 2011?
After 3 months of great skiing and visiting family and friends in Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver, we are starting to shift gears and think about returning to Oso Blanco in Auckland. Oso has had a lot of scheduled maintenance sinc…
[KensBlog] Departing Hong Kong
Greetings all!
I am very proud to announce that Sans Souci is now aboard a freighter. It has departed Hong Kong, and on is now on its way to Turkey.
Before I speak of about my boat though, I need to acknowledge events in Japan. As most of you know,…
Bear Earns a Yellow Belt – Round Two
For the second time in his life, Bear tested and qualified for a yellow belt in Shotokan karate. The first time was over a year ago in Mexico and this time was in Salt Lake City. Bear really worked hard to show his sensei (teacher) he could relearn the…
Best Friend Helicopter Skiing
Friends since grade school, Eric and his best friend, Rich Howe, have dreamed of going helicopter skiing together for more than twenty years. That dream was finally realized a few weeks ago when the two of them flew with Powderbird Heli-guides in the W…
Tsunami Impact in NZ
Many people have emailed us wanting to know what impact the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunamis have had on our in New Zealand. Bottom line: we were unaffected.NZ’s earthquake was on south island, new Christchurch. Oso Blanco is in Auckland which…
Southern Banderas Bay
Wanted to post some pictures we took as we cruised the southern part of Banderas Bay yeaterday. Also there are pictures of Julie and our neighbors (Mike and Arlene Shannon from San Diego) on their way armed with margaritas and wine to look f…
Cruising Southeast Alaska: Glacier Bay
Glacier Bay has long been high on our list of places to visit. And after nearly a
week cruising southeast Alaska, the first day of our permit to
enter finally had arri…
Bike Week Photos 3
All the races were close and great to see! Jason on number 40 was in the top 5 rider group for the Daytona 200! But, on lap 28 his bike broke. Fortunately for him, the race was red flagged on lap 28. That caused a restart two hours later with the…
