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Week 14 – Salmon!

On Monday July 15 we departed Sarkar Cove and stopped at a potential halibut spot and I tried jigging. Current and wind kept moving the boat too much so I pulled in gear and we headed off to Bay of Esquibel where I switched to mooching gear for salmon …

The Bardo Museum in Tunis and wild tangents……

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   I’ve made myself a little crazy writing up our visit to The Bardo.  Another one of those wild tangent emails that is interesting to me so hopefully doesn’t bore you to tears.  It really is quite interesting reading abou…

Gibraltar 2

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   Sundays shops are closed here in La Linea so we’re having a quiet day on the boat…catching up with these emails, defrosting the frig, washing the bedding, fixing the running lights, polishing the fuel, repairing the helm chair……

Gibraltar 1

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  We left early this morning for a visit with Sue and Ed in Gibraltar.  As a break from Tunisian mosaics I thought I’d write a bit about Gibraltar and then when I’ve more photos I’ll write about La Linea.
And eventually I’ll cat…

Tunisia 3 Belgacem Abderrazak Mosaic artist of Eljem

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   Travelling west as we have been doing you’re never quite sure what time it is.  On our final full day of sailing I looked up to see the sun directly overhead but our clock said 3  PM.  When we arrived in La Linea we …

Tunisia 2

Same date, place etc…Ru
Tunisia # 2

Both the lady in orange and the man in green were taking photos with their tablet.

Down one level

Looking up from below and waiting to get eaten by a lion. 
The Romans may have given us much go…

Week 13 – Tebenkof Bay and around Cape Decision

Monday, July 8, we planned to spend the day at Shelter Cove and suddenly in the morning saw a bear on the beach! Actually a black bear mom and three tiny cubs! She really worked the beach during low tide. It was very nice to watch them. We also sha…

Week 13 – Tebenkof Bay and around Cape Decision

Monday, July 8, we planned to spend the day at Shelter Cove and suddenly in the morning saw a bear on the beach! Actually a black bear mom and three tiny cubs! She really worked the beach during low tide. It was very nice to watch them. We also share t…

Week 12 – 4th of July in Sitka

On Monday July 1, we got an early start. Just outside of our anchorage, Samsing Cove, we looked out and two gillnetters had essentially blocked our route, so we had to do a lot of end running to stay clear of their gear. There was an fishery opening on…

Week 11 – SW Coast of Baranof Island

On Monday June 24 we headed out in the dinghy from our anchorage in Herring Bay with halibut gear to fish the slack, and I caught another 2 rockfish. We moved fishing sites and I got nothing. We spent the night again in Herring Bay then on Tuesday head…