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Karpaz Peninsular and the Avtepe Tulip Festival with Heidi and Kalle March 17th and 18th 2012 Part 1

  I am hoping to get this off before we leave the boat this morning for our Thursday Deks Walk.  It is beautiful here in Cyprus!  I have another email to write about the Tulip Festival and will also give the link to what Heidi has writte…

When you don't have the foggiest idea…

When you don’t have the foggiest idea… (Continued…)

Now, that hurt!

And you think since my last blog entry we’ve been enjoying the tranquil waters of the Bahamas, lazing around in the sunshine. Not. It wasn’t in our plan to spend two full weeks rolling around in the swell of the anchorages in Chub and Frazer Hog Cays…

Deks Walk # 10

  Cyprus is beautiful this time of year with more and more wild flowers blooming.  Our friends Heidi and Kalle are coming this weekend and we will travel down the peninsula to the tip of North Cyprus.  Randal and I went by motorbike in A…

Walking Adventures

Here are two more walking stories.
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Walking Adventures
When I go walking with Sharman, I never know where we’ll go. I just follow along and trust she knows where we’re going. Sharman has studied the area on Google Earth and pays attention when w…

The Yildiz family

   Tuesday morning we had coffee in Sipahi with another Yildiz family. As usual we didn’t know that would happen, but we are finding how much we enjoy the experiences. Randal and I had joined Sharman and Sophie for a walk along the coast an…

I think we will eat lots of tomatoes this year!

Lately my blog entries have been sporadic, but that doesn’t mean I’ve become lazy. Boat chores keep recurring on a regular basis I do not want to bore you with, but there were interesting developments I’d like to share with you. To start off, Benno a…

Keeping Cool

The additional monitoring sensors I installed in our NMEA2000 system this winter has provided a wealth of data. One tidbit was the temperature of the two AC transformers (isolation and step-down) in our electrical system. I was surprised at the the inc…

Deks walk to the Oasis

    Today is the calm before the storm.  The weather is perfect; lots of sun and no wind.  It’s T-shirt weather, almost.  Monday’s weather forecast is iffy which will make the Monday market messy if we even get…

Renewing our visa

  Today Spring arrived but it may go away again come Monday.  I’ve started doing some spring cleaning and it’s a pain but it’s nice to have the boat cleaner.  It certainly does accumulate dust for being out on the water…