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Milas and Bodrum by Motorbike 3

  I’ve been missing following the Sox simulated games so got up at 4 am to watch.  I’d confused myself thinking we were 9 hours ahead rather than 7, so the game was in the 5th inning.  By the middle of the 8th I went back to …

Sad News

This is certainly off-topic from a cruising blog but this is my blog so I get to decide what to write about. Last Saturday, May 14, my mother, Vida Hanson, passed away. She was 94 years old. Her death was sudden in that she had no major chronic ailmen…

Dogs, Freight Runs & The Apocalypse

Gorgeous sun again Thursday & Friday!  Picking away at getting DE put back together. There’s a great walk for the dogs around the end of the boat basin we’re in with fantastic views of the water and snow-covered mountains, a great little low-tide shal…

Milas and Bodrum by Motorbike # 2

The sun is bright, the wind is calm and the Sox are now just 1/2 game out of first place!  I actually do miss following the simulated game on the computer which I could do when we were 12 hours ahead of the East Coast.  Now that it’s 9 …

Hope (it) Floats

Somehow I missed the memo, but (Continued…)

Milas and Bodrum by Motorbike # 1

When we finally buy Turkish carpets, I hope it’s after many adventures learning about and searching for the perfect carpet. It won’t be perfect because of its size or price or even patterns and colors. It will be perfect because of the story of how…

That Lil' Rascal!

Our pallet, shipped from Seattle by barge, arrived this morning; everything in great shape — 350 pounds for $70! Downside is it’s insured for only $0.60 cents a pound.  (Continued…)

Turgut Carpet Showroom and Views of Marmaris

  We are enjoying lazy time for now, just taking the motorbike and exploring down the road or going to town for short rides and a few chores.  And checking the Red Sox scores first thing in the morning isn’t so awful anymore.  Go S…

Raining in Wrangell

Finished the epoxy coats today (under the keel and the deck dings).  Started raining mid-day which made the process a bit more complicated as the boat is outside on the concrete, rather than under cover in the boatshed.  (Continued…)

OK, last picture before I put the lid on

So there it is, the new generator. Working like a charm so far and I hope it will give us good service for a long time. (View Post…)