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Still waiting

  The sun is shining and there is a slight breeze and we’re miserable!  We weren’t loaded Sunday, our original load day, and we weren’t loaded yesterday, our second  load date and we will NOT be loaded today.  Tomo…

Homeward Bound

Sitting at Starbucks in HK airport, awaiting our flight out. Great visits with friends; fun at Rugby 7s and always our appreciation for this part of the world.  (Continued…)

Trouble in Paradise

  They have changed the order of loading…this came as a surprise after everyone had made plane, hotel, etc reservations and now half of us have to change everything!  This has been handled very poorly by the loadmaster who never bothere…

Library visit

Late yesterday afternoon we received our loading date and time.  We will be loaded 6pm this Sunday, the last boat of the day.  The rest of the boats will be loaded Monday.  Since we are scheduled as the last boat Sunday we are open to th…

Hong Kong 2011

I realize there’s been no blog update since we left Wrangell AK Feb 26, pre-surgery 2 March and departure for Hong Kong 22Mar. A combination of not very convenient internet accessibility and one hand typing. Sorry for that (Continued…)

Good, Bad, and Ugly

The Good!
    The big transport ship is supposed to arrive some time this week and then a few days later the 15 boats will start being loaded.    After waiting around for so long it will be rush, rush, rush!  We have …

Summer Plans

You can tell Spring has arrived to the PNW.  Days are longer, grass is growing and the rain is warmer.  Everywhere you look people are starting on outdoor chores. Our cruising plans begin with a departure the last week of April or the first …

A walk all around Male’, literally!

Sunday, March 27, 2011
Hulhumale’ Anchorage, Maldives
A Walk Around Male’
Yesterday, Saturday, Randal and I went to Male’ just to go for a walk. We can only stay on the boat for so long before we eat everything in sight or nap too much. We get up…

Tiger Cruise

What a wonderful trip we had with Lieutenant Junior Grade Lauren Mililci on th Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 278 foot ship. Lauren invited us to accompany her from San Diego to Seattle the end of February. It was a proposal that we couldn’t resist. …

Tiger Cruise

Bridge of the Midgett (View Post…)