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The temple of Apollo

The remains of the temple of Apollo.We just found out this week that this site is right in Didim our home base while in Turkey.                    &nbsp…

We Are Living

     This posting is long overdue,  Just like our return to the boat is very long overdue  Back in May, after our return to “our” marina in Rock Hall, we spent some time on the hook catching up on boat maintenance.  T…

Dying a Slow Death

June 18 – 19, 2012After we departed from Big Majors we decided to go visit the Exumas Land and Sea Park as it had been quite a few years since our last visit.  The ELSP covers the area of 15 big cays, 22 miles in length by 8 miles in width, from Wax…

With the Pigs and Big Dogs

June 16 – 17,  2012After we left Black Point early in the morning, we only traveled a short distance (1.5 hrs in time, but even that much was because we had to go around a big rock bar) north to Big Majors Spot.  It is a popular anchorage because o…

Getting to the Point

June 14 – 15, 2012Sea conditions were calm enough in Exuma Sound for us to use that offshore route for 8.5 hrs. to go all the way to Great Guana Cay and anchor off the only settlement on the 12 mile long cay, Black Point.  It was overcast and squall…

Back to Didim

 June 21 we cruised from Turgetreis to Didim.A very easy run under normal circumstances but we were aware that later in June the “maltemi” would start.The meltemi is a wind that blows from the NW to WNW.We encountered much larger waves coming acro…

Flower mill

 Ahmet  (the carpet man) on the right, toured us through this flower mill next to his shop.They grind wheat into flower for human consumption.Here is a local  farmer and his family who just had a couple of bags of wheat ground to flower….

Harbor Springs: A Class Act

Harbor Springs: A Class Act Mom and Dad suggested that since I am the Cruise Director aboard our boat, it was high time for me to write in our log.  For those who haven’t met me, I am a 14 year old Jack Russell Terrier.  For this leg of our trip, I suggested we head […]

the interior

 The last day of the Nelson’s visit was spent touring the interior by car.In Kariova we came across a carpet store. The owner was a third generation descendent from Ataturk.The Nelson’s bought this rug.On the wall behind them are five generations …

Dalisa yasak saha

In this anchorage a herd of goats greeted us. They seemed to be wild and came to the waters edge to drink. What surprised us is that they were actually drinking salt water.  The goats were not the only greeters.Some anchorages we would be visited…