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WE GO TO THE OLYMPICS – ANCIENT OLYMPIA AND THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES OF PELOPONNISOS, THEN BACK INTO THE ISLANDS

As our blog is usually a couple of weeks behind real time I’m going to start from now mentioning our current location at time of posting. Now we are in Levkas marina, Levkas Island, Greece.We never leave Envoy unattended at anchor overnight, but freque…

Keith’s First Ocean Adventure: Enjoying Catalina, Then Back to San Diego

Saturday morning we headed to shore right after breakfast. Keith was again furious abut the lifejacket, but this time his screams weren’t as hysterical as before. Our friends were waiting for us in their _______ boat at the dock. We … Continue reading

Time to find safe harbor… again.

Okay Isaac, in the morning we are heading south to the Bluffs Marina in Jupiter hoping to find shelter from whatever happens in the next few days.Looking at this scenario; all we can tell is that a blow is heading in our general direction. Hell, a few …

The Sullivan’s Visit to Just Believe

Matt and Connie Sullivan came to visit us aboard Just Believe (once again – last year in Costa Rica) in Annapolis a couple of weeks ago. They are good friends of ours from Austin.  Charlie and their son, Shane, went to the same high sch…

Mayotte

Pirate attacks have been mainly north of Mayotte, but we were still concerned.  We timed our departure so that we spent most of our time offshore in the relative protection of darkness.  We ran without AIS, running lights and only used RADAR …

Mayotte

Pirate attacks have been mainly north of Mayotte, but we were still concerned.  We timed our departure so that we spent most of our time offshore in the relative protection of darkness.  We ran without AIS, running lights and only used RADAR …

Ekka

Think Minnesota State Fair meets Bayfield County Fair and you have the beginning of understanding of the Ekka – the Royal Queensland Exhibition of Industry and Agriculture. The event had all the traditional displays to which we are accustomed – with an…

Ekka

Think Minnesota State Fair meets Bayfield County Fair and you have the beginning of understanding of the Ekka – the Royal Queensland Exhibition of Industry and Agriculture. The event had all the traditional displays to which we are accustomed – with an…

Footy

 Footy – that’s Aussie-speak for Australian Rules Football – is a popular  Australian national sport which, to an American point of view, combines several better-known games into a fast-action, intense and grueling competition of 18 men per t…

Footy

 Footy – that’s Aussie-speak for Australian Rules Football – is a popular  Australian national sport which, to an American point of view, combines several better-known games into a fast-action, intense and grueling competition of 18 men per t…