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National Parks and Wild Life

Almost! We almost saw a cassowary. Cassowary – prehistoric – big, black, flightless bird, aprox. 5 feet tall, with blue head, red wattle, grey comb (like and axe stuck in it’s head), can be ferocious (?? Big Bird??), leaves BIG piles of “sign” on t…

Spending Waiting Time

This coast of Queensland, Aust. has some pretty tough weather and there aren’t many places to hide the rough stuff out. So we putz on the boat for a few days and enjoy more of Cairns. The weather calms down and we head out to Michaelmas Reef for a …

Spending Waiting Time

This coast of Queensland, Aust. has some pretty tough weather and there aren’t many places to hide the rough stuff out. So we putz on the boat for a few days and enjoy more of Cairns. The weather calms down and we head out to Michaelmas Reef for a …

Diving the Great Barrier Reef

Finally, we got a break in the weather and Oso Blanco and us scooted 40 miles north of Cairns to the Agincourt Reef. We anchored behind Crispin Reef. Our whaler is too heavy to unload in the still persistent swell, so Glen and I lowered our rubber di…

Diving the Great Barrier Reef

Finally, we got a break in the weather and Oso Blanco and us scooted 40 miles north of Cairns to the Agincourt Reef. We anchored behind Crispin Reef. Our whaler is too heavy to unload in the still persistent swell, so Glen and I lowered our rubber di…

Mount Vernon Visit

We visited Mount Vernon while we were in the DC area and were very impressed with both the facility and the man. George Washington was a true patriot that put his life on the line to win our freedom and then resigned as General of our Army w…

Sombody give me a Cheeseburger!

As I’ve said many times… We’re home, back in the land of the free… water, at least.Busy re-acclimating, but got lots of pics and I’ll post them later.Thought about this as we were heading home.In America, you get food to eat  Won’t have to run…

[KensBlog] Visit to an Ancient City

Greetings all!

Roberta has come up with a succinct description of the region of Turkey in which we are now cruising: “Disneyland For Boaters.”
I understand what she means.
It’s as if someone started with a blank sheet of paper, wrote down all…

[KensBlog] Visit to an Ancient City

Greetings all!

Roberta has come up with a one word description of the area we now cruising: “Disneyland.” I understand what she means.
It’s as if someone started with a blank sheet of paper, wrote down all the things that make for great cruis…

[KensBlog] Visit to an Ancient City

Greetings all!

Roberta has come up with a succinct description of the region of Turkey in which we are now cruising: “Disneyland For Boaters.”
I understand what she means.
It’s as if someone started with a blank sheet of paper, wrote down all…