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[Kensblog] – A very sad event to report

I’m saddened to report that the Grey Pearl, our friend’s Tina and Braun Jones’ boat, was in lost in a fire this past week. The Pearl is no more.

Below is the most recent blog entry from Grey Pearl’s website, as written by Tina Jones:

Fall 2011 Travel Log

We’ve just arrived in Barkley
Sound for a Christmas tour, so we’ll be updating the live
travel map to show the current trip.

Our fall travel log is below, or you can display it on a map
view.

12/09/11: Canal Boat Yard

It’s 32F…

There Be Dragons Here!

Once the galley was loaded, we headed first to Loh Buaya which is still inside the Komodo National Park area on Rinca Island, but is not as commercialized as Komodo Island.  It is located inside a deep protected harbor and we anchored right off …

Under the sea…

And… an interesting conceptNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

This can only mean one thing…

 This is his, “Now where are we going?”, look.Home for the holidays. A very Memphis Christmas and New Year.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

Roos: The Whitetail Deer of Australia

When our Southern friend, Deb, visited us in northern Wisconsin and saw a whitetail deer for the first time, she screamed, “Stop the car! I want to take a photo!” Really? It’s just a deer for heaven’s sake. Deer that I fed through the chicken w…

The Gold Mine…by Bear

We, on Oso Blanco, (Ann, Eric and me, Bear) went to a gold mine in Walhalla, Oz. The mine tunnel was about 10 feet, 3 meters, across and about 5-12 feet high. We had to wear hard hats it was so low!Inside the tunnelDid you know that back then it took o…

Home for the Holidays!

We flew home from La Paz yesterday. We dreaded the layover in LA, and we weren’t disappointed. Our flight was late… We waited in long lines at customs and security. We both ran to our flight without shoes, belts, and carry ons unzipped.  The Ala…

South Australia- Ceduna to Coffin Bay

Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Due to our very busy social schedule I have not had the time to update the blog BUT I will be getting there this week!! Check out the front page and it will have a shortened up to date report! During…

South Australia- Ceduna to Coffin Bay

Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Due to our very busy social schedule I have not had the time to update the blog BUT I will be getting there this week!! Check out the front page and it will have a shortened up to date report!

During …