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Nassau, the other side.

We’ve been at Compass so long now our stores have run low. The fuel boat was scheduled to arrive, which meant we had to move, we needed a big city fix anyway as well as supplies,  so we left Compass and ran to Nassau for a few days.So we woke at t…

#51 North To Alaska

“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”.  I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head.  I was 7 or 8 when it came out.  Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…

#51 North To Alaska


“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”.  I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head.  I was 7 or 8 when it came out.  Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Alaska is turning into reality.  Each degree of latitude posts silently on the panel and I start making my own version of the song.  “North, dum de dum, to Alaska, I said North, dum de dum, no time to waste…”.  OK, in MY mind it rhymes! So we’re moving almost every da…

#51 North To Alaska

“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”.  I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head.  I was 7 or 8 when it came out.  Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…

#51 North To Alaska

“Way up north; way up north, north to Alaska, you go north, the rush is on…”.  I can’t get that old Johnny Horton song out of my head.  I was 7 or 8 when it came out.  Now that we are pushing north, what was once my imaginary Ala…

Home for a Time

(Note: We were back in the states for a couple of weeks but have now returned to Fiji where we’ll be until early August.)    The 4th of July is a big to-do in the States, and we celebrate with gusto at our cabin in Wisconsin. Our lake …

Betty Hurst Visit, Final Days

We went to the Four Seasons Friday everning to show Betty the Panninsula and then had dinner at the Golf Club. This was the best food we have found on the Four Seasons property. While we were having dinner a Coati (Costa Rican Racoon) came o…

Fun bird pictures of Romania

Bird watching!!! On the Danube Delta in Romania

Trouble at Teakerne

Teakerne Arm
Marine Park is a popular summer destination in the Desolation Sound area (map).
The main attractions are Cassel Lake and the waterfall draining it that spills over