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[KensBlog] Kas, Turkey

Greetings all!

Sans Souci is now sitting at anchor near Kas, Turkey, only about 20 miles from Kekova.

Kas, Turkey

As we move towards the end of the cruising season, bad weather seems to be more frequent. I mentioned in my last blog entry that we …

#57 Wine Country


I’ll admit it; we love wine.  It adds so much to a conversation or meal.  We’ve found it pairs well with any sunset, real or imaginary, just about any time.  After a day of hard work, we like to think of the traditional pour as a ‘reward’.  About the only time we don’t have wine is when we’re underway.  Otherwise, you can be sure as Debbie prepares the evening meal, there will be a bottle opened.   Eliana has a small wine cooler on board.  We usually keep a few bottles of red and white in ther…

#57 Wine Country

I’ll admit it; we love wine.  It adds so much to a conversation or meal.  We’ve found it pairs well with any sunset, real or imaginary, just about any time.  After a day of hard work, we like to think of the traditional pour as a ‘re…

Monday, October 10, 2011 – leaving Costa Baja La Paz

We left beautiful La Paz at the beginning of June and headed off for what turned out to be a busy and wonderful summer. After a very brief stop in La Conner to rest the dog, and check on our house and some of ourfriends, we were off to Anchorage for …

Good Riddance, Mississippi River

At dawn (if you could call it that) on September 25th, after an almost sleepless night, we didn’t have any really good options.  The overnight rain had now changed to thunderstorms, which were predicted to last throughout the day.  If we sa…

Mackinaw City, MI to Joliet, IL (Sept 24 to Oct. 7)

We left Mackinaw City under cloudy skies.  Rain was predicted, but not much wind so we expected calm seas on our first day on Lake Michigan – finally heading south!  The rain didn’t really show up – but neither did the calm seas.  As the…

[KensBlog] Turkey’s Lycian Coast

Greetings all!

[NOTE: the first portion of this blog entry is a bit technical. Those of you who don’t want to read a bunch of boat-geek stuff
may want to skip this section.]

Last Saturday, I had a tough decision to make. We were preparing to lea…

Living Light for sale (???) and a new venture….

Well, I have some real mixed emotions making this post! If you have been following our blog regarding our beloved “Living Light,” you know that well…we love her. :) Seriously, no other boat has so captivated and called to me and made me feel so ve…

Hello, Mississippi River

As if as an omen of things to come, thick fog greeted us when we awoke on September 20th, the day we were to enter the mighty Mississippi River.The day before, when we completed our trip down the Illinois River and pulled in to Grafton Harbor, we could…

Where did Summer go???

Oh my gosh!! Where did the summer go?? Why does time go by so fast?? I guess in the grand scheme of things, a 5 year plan to go cruising, is really just about enough time to get the boat and yourself ready for such a trip!! Yes, We all know people who…