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bkomeara-travelblog 2011-10-26 19:22:00

Bill on The Queen Mary

Bill on Thor at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach California

Snap, Crackle and Pop

We managed to arrive in Long Beach last night after a five day non stop cruise down the Oregon, California coast line. We were all looking forward to a good nights sleep… Well,  as we settled in for the night and laid our heads down on our pillo…

Harbor area farmers market

The prices don’t compare to those in the Turkish Pazars, but the flavors are  wonderful!!!

Are we there yet?

Cluttered Radar

This is what our radar looked like as we where threading our way through to the entrance of the break water in Long Beach. We did manage to see a faint glow from one of the many cargo ships we passed. 

Improving our instrument skills!!!

We didn’t make it out of the fog all day.  As we got closer to Long Beach the fog got thicker and thicker and thicker… ZERO visibility.  I was ASSURED SEVERAL  times by both Bob and Bill that this was a wonderful opportunity to test ou…

Pea soup

We are about 100 miles north of Long Beach, our destination.  After crossing the bar in Astoria we have cruised non stop. I am anxious to have some quiet time. Thor has performed great! Of course Bill is out hosing the salt water off the boat, he …

Cruising down the California Coast

We are having a great cruise. The weather has cooperated for us, all but one night the wave decided to slap at the boat and made it difficult to sleep. We have seen several whales and numerous dolphins. The dolphins seem to glide through the water effo…