Many, many times have we visited Ft. Lauderdale, Florida by plane, car and by boat. If you come here to soak up some sunshine there is a seven mile beach lined with hotels of every kind. If you come by boat, you’ll be astounded by the 165 miles of wa…
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Crabapalooza 2011 – June 12 to June 19
In 2010, we hung around the Ketchikan area for about a month before rendezvousing with our friends Dorothy & Dave Nagle and their vessel the DavidEllis. During that time we explored a number of areas and identified some worth repeating. Specificall…
Kalkan, the Pasha Hotel and dinner at Coast
The adventure continues….
Kalkan
Billy and Esra hopped on their motorbike and took us to meet Mark and Imelda who own the Pasha Hotel. We relaxed, drank a bit and waited for the one vacant apartment to be readied for us. Billy, Esra, Mark …
Kalkan, Patara and Serendipity part 1
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Serendipity of Travel : Kalkan and Patara Unplanned
If you trust to serendipity rather than to your original plan, sometimes it works out better!
This email would have been called Kas by Motorbike because that’s what we intended to do. Go to …
Tourist Trap
Key West is a tourist trap, but a nice one! Benno and I had never been here before, so after we checked into the country which turned out to be a quick and easy process thanks to the friendly officials at the airport, we played tourists and mingled wi…
HMS York
Not being superstitious to start a voyage on a Friday, Diesel Duck motored out of the Governor’s Creek on the morning of June 10th, heading for Key West, Florida, USA. The weather prognosis was good and we were able to use the jib sail in addition to …
Biking to Bozburun
Weather in Turkey can change on a dime! We had a lovely sunny morning, early evening thunder storms and hail, and it was a three blanket night. Sunday our neighbor had to rescue my flannel pants which had blown off the line. Sh…
June 11 – Photos at Last!
Since we have been moving north pretty relentlessly, we haven’t had time to take many photos. To liven up the text posts I have done to date, here are some photos. A panorama of about 150 degrees taken in Gorge Harbor. As the dark clouds hint, a ra…
June 3 to June 9 – Ketchikan or Bust
A little catching up to do as we haven’t been anywhere with Internet since we left Campbell River. Below is a chronology of the trip since Campbell River. Date Activity Mileage Position June 3 …
Checking Things Off The List
The last three have been beautiful sunny days, so we’ve been working outside: up the mast to re-mount one of the VHF antennas as well as the anemometer (wind speed & direction); pilothouse roof to mount the other VHF antenna and the AIS antenna; lace…
