Our first set of guests are arriving in Wrangell on July 4. We want to be in Wrangell on July 1 to get the boat cleaned and to enjoy the holiday celebrations (the Harbor Master advised us that Wrangell takes its Independence Day holiday pre…
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Rhodes part 2
A garbage and bus strike had ended that morning.
More black and white stone pathways.
Funny name for a laundromat.
Randal and friend outside a souvenir shop selling ancient Greek and medieval collectibles. (Replicas of course.)
Doorways o…
Visa Run to Greece
Hi All,
We biked off for lunch in Turunc, a town about an hour from the marina. We’d biked through on other trips and stopped once for gas since it’s the only station between Marmaris and Bozburun. We decided to mak…
Dog bite
My sister and Randal’s brother-in-law asked about the dog bite. I thought I’d mentioned it but guess I didn’t. So here is the short story…
Leaving Kalkan 3 dogs chased the bike and one bit Randal. It see…
Putterin' in Petersburg
Since our “adventure” passage from Seattle to Wrangell in January, MV DavidEllis has spent 4 months on the hard getting sandblasted and new bottom coatings, and another 5 weeks at the dock in Wrangell putting things back together; we are finally un…
Space Savers
Most of the time Diesel Duck is swinging under anchor, so there is no need for a lot of fenders hanging over the side. In order not to clutter up the topside of the boat, we deflate our fenders and store them below. But even when deflated, they take …
Tranquility at Lake Sylvia
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…
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 …
