Great friends of ours from the cruising community (met in Mexico, cruised with in French Polynesia and from Vancouver) came to ski with us last week! The Parr family – Andrew, Susan, Jack, Sam and Max cruised on s/v Mulan in 2010 from Vancouver to the …
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Grace Gove Wilcox is Born!
Grace Gove WilcoxBorn January 25th at 4:20am, Grace Gove Wilcox joined the family. Daughter to Elizabeth and Brian, Grace weighed in at a healthy 7 lbs 11 ounces. Mom and baby are both doing great!
Kiwi Friends Come to Ski in Utah
With forlorn looks, we waved good-bye to the Taylors who are heading back to New Zealand after a fabulous ski vacation in the US. Even though the snow gods have yet to bless us with the usual big dumps of the white stuff in Utah, we managed to ski four…
Roos: The Whitetail Deer of Australia
When our Southern friend, Deb, visited us in northern Wisconsin and saw a whitetail deer for the first time, she screamed, “Stop the car! I want to take a photo!” Really? It’s just a deer for heaven’s sake. Deer that I fed through the chicken w…
The Gold Mine…by Bear
We, on Oso Blanco, (Ann, Eric and me, Bear) went to a gold mine in Walhalla, Oz. The mine tunnel was about 10 feet, 3 meters, across and about 5-12 feet high. We had to wear hard hats it was so low!Inside the tunnelDid you know that back then it took o…
Blue Mountains with Old Friends
After a week of city life, we escaped to the Blue Mountains with our good friends, the Giffords. Totem and Oso together again!We first met Jamie and Behan Gifford and their three wonderful kids (Niall – 12, Marin – 9, and Siobhan – 7) in Monter…
Twenty-two year Reunion
Ann and TracyI met Tracy in 1987 when I moved to Orange County, California to work at a regional office for a large health insurance company. Tracy was the office manager of the four person outpost and she was subversively the one in charge. We had an …
On the Road
We left Oso Blanco safely tucked in near Brisbane a couple of weeks ago and flew south to Sydney to explore southeast Australia. Staying right in the heart of Sydney, we enjoyed all the city had to offer: museums, the Opera House, harbor ferry cruises,…
Farewell Jo
Our friend, “family” member, and crew, Jo, left us for new adventures. Her presence on the boat is missed and we refer to her every day! If Jo were here, she’d do this or say this. Bear misses his morning mantra of “The British is coming! The British i…
Still Prefer Sheep
“Ah, I still prefer sheep….”
