Our mishap with the jib halyard was corrected by a local crew from Dawn Rigging. Mary was ready to go … More

I’m recovering from rotator cuff surgery. I took an opportunity in Florida to get a couple PT sessions in before … More

After a 16-hour five-city travel day we made it back to La Paz. We had a very short layover in … More

One of our last days in Florida we went to the Crooked Tree Lighthouse and then off to Apalachicola. We … More

Sunday was family day. Jay and Ryane brought their four beautiful children to Tom and Terri’s house for food and … More

Our last stop in the USA was Crawfordville, Florida for a visit with Mary’s brother and sister-in-law. This also included … More

The Blue Lagoon is a large lagoon that is heated by the run off hot water from the neaby Svartsgnai … More

Iceland is on the move! It moves about 1 cm left and 1 cm right each year because it’s on … More

We enjoyed lots of sights and visited many places the day we got to Iceland. Our first day started with … More

There are thousands of waterfalls on this little island nation.  The Golden Circle tour has one outstanding example. Our stop … More

Icelandic is a very old language – a Norse dialect from 900 AD or so. And it was spoken by … More

Our second stop on the Circle Tour was a geyser field – Haukadalur Geothermal Area. Their famous “Great Geyser” has … More

The Grand Circle tour in Iceland stops at several interesting locations. The first stop on our tour took us to … More

Monday we went to Kanawha State Forest for a morning hike. It was a beautiful day, not to cool, not … More

Well I knew Charleston had some history but Wow! First we went to the town of Nitro. Yep – this … More

After arriving from the overnight train ride from Chicago to Charleston, we had a nice rest at Kathy’s, then went … More

Reno is not really the West coast, and our destination Charleston, WV is not really the East coast, but both … More

We had a couple weeks to wait in Reno before getting stitches pulled. Just a few things we enjoyed.