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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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