Europe

Our bi-annual sailing trip with friends took us to Greece this year and the Saronic Islands south of Athens. The boat was a Lagoon 46, great for our purposes, supplied by Navigare Yachting. The weather was perfect and the islands lovely. We didn’t have as much wind as I would have liked but did get … Read more

Our tradition of a group sailing adventure was supposed to be 2020 following our 2018 Bahamas’ adventure and the 2016 BVI trip. Alas as the world knows, COVID. Everything down, entire countries closed and much suffering and death. After cocooning up at home from March of 2020 till August 2021 we were finally able to … Read more

In 2012 I took advantage of my one time sabbatical leave from the company and Red and I hit the road for almost seven weeks.  We went on the adventure of a lifetime!   We broke the trip up into two parts Africa and then Greece and Turkey.  I’m starting with the second half because while … Read more

So the country of Iceland was trying to attract tourists and started offering specials including non-stop air from Seattle and hotel as well as tours out to see the northern lights.  We never did see the lights but did see a lot of a very fascinating landscape and country.  The people could stand to be … Read more