Grand Canyon and Las Vegas
I left Flagstaff at 6:30 this morning for the 90 minute drive to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. I got there a little after 8AM and there were no lines and easy close parking. It was a gorgeous day so I decided to go for a five mile hike on the rim trail. […]
Flagstaff, Arizona
Today’s drive was the shortest yet, just 320 miles. There were a few anxious moments near the end however. With about 10 miles left to go, I noticed the pressure reading on the left rear tire starting to drop (our car shows the pressure of all four tires on the dashboard). When it got down […]
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Today was a shorter 500 mile leg. The drive through Texas and part of New Mexico was right out of an old western movie. Flat plains covered in sage brush and cattle. The only thing that launched you back into the 21st century were the massive windmill farms every so often in Texas. With the […]
Vicksburg, MS. & Witchita Falls, TX.
Got an early start this morning so I could spend some time touring Vicksburg, Mississippi. There was a really nice Civil War Memorial park where you could drive slowly through the famous battlefield and stop to read plaques and take pictures. The setup was very similar to the Gettysburg Memorial in Pa. It was a […]
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
We decided to head out west this summer for a break from the worst of the Florida heat in July and August. Our final destination is Lake Tahoe which should have nice cool mornings and evenings and stay in the mid-80’s during the day. On the way out, I’m driving and Paula will be flying […]
Varnish
The prep part is everything.
Isaias
All is well here after Isaias passed by us early this morning. We didn’t get nearly the wind or rain that was predicted. The featured picture is a screen shot I took this morning from our favorite weather app (PredictWind). The northern Florida coastline is on the left side and the little green dot about […]
Rigging and Bottom Work – Part 5
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 During the three weeks our boat was on land, we took care of a number of other boat projects that are more easily done, or only done, with the boat out of the water. That included two things we didn’t even know we’d have to address until […]
Rigging and Bottom Work – Part 4
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 5 Our new standing rigging arrived this past Wednesday. It took two days to unpack it, make sure it was all correct, and then attach it all to the mast. The crane arrived on Friday and lifted the mast with it’s new rigging back onto the boat. The […]
Rigging and Bottom work – Part 3
Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 In this article we focus on all the mast work that we were able to do much more easily while it was down on the ground. The featured image above shows the top of the mast once we got our first look at it on the ground. […]