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Food tour in old San Juan


Angie suggested a food tour and it was quickly “yeses” all around. After a short cab ride, the only hiccup of the day came – a passing rain shower. As visions of running from place to place wet and freezing danced through our minds we thankfully were able to push that aside and enjoy a dry tour around Old San…

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How can it be over?


Great time slips by with too much speed. As we closed out the trip I did manage to fit in one of my signature moments – in this case walking a half hour along essentially a highway to the rum tasting. Wonderful smells of exhaust and strong breezes as tractor trailers flew by us, all while in the hot sun.…

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Circumnavigating St. Kitts via a train


Our circumnavigation around St. Kitts was not exclusively by train, a shuttle carried us to the north side of the island. But I’m getting ahead of myself, with our last day we were debating how we should fill it. Lisa and Andy were keen on a beach day so that left the rest of us to figure it out. When…

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The birthday boy!


I heard some rustling at 4:00am and realized Jean wasn’t in bed. Huh. Well with my birthday that day I had some idea what was going on… Getting out of bed in the morning, I found our room was filled with streamers, balloons and other paraphernalia. And it brought a big smile to start my day! Shortly there was a…

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A Caribbean birthday adventure!


Early 2022 I tossed out the idea of a trip with friends for my 50th birthday. Much to my surprise everyone I asked was on board, even our friends Lisa and Andy who live is Sweden, woohoo! Tickets purchased it was time to wait, finally January rolled around and just the day before we were set to leave a group…

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Pollo Con Achiote De Rancho recipe


A cruising friend (Steve on Salish Dragon) posted his signature dish and it looked fabulous. He included a Youtube video of a Michoacán grandma preparing the dish. Since it was in Spanish I decided to translate and try the dish myself. Let’s just say you should totally try this dish. Pollo Con Achiote De Rancho recipe 1 Whole chicken cut…

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Heritage Turkey for Thanksgiving


Our friends Bruce and Kate have a two hundred acre farm where they raise some Frank Reese lineage heritage turkeys. When Bruce asked if I was interesting in helping process thirty birds I gave him an enthusiastic yes. I was expecting to be processing outdoors and dress appropriately but was thrilled to see that all work would be in his…

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Oshkosh Airventure 2022 Fly-In Err Camp-In


The excitement, the nerves, the anticipates for Airventure builds as the days get closer. Flying into the busiest airport in the world single-handed is not for the faint of heart and I’ll openly admit there is a big sigh of relief each time I am on the ground at Oshkosh. Then the fun begins talking airplanes, checking out cool airplanes,…

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A cooking class you say?


Early on, after joining Fly Aweigh, there was talk of a cooking class in Loreto. LeAnn and Alison stumbled on a family who offers classes while looking for a bathroom in Loreto. With the rally and my flight home it was looking unlikely. But after the rally it looked like we could make it work and on the hike up…

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Sadly the last sail of the rally for this guy


I was woken to the sound of rain. Knowing that wasn’t possible I headed for the swimstep. The millions of sardines we swam through yesterday were going crazy. A constant boil with occasional excitement where large fish jump out of the water chasing the little guys who jump out trying to avoid being eaten. To top it off hundreds of…

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We have a winner!


Light wind day so there was no rush to pull up the anchor. The rally plan was a 11:30am line up for a sail race. That gave Allison and me time to paddled into shore to bushwack through the cactus and brush, scraping and poking our way. Eventually we made it to the top of a hill with a cool…

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