Position: 49°14’39.6″N 124°08’07.9″W Robin Williams once said, “Canada is like a really nice apartment over a meth lab.” That’s how it feels leaving the lower 48 behind and easing into life north of the border. It’s not so much the …
Position: 28°27’59.8″N 16°14’38.2″W “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours..” – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat Two years ago we had Aleta re-rigged in Gothenburg, Sweden. As a Valiant …
Position: 47°37’11.7″N 122°21’03.1″W About halfway through our dogsit with Gus (q.v.), we figured out that getting to and from downtown Seattle required only a short, inexpensive ride on the West Seattle water taxi. The taxi is run by King County …
Position: 47°33’42.1″N 122°23’12.4″W If you’ve not met Gus, you’ve missed a treat. For Gus is a character. Once you’ve been introduced, he remains unforgettable. His ability to forge lasting relationships is due in equal parts to his direct, friendly interactions …
Position: Here and There How many countries did we visit last year? This is a question we are sometimes asked and sometimes ask ourselves. More than we have fingers to count on. Let’s run down the list: United States Germany …
Position: 43°05’30.0″N 11°46’48.2″E “Not many people travel the way we do,” I commented in passing to Carol. “No,” she agreed, “they don’t.” Driving up the switchbacks towards the towers of San Gimignano, we drank in the bare trees and vineyards …
Position: 28°15’10.6″N 16°37’32.3″W Winters in the Canaries are generally mild. From November onward the trade winds settle in and blow a steady 20-30 knots out of the northeast by late January. Sea temperatures hover around 20C all year round, keeping …
Position: 28°23’33.5″N 13°51’23.0″W If Lanzarote is Biarritz on the Moon, then Fuerteventura is Benidorm on Mars. Sailing down the east coast of Fuerteventura the landscape is one of endless fields of barren red sands split by an occasional road. Triangular …
Position: 28°55’01.3″N 13°42’09.3″W Alice Kramden‘s perennially abusive husband Ralph used to threaten to send her to the moon. At the end of his fist. If she wanted to go to the moon, Alice could have divorced Ralph and bought a …
