The Gecko

WARNING: This entry includes fruity British colloquialisms for which no apology is made – ed.  There’s a Brit that’s best avoided – but is all the same unavoidable. When I lived in London we used to call them wide boys, …

Cape Canaveral

Position: 30°24’05.9″N 81°25’51.5″W We pulled out of Fernandina and headed south, ever southwards, towards Jacksonville and the St. Johns Inlet. There’s nothing particularly remarkable about this short section of the Florida coast, so let’s skip it. We arrived sharply into …

Brunswick Photos

Here are the few images that capture the heart of Brunswick. These photos were taken in the center of the old part of the city, the bit that clings on to the peninsula. Carol and I covered a full six …

Monkey Business

Okay – so some folks asked about signing up for Aleta.Life updates. In the old days we’d have mimeographed a bunch of pages and sent them in an envelope with a stamp from some exotic location. The stamp might have …

Pulp Friction

Fernandina Beach – a tourist trap bookended by two giant papermills. It’s really someone’s idea of hell on earth or a poorly executed site gag. Hurricane Irma had raged through here at the end of 2017 and caused a good …

Foghorn Leghorn

Sailing in fog is at times an enlivening experience. While all your senses are muted and you can be disoriented to the point of panic, if you can disconnect your rational brain from your body, there’s a good chance you …