TJ and Han
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Mar 20 2025
Port of Call Change to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Storms to the north forced us to change the Portuguese Island of Madeira for Santa Cruz de Tenerife for the much farther south Spanish Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de Tenerife was a good choice, especially since we had visited Madeira a couple of years before and were not totally impressed, as the island definitely breathes …
Apr 30 2024
A Second Winter on Beaver Island Michigan
Remembering the good times we had during our first winter on Beaver Island during Covid, and the fact that we have made deep friendships with some other “islanders”, combined again with the fact that it had been an exhausting vacation season at the Beaver Island Lodge, AND the fresh memory of our disastrous Pacific cruise, …
Apr 15 2023
Getting Sick During Travel is no Fun
Our Pacific cruise was over and more sick than ever, and ungodly early in the morning, we slouched ourselves to LAX for a flight back to Nashville, where our car was parked with friends Ric and Kay. It was going to be a long road back up to Beaver Island and another season of managing …
Apr 06 2023
Port of Call: Papeete, Tahiti
Port of Call: Papeete, Tahiti The Islands of Tahiti constitute of the 118 islands spread over a surface as big as Europe. The best known 3 islands are Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora. These volcanic islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean, in the heart of the Society Islands, also called French Polynesia. From …
Apr 03 2023
Port of Call: Apia, Samoa
Port of Call: Apia, Samoa This capital city of former French Samoa with about 36,000 inhabitants, situated itself in 2011 just across the international dateline, which of course meant we lost a day we never got back.😂 For those of you who don’t know how globally confusing this whole ordeal, introduced in 1884, can be, …
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