Nov 11, 2024 | Uncategorized |
Costa Mesa, Ca. November 11, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: Happy Veterans Day to all our Veterans. I deeply appreciate, respect and revere our Veterans. They are my heroes. I have the privilege to count many of them as good friends. Kenny Vance is one of those...
May 14, 2024 | Uncategorized |
Costa Mesa, California May 14, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: May 9 was our final day of sailing. The 50 mile sail from North Bimini Islands to Miami was uneventful. We arrived at dusk and enjoyed the beautiful Miami skyline. Rick and I spent the night on the...
May 9, 2024 | Uncategorized |
Big Game Club Resort & Marina, Alice Town, North Bimini, Bimini Islands May 8, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: We left Coco Cay at 7 am on May 6 and began the 70-mile crossing to North Bimini in the Bimini Islands. The trip took 10 hours. The winds were not...
May 6, 2024 | Uncategorized |
Coco Cay, Berry Islands Cinco de Mayo Dear Family & Friends: We were underway at 6:45am on May 3, leaving Little Harbour Cays, bound for Great Harbor Cays in the Berry Islands. Our first stop was the “Blue Hole, which is located at Hoffmann’s Cay in the southern...
May 2, 2024 | Uncategorized |
Little Harbor Cays, the Berry Islands May 2, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: Everywhere we sail seems to take us to more beautiful places. On April 30, we sailed 32 nautical miles from Great Abaco Island to the Berry Islands. The trip took us five hours. The Berry...
Apr 30, 2024 | Uncategorized |
Great Abaco Island April 30, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: On April 28, we set sail, sans sails, from Harbor Island, bound for Egg Island, a distance of approximately 30 miles. The sky was blue and we enjoyed blustery winds and moderate sea swells. Because of the...
Apr 27, 2024 | Mountaineering, Uncategorized |
Romora Bay Resort Harbor Island, Dunmore, the Bahamas April 27, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: Bill & Denise Ottenheimer invited my dear friend, Rick Dryer, and I to join them for a two-week sail in the Bahamas on their 48-foot catamaran sailboat, appropriately...
Jan 29, 2024 | Missouri River |
Costa Mesa, California January 30, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: In 2023, I completed a through-paddle of the Missouri River in my “livelikedan”/ “Ollie Power” canoe. The trip began at the source of the River in the Rocky Mountains near Three Forks, Montana and...
Jan 1, 2024 | Mountaineering, Uncategorized |
Costa Mesa, Ca. January 1, 2024 Dear Family & Friends: On the darkest eve of World War II, King George VI came to the microphone of the BBC to deliver the annual Christmas message to the British Commonwealth. He spoke these eloquent and immortal words:* I said to...
Dec 14, 2023 | Missouri River |
Costa Mesa, California December 14, 2023 Dear Family & Friends: I am home with my family. Here is my account of the last two days on Mighty Mo. December 10. My day began with breakfast with Brian Mason at the Bike Stop Cafe in St. Charles. Brian is an...
