Monthly Archives : July 2024

A trip to the Champagne beach village


Coffee complete and we headed north. It was blowing 20ish knots and we started with Reef 1 in the main sail giving up 7.6 knots of speed. Very nice. It wasn’t too rough so I headed down to make my breakfast. There was a gap in between islands coming up so Carl and I put in the second reef and…

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A couple hops to Fiji


Getting nearly halfway around the world is not without some effort. My trip from Anchorage to Nadi, Fiji started with a flight to Honolulu where I had a two hour layover. What a cool airport, open air walkways with individual buildings for each gate and a very nice garden in the middle. Exploring the Japanese, Chinese, and Hawaiian gardens kept…

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One last night in Alaska with a bit of touring Anchorage


After the drive from Seward to Anchorage, I managed to purchase a new phone (very necessary for Fiji), enjoyed some great food, and checked out a few of the sites. With too much time in the car driving back from Seward we headed to Kincaid park where there are tons of hiking trails, a biathlon course, disc golf, and play…

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