Wednesday, June 10, 2009

We’ve been in Spanish speaking countries since we left Florida in April. That’s a long time. My Spanish definitely got a little better and Mike started to pick up a few words here and there. I even heard Gary actually say Gracias the last few days we were in the Galapagos… So now [...]

Marqueses Islands Here We Come – June 8, 2009

Well here we are, day 3 of our 24(ish) days at sea. It is quite peaceful out here, just as all the sailors we have met said it would be. Calmer seas and good wind. We actually put the spinnaker sail up this morning and are making great time. Our goal [...]

The Galapagos Islands, Part II – Gary Dawson

The Hammerhead Sharks
Well it was the big day, diving with the hammerhead sharks. So we boarded a 30’ boat 7’ beam and on this boat there were 8 divers, 2 dive masters and 2 crew. Needless to say it was very tight, but we were going to dive. On the way to the sight we [...]

Galapagos Experience – June 5, 2009

Hi Everyone. It’s been a little tough to get a good connection on land here so I am not able to download pictures at this time, I am sorry because we have some great pics of our adventures.
The Galapagos Islands are beautiful volcanic islands that began hundreds of thousands of years ago. It [...]

Galapagos Islands – by Gary Dawson

The Galapagos Islands
Well we did make it on Monday, with about 20 gallons of fuel left. Near the end the wind finally did shift in our favor so we sailed the last 10 miles into the harbor (just in case). So here we are at anchor at the Island of Santa Cruz in Academy Bay. [...]