September 15, 2023 After the sunrise we headed to Portland, Maine. We needed to get out of Bar Harbor since Hurricane Lee was predicted to hit there. Portland is a peninsula extending into Casco Bay. We spent most of our time in the Old Port waterfront with its working fishing wharves and converted warehouses with …
September 15, 2023 At 4:00am and we were gearing up to go to Cadillac Summit in Acadia National Park for the sunrise. The park issues limited number of passes for sunrise so I had camped the website for the day of release and at 12:01 am thirty days before our trip I secured a 5:00am …
September 14, 2023 The day began with a torrential downpour that lasted until late morning. The rain did not stop a senior couple that was in the hot tub with their umbrella. They were having fun making out, putting on a show while we were having breakfast. Wonder if it was a tender date???? …
September 13, 2023 The New England adventure has begun. The goal of this trip is to complete the goal I set in a 3rd grade book report to visit all 50 states and all seven continents. My 3rd grade teacher told me that girls couldn’t be adventurers so of course I set out to prove …
August 15, 2023 As promised in my last post here are are the pictures from the Aqua Safari!! Absolutely a “Best Day Ever”!!
August 9, 2023 As we sailed into the bay at Huahine the sun was rising and at the bow of the boat several whales were breaching to welcome us. The captain popped out of the bridge to see the whales and cried out to them “please don’t go under the boat”!! A magical start to …
August 9, 2023 Woke up to cloudy skies that resulted in not a spectacular sunrise…drat! But the day got better quickly as I set off to snorkel with the black tip sharks and stingrays! As the boat approached the snorkel spots a school of black tip sharks swam by and I knew it was gonna …
August 7, 2023 Another day in paradise! In the early morning we arrived in the bay of Bora Bora where we will be anchored for the next two days. Bora Bora has one small town where you can walk ten minutes in each direction and see it all. As our guide said if you don’t …
August 6, 2023 Another spectacular sunrise as we sailed into Motu Mahaea which is a private island owned by Windstar close to Tahaa, There were lots of tiny island surrounding and I decided that I might be able to buy the one that was a single palm tree and about 6 feet of land…lol! …
August 5, 2024 The sunrise this morning was specular the colors kept changing an becoming more beautiful as we sailed into Raiatea. We passed lots of little islands that could of been Gilligan’s island and the people I shared the moment with were all commenting on which character they wanted to be. Raiatea is a …
