An October Sailing Cruise
We left home some 10 days ago. Three sailboats from the Friday Harbor Sailing Club headed north into Canada. Our goal: Princess Louisa and Chatterbox Falls. As it turned out…
A short visit to “The Wild Farm”
Laura and Tucker are off singing and drumming along the banks of the Snake River and Leslie and Val are taking care of Oz and Tennessee. On Sunday, the Veirs…
And they are OFF …. on the Race to Alaska
We sailed in our catamaran, Cat's Cradle, to Victoria last week to watch the start of the R2AK, the first (annual?) race from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska. The…
Biking and Birding on Texel
Given that we have just read Erskine Childers' excellent The Riddle of the Sands, we have decided to spend our last five days on Texel (pronounced "Tessel"), a small island…
Historical Holland
Kings Day is a national holiday celebrating the House of Orange's success at beating back the Spanish Catholics during the Middle Ages and creating the base of the diverse and…
Hollandish Patterns
We are on the island of Texel (pronounced Tessel) and are preparing to return home. These photos are ones that we like because they have 'interesting' patterns -- and we…
Exploring National Park de Hoge Veluwe
We conclude our wonderful barge trip and Mark and Cinda depart for Paris. We remaining four head by rental car east of Amsterdam to Hoge Veluwe National Park, the supposed…
Bountiful bulbs and buildings
Spring is tulip time in Holland. We pedaled to Keukenhof and locked up our bikes at the gate. As we walked through the colorful and fragrant gardens, we were…
Six friends — barging in locks and under bridges
Our group of six San Juan Island friends have barged and biked and walked and solved problems together for a week now. Bridges always concentrate our attention. Why? Many…
The Lowlands – by ‘Locaboat’
<< Previous.............................................. Next >> For a week we have been travelling, slowly, driving our rented boat along canals, under bridges and up and down in locks. We move a bit…
Amsterdam — That most liberal of cities
Our little group is converging in Amsterdam. Mark and Cinda are north by the train station, Sheila and Dave a bit south toward the Reiksmuseum and we are on the…