Spent the day exploring Sidney by bicycle. Downtown is about a 6 by 2 block area; one end is only about 2km from the airport, and the...

I am in Sidney, British Columbia, having delivered the yacht Nai'a from SF. I am here waiting for some work to be done on her. When...

Cape Flattery to Sidney. So. I won the lotto: the 5 - 8 AM watch, sunrise rounding Cape Flattery to the final run through the Strait of...

Settle into Sidney. We're at Van Isle Marina. It's nice: lots of big boats, showers, laundry, bikes. We staggered out of our berths in...

Astoria to Cape Flattery with stop in Westport for fuel & fish&chips.. Northward again. There’s always an opportunity to keep busy -...

Reedsport to Astoria. 9 knots of breeze from the south, spinnaker again.. …and, the big attraction of the day, dancing mother and calf...

Ft Bragg to Reedsport, with stop in Brookings for fuel. Slowed during the night so that we wouldn’t get to Brookings in the dark. First...

Ft Bragg to Crescent City We are on 4 hour watches during the day, 3 at night. My day started with the 5-8AM watch: 39.40.52lat,...

Bodega Bay to Ft Bragg Met @ A&E’s in Woodside @ 7AM for the drive to Bodega Bay. Full crew is Alan, Jeff (Ellen’s sister Jen’s hub),...

Nai’a is my dear friends Alan & Ellen’s 1986 Wauquiez Centurion 47; a true ocean-going yacht. This is Nai’a’s journey from her home of...

Here are some overall impressions. I spent 90% of my time in the city (although I ventured out to the ‘burbs one day), so comparisons are...

Spent some time in the CMU quad.. Lunch at Pamela’s in Oakland.. I leave Pittsburgh tomorrow.

Today I took the light rail out to see the suburbs. First impression: it’s not as commonly used as the in-town busses. I guess I haven’t...

Treated myself to La Gourmandine pastries for breakfast, in Lawrenceville. Two croissants, very good. Crossed the Allegheny to the north...

Passed through the Allegheny Cemetary, which is massive, with a large number of graves from the 19th century.. Then to Lawrenceville,...

Toured Friendship and Bloomfield boroughs. Tried to capture ‘typical Pittsburgh architecture’.. That last one shows the effect of the air...

Morning: pickleball with my friends John, Ann & Barb at Kingsley Center. Lunch in ShadySide at Caralyn’s Shady Grove where I watched the...

Labor Day. The library was closed (recall, I’ve been spending my afternoons there to beat the heat), so I did many things, covering 30+...

Today I did far and away the most interesting thing so far: the Carrie Blast Furnaces. First, the ride there took me through a section of...

Welcome to September. Today: Fern Hollow Bridge and Frick Park. Fern Hollow Bridge is an auto bridge that collapsed, sending a bus and...