Nelson and Abel Tasman National Park
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand We’re down to our last full day in New Zealand – tomorrow we catch a flight from Nelson to Auckland, lay over a few hours, fly 12 hours from Auckland Read More …
Travel
From North to South Island
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand From Treetops we continued south to Hastings. Driving in New Zealand takes some getting used to – we’ve conquered driving on the opposite side of the road – but the Read More …
Treetops Lodge
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand I’m writing this from a sofa in a passenger lounge aboard the Interislander Ferry traversing Cook Strait from Wellington on the North Island to Nelson on the South Island. It Read More …
Circa Marine
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand Monday morning it was down to business – back to Circa Marine for in depth discussions and exploration of the boat. Todd Rickard, the FPB64 project manager, had flown in Read More …
Whangarei
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand Our schedule included nearly an entire week in the town of Whangarei where Circa Marine is located and where our FPB64 is under construction. The main purpose of our trip Read More …
Auckland and Waiheke Island
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand We had a perfect trip over to New Zealand – although there’s nothing to be done about the length of time it takes to get here! We left the house Read More …
Attack of the “Baby Tuna”
Slideshow Mexico 2008 Snorkeling today on the point north of San Carlos marina – good drop off, lots of fish – six or eight baby yellowtail tuna? About 3″ long, the size of my middle Read More …
San Carlos
PHOTO GALLERIES 2008 Mexico 4 – La Paz to Guaymas Here we are in San Carlos – as close to Tucson as Raven will ever get! It even feels like a suburb of Tucson. Half Read More …
Este Ton
PHOTO GALLERIES 2008 Mexico 4 – La Paz to Guaymas I’ve been remiss in the travelogue department, but we are still afloat and enjoying ourselves. We’ve covered a lot of territory since last communication – Read More …
En Route to Bahia Concepcion
PHOTO GALLERIES 2008 Mexico 4 – La Paz to Guaymas We’ve been leading our usual idyllic lifestyle on Raven – always more of the same, but always new and different as well. Up ’til now Read More …