Another beautiful hot, sunny day with little wind. We motored to City Island in the shadow of the Throgs Neck Bridge. A stroll around town, some ice cream, and later dinner. Beautiful cool breeze this evening to sit in the…
Port Jefferson and The Rocket Man
A quiet crossing of the Sound to Port Jefferson. In fact the Sound was like a lake. On arrival we picked up Fred and Marilyn Sprigman who will be with us for 2 weeks or so. We also marveled at…
It’s Almost Time to Head South
A shakedown dinner of lamb, salmon, salad and a good Pinot Noir is always good prep for the cruise!
Off to the Chesapeake
The tanks are topped off, the rations are on board and the gear is stowed. We are off to the Chesapeake in two days. Stay tuned.
Namaste’ Nepal and India
From the last view of the snow capped mountains of the Himalayas to the snow covered beach and house back home in Connecticut, it has been a long and exciting trip. Remembering back 26 days ago when we first touched…
Pokhara – Nepal’s Equivalent of Queenstown, New Zealand
If you want to get a little crazy head to Pokhara. They are certainly attempting to rival Queenstown, NZ for extreme sports. In addition to being probably the trekking capital of the world, with every other shop selling trekking clothing…
On To Pokhara, Our Last Stop
This morning we were due to fly to Pokhara, a resort/trekking center west of Kathmandu near the Annapurna Range of the Himalayas. For reasons which only have a partial rationale explanation we didn’t take off until 1:00 PM. Partly due…
The Ancient City of Bhaktapur
We drove down the the winding mountain road from Nagarkot passing numerous agricultural terraces for rice and wheat, depending in the season. Cheryl was not thrilled with all of the hairpin turns on a road that is in less than…
The Kathmandu Valley – Bungamati and Patan
After a late start from the hotel due to the delayed Everest flight we alit for the town of Bungamati in the Lalitpur district of the valley. Bungamati is a Newar tribal village that specialized in woodworking. Walking through the…
We Conquered Mount Everest…….Sort Of.
Several of us awoke early for a post dawn flight to Mt. Everest. As you can see from the departure board it didn’t quite work out that way due to haze and smog at the Kathmandu Airport. We did eventually…