The Adventures of Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
The Adventures of Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
We woke up early this morning and caught the hotel shuttle to the airport, checked in, dropped off our luggage and preceded through security via CLEAR (a great service). As we had a couple of hours before our flight, we proceeded to lounge hop between lounges, in search of a light breakfast, while we waited […]
Tomorrow, we leave on our Overseas Adventure Travel trip to Machu Picchu, Peru and Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. You can read how this trip came about here. We have an 9AM flight tomorrow from San Francico airport to Lima Peru, with a stopover in Miami. The total flying time is just over 13.5 hours. As is […]
Owning a boat is not all umbrella drinks at sunset, sometimes you have to take time out to do some maintenance. This month was one of those times. Narnia’s original canvas was pretty much shot when we bought her in 2017, so we had a completely new set custom made in 2018. Fast forward 7 […]
We leave October 30, 2025. We tried to do this trip with Celebrity back in September 2021 but unfortunately a COVID outbreak kept us from completing the Machu Picchu portion of the trip (we did make it to Galapagos though; you can read about that trip here). We are making another attempt this year, this […]
It’s been a long time since we’ve taken the kayak out for a paddle. With all of our recent travels, home and boat projects, and just life in general, there hasn’t been time. Well that changed today! We pulled the kayaks down from their storage racks, hosed them off, and carried them down to the […]
It was a beautiful hot, breezy August day in the delta, perfect for conditions to jump in the Capri 18 and go for a sail around our amazing backyard. There were actually a large number of egrets, pelicans, geese, ducks and cormorants in the area, but they tended to fly off by the time I […]
7 Years ago today (July 31, 2018), Narnia Arrived in California. Purchased June 26th, 2018 in Kemah, Texas, she made the trip by truck. What a wonderful 7 years it has been.Here are some early posts documenting her transition from the Gulf to the SF Bay. Happy Homecoming Anniversary Narnia! We couldn’t be happier. Posts […]
Wow! It’s been a month since we pulled our beloved 1987 Capri 18 out of the water to give her some much needed cleaning, bottom paint and general TLC. Happily most of the hard work has been completed and she is back in the water and sailing again! There are still some odds and ends […]
Our Capri 18 sailboat lives full-time at the dock behind our house. The last time she was out of the water for bottom paint was back in 2018. Dan did dive on the boat and scrub the bottom last year. One of the reasons for this long lapse in out of water service was because […]
Today we arrive back where we started this adventure 117 days ago, San Pedro, California. We have completed our lap around the planet while visiting 44 ports in 23 Countries/Autonomous Regions, 9 of them were new for us. Our original plan was 25 countries with 11 new, but we missed Croatia and Montenegro due to […]
Today’s port, Puerto Vallarta Mexico, marks the next to last stop before we conclude this “Around the World” journey. Today’s weather is hot, the air is filled with smoke and it a bit hard to breath outside. If you were to glance at the “What’s in Port” guide for this port, you would read that […]
Today, the 112th day of this world trotting adventure, we make landfall in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. This in Central American country is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is home to 37 volcanoes, four of them active: Pacaya, Santiaguito, Fuego, and Tacaná. Today, Dan left […]
Day 110 finds us docking in the city center of Puntarenas, in the country of Costa Rica. It was a picture perfect clear warm day. We last visited this resort town of 100,000 people almost 20 years ago and we were a bit shocked to see that it appears to be slipping into decline. While […]
Way back in 1994, years before we were married, Sue and Dan embarked on their very first cruise. It was a15 Day Panama Canal voyage aboard the original Sky Princess. Our cruising life was launched. Today, 31 years later, marks our 63rd cruise aboard a Princess ship, this time the Island Princess (we have several journeys […]
Today’s port is Cartegena, Columbia. We originally visited this port on our very first cruise, 31 years ago (1994) aboard the original Sky Princess. She served many cruise lines under many names since then before being scrapped in 2013. We have been here several times since then Today we were met by our pilot just […]
After 8 days at sea, we arrive just before sun up in Port Everglades, Florida. This marks the end of the 4th segment of our world cruise and the beginning of the 5th. We have 1500 passengers disembarking and ending their cruise here (including our travel friends Dave and Gerne) with 1700 embarking to begin […]
Another day another port, this time it’s Las Palmas, Canary Islands, an autonomous communities of Spain. Las Palmas is located in the northeastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, about 150 km (93 mi) west of the Moroccan coast. Not much planned for today as we are kind of tired after the back to back ports […]
Another itinerary change. As we were leaving Casablanca on Easter Sunday, we were informed that we would be diverting from our original destination of Lanzarote, Canary Island due to expected adverse weather conditions and would instead be calling on Santa Cruz De Tenerife. Sometimes abbreviated as Santa Cruz, it is the capital of the island […]
Happy Easter from Casablanca, Morocco! Another country checked off the list. For most Casablanca conjures up the 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid and the famous scenes of Rick’s Café. Today’s modern Casablanca is the Kingdom of Morocco’s largest city with a population of about 3.22 million in the urban area, and over 4.27 million […]
The Saturday before Easter finds us on a early morning very rough and windy approach to Cadiz, Spain. Caldiz is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, was founded by the Phoenicians as a trading post. Holy Week celebrations were underway with Christians Brotherhoods in Capirote (pointed hoods) were conducting reenactment processions in the old city. It […]
