The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
Today we find ourselves in the charming little town of Port Chalmers, the gateway to Dunedin New Zealand. Dunedin is the second most populous city in on the Soth Island and is also one of the most Scottish, having been modeled after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Crown Princess was also in port on […]
We arrived in Nawiliwili Harbor in the early morning on January 27th after an unsettled overnight passage from Oahu. The weather was clear, sunny and cool, a welcome change from yesterday’s rain. After a quick breakfast aboard, we joined Gerne and David for that most amazing of tropical island adventure, an Uber to Costo for […]
After 5 days at sea, we finally arrived at our first stop of this 116-day voyage, Honolulu Hawaii. The sun was still down and it was just starting to rain when the ship docked at Pier 2. The Aloha Tower greeted us with its glow. A double rainbow made an appearance just after breakfast. We […]
We boarded the Island Princess today (Jan 20, 2025) to begin our 116 day World Cruise. For this adventure we are joined by our friends David and Gerne from s/v Dreamer. We will post updates and photos as the trip progresses. Photos of our room for this voyage Sailaway Random photos
We’ve recently updated our places visited list (aka our ISO 3166 Country List) and were thrilled to see that as of our last trip, we have checked off 100 unique destinations!! (there are 253 destinations on the list).  We currently have 25 destinations planned in 2025; 10 of them are new, 15 are repeats per […]
Updated: 9-28-2024 This is the reference list of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest we use when determining if a location has “been visited” or not. It is based on the ISO 3166 standard. A location is considered to have “been visited” if we have set foot anywhere within it’s boarders. You […]
April 5, 2024 – May 3, 2024 from Florida to Southampton, UK. Track taken with Garmin inReach satellite tracker/communicator.
From Seattle, Washington to Sydney, Australia . September 22, 2023 – November 20, 2023 More countries off the list! Note that we missed 2 of the 3 stops in Fiji (Lautoka and Dravuni Island) due to Tropical Cyclone Mal.
It has always been a dream/bucket list item to visit the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and on October 29th, 2023 we were able to realize that dream. To begin our journey, we boarded the QuickSilver Wave Piercer fast catamaran in Port Douglas, Australia for a 90 minute trek offshore to the reef and the […]
Sue and I were cleaning out an old storage bin in the backyard today and uncovered our original West Marine inflatable life jackets. We procured these manually inflated vest to use on our 1st sailboat, a Hunter 26′ water ballasted trailer-able called Snoozie, that we purchased new in 1995 just before we were married. It […]
Taking advantage of this perfect June day to paddle around the delta home. Video made from camera stills set at 30 second intervals. Click to play.
It’s been a long travel day and there is still a long way to go. We landed in Doha, Qatar after a 14.5 hour flight from SFO. We spent 3 hours navigating the massive Hamid International Airport along with a quick visit to the business lounge for snacks and refreshment before boarding the plane for […]
It’s Easter Sunday in the US and after many months of planning, itinerary changes, and travel visa applications, we are finally off on our 52 day trek. The car service picked us up at the appointed hour and whisked us off to the airport. For the 1st leg of this journey we decided to fly […]
Taking advantage of this wonderful February Spring-like Sunday to enjoy some time on Narnia. Tide is a little too low to head out sailing.
As folks know, we generally tend to plan our longer duration bucket list travels well in advance, and this trip is no exception. We have been in the planning stages for well over a year and yesterday we reached another milestone. We have finalized our high level itinerary, ticketed all of our flights, and reserved […]
Another beautiful warm October day for a paddle around the delta. Was visited by 6 river otters. Camera set on 45 second time-lapse. Enjoy. Click below to watch video:
Since it’s been awhile since I’ve done a Kayak post, I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous Fall day and make a short time lapse video of today’s 3 mile paddle around the delta (while Sue was working). The camera shy wildlife was out in abundance. Kayak mounted camera was set to take a […]
Today we have the 4th installment that covers exploring the island of Nuku Hiva, Marquises, and S/V Dreamers onward passage to the Fakarava Atoll with only David and Chris onboard (Dan flew from Nuku Hiva to Papeete, Tahiti to reunite with Sue) You can find the 1st Video Here, the 2nd Video Here, the 3rd Video Here, or […]
Chris Huang took video during our voyage from Panama to French Polynesia in March/April of 2022. Today we have the 3rd installment that covers the last couple weeks of the ocean crossing and the arrival at the island of Nuku Hiva, Marquises. You can find the 1st Video Here, the 2nd Video Here, or check […]
The temperature outside our based land home was hovering above 112 degrees over the last weekend, a bit too hot for outdoor activities, so we passed the time surfing our favorite travel sites. Oh, the danger of Labor Day Travel Sales! As some may remember, we had to cancel the Machu Picchu portion of our […]
