The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
Monday 9/20/2021 afternoon Rabida Island, Galapagos: This afternoon we journeyed via zodiac to the red sandy beaches of Rabida. The island gets is red color from the ”rusting” iron rich basaltic lava that comprises a majority of its soil. After another “wet landing”, we proceeded to take a walk around the coastline and interior trails […]
Monday 9/20/2021 morning, Santiago Island, Galapagos: Today we boarded the zodiacs to make the short journey from the ship to make a wet landing along the beach. This trip has 2 kinds of zodiac landings, a wet landing is where you must wade through the water to get to shore & a dry landing you […]
Sunday, 9/19/2021: Today we flew from Quito, Ecuador to join the ship in Baltra Island in the Galapagos! We started the morning with breakfast and a COVID antigen test and health screening followed by a quick ride to the airport for a 2-hour charter flight to the Galapagos. After passing through the entry formalities (all […]
Spent a great day exploring Old Town Quito, Ecuador as well as the Intinan Museum (Museum of the Indigenous Peoples) Some of the notable highlights of the old town were: Basílica del Voto Nacional (Bacilica of the National Vow), Monastery of Saint Francis, The La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús ( Gorgeous Jesuit Church, […]
The day is here. We are boarding the plane for a flight to Quito, Ecuador where we will spend a couple of days touring before continuing on to the Galapagos Islands. We are flying from SFO to Miami and then on the Quito. It is a very long (over 24 hour) travel day. We obtained […]
Saturday afternoon happenings at the land home. If all goes as planned, we will be leaving late next week for an 11 day adventure to explore the Galapagos Islands! This is another of our bucket list trips. Sue spent the day organizing the various travel documents, reservations, itineraries, health records, etc. while Dan tried on […]
While Sue and Scotty were home working to support my degenerate retirement life, I went to visit Narnia to see how she faired after the uncustomary freak September lightening and rain of the past evening(The rain was a blessing for those fighting the wildfires here in Northern California). As the afternoon sun began to peek […]
It is deja vu all over again. Fires in Northern California are raining ash down on Narnia, just like last year (that post is here). Now that the smoke beginning to clear a bit, I spent the early afternoon washing the accumulated ash and grime off Narnia. She is looking a bit better. I also […]
A quick 2 mile Wednesday morning paddle around our home in the Northern California delta before it gets too hot out. Scotty and Sue are working earning $ so I can afford my play time. Only me and the birds were out on the water today. I am also spending time studying for my OUPV […]
It started out as a just a quick “visit to the boat” to deliver the dinghy engine and place it back on it’s stern rail perch, but it turned into a beautiful sail on the bay. Our normally reliable 1999 Johnson 15HP 2-stroke had been less reliable lately so it got a trip home for […]
It’s been awhile since we had a blog post. Not much has been happening aboard Narnia this last month. We have mostly been spending time at our land based home in the California delta, kayaking around the delta, planning our upcoming trip to the Galapagos (flying in and then a small boat cruise) and giving […]
So today I finally convinced my friend Chris to go for a quick romp around the bay aboard Narnia. This was only his second time aboard a sailboat. He proved to be a quick study on the basics of sail handling and was soon crewing like a pro. The winds were 25 gusting to 30 […]
What is there to say? It was just another perfect day of summer sailing on the San Francisco bay! The weather was clear and 71*. Winds 15-20knots when we started at 1PM dropping to 5-10 when we docked at 4PM. Incoming tide. Narnia was in her element. Retirement does not suck. Some pictures and videos […]
It’s a gorgeous Friday morning aboard Narnia, there is a negative tide and very light winds. Sue is home with Scotty, working to fill the cruising kitty, so what else is there for retired me to do but go for a kayak on San Francisco bay? There is a small “island” that forms between Emeryville […]
Tuesday night happenings: Ankle deep in planning our last big trip for 2021, we went way “North” with Iceland, now time to explore “South”…. More to follow, planning to go to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos and Machu Picchu). We have technically been to these countries via big cruise ships, now we will have the time […]
A perfect way to start the day on San Francisco Bay
We departed Keflavik airport early Sunday May 30th for an uneventful flight to Seattle. Covid formalities were quick and painless. We showed our documents at the ticket counter and were soon on our way. . Kudos to Iceland Air Business Class, they are a refreshing change from the US airlines. We spent the night in […]
Saturday, May 29, 2021: This is our last full day and night in Iceland. We were planning to hike the Fagradalsfjall volcano today, but the trail was reported unsafe by the Icelandic government travel site due to severe weather (2 hour hike each way): From: SafeTravel.isSaturday May 29th at 08:00Storm, very strong wind gusts and […]
Friday, May 28, 2021 Reykjavik: Relaxing down day for us, stormy weather including high winds and rain. First priority today was our 9 am appointment to complete a PCR test before entering back into the USA (negative test results required within 3 days of departure). The site was well organized for high volume testing, the […]
Thursday May 27, 2021: Day 10, the last day of our drive around Iceland road-trip (excluding stay in Reyjavik). The weather this morning was cold and windy turning very warm and sunny as we moved West. We made a visit to the black sand beach of Reynisfjara, just outside of our hotel village of Vik, […]
