http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/ A record of Adventure. en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:25:20 -0900 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:06:19 -0900 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.01 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Yes, we hear your pleas! Here's to hoping this will be the first of many new Tuesday Teasers now that we are in port ... Check out the current issue of Blue Water Sailing, on stands now in a store near you (unless you live in Homer, Alaska, that is). You can read our article about living aboard over winter in Valdez here. And if you haven't seen the... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/11/more-bananas-se.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/11/more-bananas-se.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:25:20 -0900 We have officially arrived in Homer! The summer was amazing. We spent three weeks this spring working on Bluewater. We removed her ceiling liner and insulation to paint the underside of the cabin with a mixture of super-toxic 2-part epoxy paint and microbeads. The microbeads are super-tiny hollow glass spheres that add just enough R-value to stop the steel from condensing—so small that we wore super-duper respirators so as... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/10/homer-yea.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/10/homer-yea.html Sailing Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:30:35 -0900 After a brief stop in Seward, having filled up on bananas, Cheetos and ice cream we are headed west into Kenai Fjords National Park and beyond. We will be traveling through places with names like Aialik Bay, Taz Basin, Northwestern Fjord, Thunder Bay, on to Gore Point and in to Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay arriving in Homer -- the home of people like Tom Bodett, Jewel and... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/08/westward-ho.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/08/westward-ho.html Alaska! Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:41:12 -0900 Pausing in Seward for fuel, water and fresh bananas. Then on to Homer and expect to arrive by middle September. Got word my article for Blue Water Sailing is on the stands in the August issue. I still have yet to see the paper version, so online will have to do. Take a look here.... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/08/sealers-for-sailors.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/08/sealers-for-sailors.html Tuesday Tease: Flirt With Adventure Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:10:32 -0900 i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/04/happy-birthday.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/04/happy-birthday.html Life and it's Mysteries Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:07:20 -0900 Today the sun came out, the mountains stood tall and bright against a blue sky. A chill still hangs in the air, a vivid reminder of winter. The harbor is skinned over with a thin sheet of ice, but spring is coming. Tonight it will snow, then say the mystical weathermen, another sunny day. TWO in a single week. We are in heaven. The sea is calling and I... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/03/tuesday-tease-s.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/03/tuesday-tease-s.html Tuesday Tease: Flirt With Adventure Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:59:15 -0900 Nisa - Photo by Michael Sharp My Dearest Fuzzbutt, Seven years ago you leaped into my lap and licked my ear. It was love at first kiss. To this day I am amazed at how your body wiggles with such vigor as you wag your tail upon my return. No matter how long I have been gone, be it 30 minutes or six weeks, your joy at our... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/03/seven-years.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/03/seven-years.html Life and it's Mysteries Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:46:06 -0900 Then, there it was, the ocean, the end of the snow. A clear line, the beginning of one, the end of another. http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/03/horizons.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/03/horizons.html Life and it's Mysteries Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:03:06 -0900 You will see the Nookie Nook, as Susanna calls it, the enormous forward v-berth that is larger than a king-sized bed. It is large enough for Nisa and us to sleep in. http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/tt-tour-of-blue.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/tt-tour-of-blue.html Tuesday Tease: Flirt With Adventure Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:45:34 -0900 We are hunkering down for a big blast from the Freezer... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/freezer-blast.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/freezer-blast.html Weather Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:03:20 -0900 The snow is deeper than Nisa is Tall - Photo by Michael J. Sharp Last week we wondered where the snow was….there was a great forecast and it delivered. Nothing spectacular by Valdez standards. A mere 30-some inches in just under 24 hours. It was our first time on the boat with so much snow. When we awoke the windows and hatches were completely covered. It was like... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/small-storm.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/small-storm.html Life in Alaska! Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:23:19 -0900 GOES-WEST AK IR Satellite Image - Courtesy of NOAA Current Forecast for Valdez, Alaska: Tonight...Cloudy with a chance of snow in the evening...then snow after midnight. Snow accumulation 6 to 12 inches. Lows zero to 10 above except 15 to 25 below through thompson pass. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming light. Through thompson pass northeast wind 15 to 30 mph with blowing snow reducing visibility to... http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/will-it-check-t.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/will-it-check-t.html Alaska! Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:47:37 -0900 This year we have added a new tool to our kit. Super-bright headlamps so we can ski in the dark thus avoiding the dreaded flat light. http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/tt-waiting-for-snow.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2008/01/tt-waiting-for-snow.html Life in Alaska! Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:46:00 -0900 Kitten Tummy was had by all! http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2007/12/let-the-feastin.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2007/12/let-the-feastin.html Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:42:22 -0900 It is here! Let there be much rejoicing and merriment! The shortest day of the year has arrived, the sun will now return from her long trip south. With each passing day, just a bit more light, a little less dark. http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2007/12/the-short-day.html http://www.adventurefreaks.org/log/2007/12/the-short-day.html Alaska! Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:42:13 -0900