Category: United States
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Back in Canada, eh?
Read more: Back in Canada, eh?31 km, 2h 10 min Heidi and Scott set a quick pace for the grey and chilly ride from Heidi and Dick’s place in Sequim to the ferries in Port Angeles. We were delighted to have guides for our ride out to the ferry, and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit with Heidi and Dick. They…
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Welcome home! (almost)
Read more: Welcome home! (almost)110 km, 7 h 30 min We made it to within spitting distance of Vancouver, although not quite to Canada yet. In the end, our freighter trip was rather uneventful. The sun did not make a direct appearance until 2 hours before we arrived in Seattle, although it did a good job of keeping the…
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Crew changes and the waiting game
Read more: Crew changes and the waiting gameOn Friday night we headed out of Port Everglades destined for Freeport, Bahamas. Freeport is only 80 miles from Florida, so the trip over did not take long. The MSC Alessia reported in to Freeport at 2330 (11:30 pm) on Friday but we did not actually go to Freeport. We entered the port limit and…
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Boarding the freighter
Read more: Boarding the freighterOur day began with some typical chaos. Yesterday, we had been told to call Felix in the morning to check about boarding the ship. Carlos could not tell us when we could or should board. We did know that the ship was due to arrive at 7 am, expected to clear customs at around 8…
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One more night in Hollywood
Read more: One more night in HollywoodA long December and there’s reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can’t remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin’ Now the days go by so fast And it’s one more day up in the canyons And it’s one more night in Hollywood If you…
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Found the boat! Fort Lauderdale and Port Everglades
Read more: Found the boat! Fort Lauderdale and Port Everglades65 km 3h45 Our boat has been found again. We’re still not sure why it wasn’t on the port agent’s schedule, but our travel agent in Germany contacted the captain of the ship, the captain contacted the port agent, and the port agent let us know that the boat is scheduled to dock on Friday…
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Lost the boat?
Read more: Lost the boat?We headed back to Hollywood today, hoping to get our cameras fixed. The backlight on Scott’s Canon G9 is turning off intermittently and Becky’s Olympus 850 SWdied shortly after taking it snorkeling. We also needed to get in contact with the port agent to figure out what was happening with the boat. Scott spent much…
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Key West and Key Largo
Read more: Key West and Key LargoWe arrived in Key West just before dinner last night. We are staying with Jim, who we met on Warm Showers. We had a delightful dinner at a local beach restaurant while watching some of the “local entertainment” on the beach. Unfortunately, due to its temperate climate, there are a fair number of homeless who…