Like a Giant Bowl — Exploratorius Reblog
If you’ve been through the eastern sierra’s via a road trip you may have passed Mono Lake, but probably not from this perspective. One of my favorite trips is up the eastern sierra’s as far as Bodie (best ghost town EVER). Check out this story- Mono Lake — as it exists today — is in […]
Perspective on the USS Midway
Here’s a unique perspective of the USS Midway that you can’t get from street level or her decks. The only time you’ll see a view like this one is when it’s taken from another boat,,,on San Diego Bay. The USS Midway is a special ship. She’s currently a museum in the heart of the San […]
Rosie the Riveter Museum and Mountain Hardware Store
In April we attended the Pacific Sail and Power Boat Show in Richmond, Ca USA,,,,and found a few unexpected surprises that were awesome. Right beside the historic former Ford Manufacturing Plant where the Pacific Sailboat and Power Boat Show was being held is the Rosie the Riveter museum, shown in the picture above. Before lunch, […]
San Diego International Boat Show- Fun before Fathers Day-
Although I miss my kids whenever they’re not with us, I was relieved at the same time to not drag them through the San Diego heat to hours of boat show. Unlike the Richmond show, this one was all outdoors and the focus was the boats,,,not so much the professional booths. Yes, some actual sailboat […]
2017 Pacific Sail and Power Boat Show at Craneway Pavilion
So we rolled up to San Francisco in early April to see my brother and family and visit the Pacific Sail and Power Boat Show,,,,here’s the first of three posts about the trip. The Pacific Sail and Power Boat Show was held at Craneway Pavilion and Marina Bay Yacht Harbor in Richmond California from April […]
Boatshow Dreams
The San Diego International Boatshow is coming to San Diego, Ca from the 16th to the 18th of June (a great Father’s Day Activity) and LiveFree2SailFast will be there to observe and blog about it,,,,,can’t wait. Open the link and check out the awesome Youtube Video all about the boat show, it’s pretty awesome- Boatshow video […]
Projects to finish- Stay Tuned
Good Morning: I will admit I’m feeling a bit unmoored or guilty about all the different blogging projects my little mind has put together, but mind and fingers have just not been coordinated enough to sit down and get them all into the blogosphere. Not sure if any of you ever have this problem; it’s totally quite […]
Last of the RMS Rhone Series
Very likely, this should have been the first post in the series, but since I’m a bit unmoored in my writing style and I wanted you to truly get the feel for what it would have been like; to have been on that ill-fated ship, then dive her. I’m ending the series by showing you […]
Travel in the 1860’s- Part 2
You’ve decided to go all in after a life of factory work,,,,and purchase a third class bunk the day they go on sale on board one of the famed flying mail carriers,,,,the same ship that Emperor Pedro the II had stepped aboard in 1865,,,,the Royal Mail Ship, Rhone. In October of 1867, she’s been to […]
Imagine Travel in the 1860’s- Part 1
Time to use your imaginations. You’re a strong-willed factory worker at the beginning of the golden age of industry in dead of winter,,,,England,,,,1864. You’ve worked in a steel smelter since you were 7 years old, so you know nothing else,,,,but the old salts tell the tales of grand flying birds of white on the sea, […]