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Iceland is Green, Greenland is Ice I have traveled to some interesting places in my lifetime, the most recent of which is Iceland. It sits in the Atlantic Ocean just outside of the Arctic Circle between Greenland and Europe. Most of the roughly 330,000 inhabitants live in and around the capital, Reykjavík. The Gulf…
Many facets of London, England For most people, a trip to England means London, and usually conjures up images of Big Ben, or a red telephone booth, maybe the London Eye or the Tower Bridge. Of course there’s also Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace with the Changing of the Guard. But London has lots more…
Prelude to a hurricane Karl hovers on the sidelines Before I left for Cancun, everyone lamented – it’s going to rain all week. True, the forecast for the week is 90 percent chance of rain each day, but I’m not worried…and Casper – my traveling partner on this trip – could care less. As a…
East River Sights and Sounds await! Bye Bye Nutty Irishmen! I’m looking forward to our last sailing day! There is a lot to see along the East River – there’s Execution Rocks, Rikers Island, and the Brooklyn Bridge for starters. All the talk last evening, though, revolved around Hell Gate. Hell Gate is the point…
The S.S. Minnow leaves for Port Jefferson Is there a shortcut? To get to Port Jefferson, we have to backtrack east a bit. Shelter Island is between the two forks of Long Island, so we have to get to the other side of the North Fork before we can continue on our westward journey toward…
There isn’t much in the way of things to do on Shelter Island, so we timed our arrival to minimize our down-time there. It’s now day three of my first sailing trip, and blue skies accompany us across a very calm Long Island Sound as the sun beats down on us relentlessly. The calm before…
Block Island Boasts Killer Donuts, Ferries, Beautiful Beaches, and the Bluffs The Floating Cadillac Casper loves to sail. He’s like a little kid in a candy store when he’s manning the helm – a big grin on his face. As far as sailboats go, Casper’s is pretty big. It stretches 48 feet, and the bowsprit…