by rono | May 26, 2016 | Colombia, photography, Road Travel, sailing, Travel, weather
By Ron O. We’ve been in Cartagena de Indias in Colombia waiting to sail to Kingston, Jamaica. The weather has stopped us, it’s kind of yucky out there so we can’t leave. Inside the bay, though, things have been very pleasant. Go 20 miles offshore and...
by rono | Apr 8, 2016 | Panama, photography, photos, sailing, Travel
When traveling and especially by boat – our skills in improvisation, invention and patience are constantly exercised and tested. We also need to embrace ambiguity when the paths forward aren’t clear. The boat needed a fair amount of work to become ...
by rono | Jan 25, 2016 | Central America, photography, Travel
It’s a bit past Dec 31 but still early enough in the new year to call this a reflection the past year’s photos. Since many of the photos come from the sailing trip, I can say this exercise is a look at where we’ve been and where we are going, both...
by Judy Odenheimer | Jan 7, 2016 | photography, photos, Portland, random thoughts
The first day of 2016, there was this bit of tongue-in-cheek commentary in the Oregonian: “That big yellow orb in the sky is not a Death Star; it’s a thing called the sun, and it’s a natural phenomenon.” After what has been (for us) months of...
by Judy Odenheimer | Apr 16, 2015 | Central America, Darien Province, Panama, photography, sailing, Travel, update
Visiting the Darien had long been an objective, a “bucket list” item, for us. The Darien Province is huge, steeped in legend and history and mystery. The Darian Province was at one time considered a viable site for the Panama Canal. We traveled there and...
