Our adventure started in Port Elizabeth ,Bequia, located in the group of 30 plus islands known as St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Carribbean. We had the opportunity to visit family members cruising in the area on their 51 foot Morgan sailing vessel and after a few days of sailing, anchored in Port Elizabeth for sightseeing.

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January 11, 2007 Seattle to Maui

Captain Bob and First Mate Jacque started out the first vacation of 2007 with a number of inauspicious natural and not so natural events. On the day we chose to fly to Maui from Seattle, a date chosen with much deliberation 6 months in advance, Seattle was hit with yet another of a series of fierce winter storms. Snow and ice on roads, freeways and walkways made for a seriously treacherous journey in the early morning hours to the airport.

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January 7, 2007
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Hmm think I will do a article on flying and going through the security procedure as a bi-lateral hippy.......the belief by frisking agents that taking my belt off or removing the non-existent keys out of my pocket will fix the alarum problem! The "chicken" pat-down ladies and the stern "touchy-feelie" all over ladies. The lack of comprehension about taking shoes on and off and my ability to touch my toes to do so( or pick up the my articles so kindly dumped on the floor), and last but not least, the credibility problem for pre-boarding with my "cane/walking" stick.

I have tested airline flights to the east coast, to the south as far as the Caribbean, tested once to the mid-west, now for a final test- as far west as one can get in the US...Hawaii. Get set for a detailed report!!!!!!!

Do you think that I will be taken into custody by the Dept of Homeland Security for threatening to write an expose? You wouldn't be able to visit me in a Cuban jail as that might label you into a suspect. Woe is me!

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I think the transitory nature of internet access on the waterways of the Pacific North West, Desolation Sound and the Inside Passage are illustrated by the situation we found ourselves in at Echo Bay at the northern parts of Vancouver Island. The internet wi-fi access beamed by our hosts at the dock at Echo Bay functioned one day, then after a windstorm and much rain failed the next…..due to “moss on the satellite dish”.

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Booker Lagoon/Cullen Harbor,Edge of Queen Charolotte Straits

Finally after a few days of rain and 60 knot winds we have sunshine and calm what a relief! We anchored in a enchanting harbor surrounded by mini-islands covered with evergreen trees The trees are perched right to the edge of the grey-white rocky shores and the lower branches are all evenly cut as with a straight edge across the high tide mark. Further out in the lagoon and scattered islands the trees look as if they have been kicked, stamped and twisted by the Queen Charlotte Strait winds, almost like a science-fiction scene of devastation. .

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