30 May 2021 | Sawmill Point Marina, Wilmington NC, USA
24 May 2021 | Wilmington Marine Center, USA
23 February 2021 | Cape Fear Yachts
20 December 2020 | Cape Fear Yachts
11 December 2020 | Cape Fear Yachts
09 September 2020 | Wilmington Port, USA
09 September 2020 | Wilmington Port, USA
05 February 2017 | Pte Miri Miri, Raiatea, French Polynesia
05 February 2017 | Raiatea Lagoon, French Polynesia
05 February 2017 | South end of Raiatea
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea, French Polynesia
31 January 2017 | West side of Raiatea
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
28 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
27 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
Free Diving
01 February 2017 | Baie Vaiaeho, Raiatea, French Polynesia
Bill
One never really knows what clicks... Isobel has been snorkeling since 2012 and she has been very comfortable with making little dives just under the surface, horizontally.
Well, today, she saw a heart shaped piece of (dead) coral on the sandy bottom. She asked me to get it... I suggested that it wasn't too deep, and that she should try. Well, down she went, about 8 feet to snatch it off the bottom! After a few minutes she was going down and spending time checking out fish, etc...
bangs
31 January 2017 | West Side of Raiatea, French Polynesia
Bill, Photo Credit Lara
Did you know long it takes to grow out your bangs? Did you know how much patience it takes a parent not to cut them off again!!
She is cute, even with hair in her face!
Finally at sea again
31 January 2017 | West side of Raiatea
Bill, Photo Credit Lara
Well, barely. We slipped out of Miri Miri Pass and sailed for 12 miles south on a very light breeze to two passes down...
Still it was nice to be at sea... and a new view to look at... the west side of Raiatea.
Hanging out
30 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
bill
Isobel will sometimes bike for a while or sit on a bollard "telling myself stories..."
We have found that she needs this time alone. When there are too many days in a row with other kids or lots of action, she gets cranky... a few hours of "telling myself stories..." and she is back to her normal self...
Pools Open!
27 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
Bill, Photo Lara
About 15' from our boat is the other side of the quai. And there is the water! So when it is hot that is where we go... sometimes 5 times a day.
Isobel has some friends who like to horse around in the water. This was a rare moment when they were all above water!
Biking with Recyling
25 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
Bill
Isobel is in charge of biking the recycling around the Marina to the bins that are on the other side
Legos and Coconut water
21 January 2017 | Marina Apooiti, Raiatea, French Polynesia
Bill
Well, what could be better! Green Coconuts give the nice water and dry brown coconuts give the nice meat! And Legos... well they give fun!
An outing quickly ended
30 December 2016 | SW Huahine, French Polynesia
Bill
Ah well... It was a fun idea to paddle out to the reef to look at fish...
When the rain starts one just doesn't know how hard the wind will blow.
Simple white Christmas
25 December 2016 | SW Huahine, French Polynesia
Bill, Photo Lara
Yes, Santa found us. And, with snowflake the seal, it was a white christmas!
What do you do during a Tropical Downpour?
20 December 2016 | Huahine French Polynesia
Bill
Somehow my connection to Facebook disconnected. Look at Blog for more photos and writings...
It is the rainy season and it is 83 to 85 during the day... so it is quite fun to play in the rain!