s/v Purrrfection: Operation Circumnavigation . . . temporarily interrupted!

We're out of the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, have crossed 4,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean, and now we are in American Samoa, which we intend to call home for the next few years.

03/05/2009	Still in Pago Pago (pahngo pahngo)
01/01/2008	Happy New Year 2008 from American Samoa
09/18/2007	Yes, we are still alive!
08/01/2007	More Manta Photos
07/31/2007	Manta Rays!
07/27/2007	GRAB YOUR MITTENS -- COLD SPELL HITS FRENCH POLYNESIA
07/27/2007	Almost Three Years as Liveaboard Cruisers
07/26/2007	Where did they all go?
07/26/2007	Pushin' Up the Daisies
07/24/2007	Sam Says It Has Real Potential
07/22/2007	Swimming with the Sharkies (Dorky title #348)
07/22/2007	Black tips just wanna have fun
07/15/2007	Enjoying the crystal blue water
07/14/2007	Kon Tiki memories
07/06/2007	Reliving Childhood Memories
07/02/2007	Sam finally gets his goat
07/01/2007	Celebrating our 18th Anniversary in French Polynesia
06/29/2007	Heiva Nui Festival has begun
06/29/2007	Heiva Nui parade floats
06/26/2007	Sam, Jen & Matatiki, the Tattoo Artist
06/14/2007	Third Largest Waterfall in the World
06/10/2007	Alison in the Ancient Village
06/06/2007	Baby hammerhead shark -- isnt' he just soooo cute?
06/03/2007	Young Warrior Dancers
06/03/2007	Young Woman Dancer
06/03/2007	Mother's Day in French Polynesia
05/29/2007	Bananas, breadfruit and pamplemousse
05/28/2007	We're Still Out Here!
05/26/2007	Move over Sam -- we have a new "big fish" record on board
05/18/2007	Time to check in with the Gendarmerie
05/14/2007	Our First Sight of Land in 22 Days
05/14/2007	Approaching the Bay of Virgins
05/14/2007	Day 23 and Land Ho!
05/09/2007	Day 18 and Tori dreams of land
05/09/2007	Patty cake, Patty Cake, Baker's Girl
05/08/2007	Day 17 and now it's Mahi Mahi time
05/07/2007	Day 16 and Yahoo for Wahoo
05/06/2007	Day 15 and it's Blue Marlin time
05/02/2007	More passage time fillers
05/02/2007	More passage photos
05/01/2007	What do we do onboard during a long passage?
04/30/2007	Day Nine of our Passage from Galapagos to the Marquesas
04/29/2007	Sunrises in the Pacific
04/21/2007	Time to Say Goodbye to the Tortoises
03/31/2007	Following in the steps of Charles Darwin
03/23/2007	We are finally off the Panama mainland
03/14/2007	Care for a raspado?
03/13/2007	Purrrfection Officially in the Pacific
03/12/2007	Purrrfection Moves Through the Panama Canal
02/28/2007	Every thing was great. . .
02/25/2007	Tired of the same old food?
02/23/2007	The Transit & Panama City
02/21/2007	Will we ever get out of Colon?
02/20/2007	Stir Fry; Transit
02/15/2007	Are You Sure We Are NOT In The Arctic?
02/14/2007	So I want to Blog!!
02/14/2007	Getting ready for the Panama Canal and the Pacific
02/12/2007	One of the prettier sights in Colon
01/25/2007	Lobster again?
01/24/2007	Turquoise Waters, White Sand, and StingRay in the Dinghy
01/22/2007	A Study in Contrasts: Old Meets New
01/19/2007	5 Star Hotel Accomodations in Tigre
01/15/2007	More Mamitupu Info
01/15/2007	Explorations in Mamitupu
01/13/2007	The local Kuna Indian village
01/13/2007	More interaction with the Kunas of Isla Pino
01/11/2007	Purrrfection and crew have arrived in the San Blas islands
01/10/2007	Hmmm...I think I spoke too soon!
01/09/2007	Third Day of Dreaded Passage and it's not very dreadful at all
01/01/2007	Happy New Year from the Crew of Purrrfection!
12/25/2006	Merry Christmas everyone!
12/24/2006	I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
12/24/2006	Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the . . .
12/19/2006	We have arrived in Curacao (or, as the locals spell it, Korsow)
12/16/2006	Little pink flamingos for me and you
12/15/2006	Bonaire lives up to its reputation as a great dive spot!
12/13/2006	In case you were wondering what Bill Clinton has been up to lately
12/10/2006	Hello, Bonaire! Hello French Fries!
12/08/2006	Enjoying Las Aves de Barlovento and Las Aves de Sotavento, Venezuela
11/25/2006	Beautiful sailing in Los Roques (islands off Venezuela)
11/25/2006	Chavez waves goodbye to the Purrrfection crew?
11/20/2006	And you thought your dentist had out of date magazines?
11/10/2006	Lunch on the beach -- complete with entertainment
11/10/2006	Ummm -- Is there a Nuclear Power Plant close to this vegetable farm?
10/28/2006	Care to order a Margarita in Margarita?
10/25/2006	Witnessing it all in Los Testigos
10/16/2006	Still in Grenada
07/18/2006	Life is good in the Tobago Cays
07/16/2006	Fish tonight!