Week 1: M 2 Dec 2019, evening. Aboard the Laurence M. Gould near the Atlantic entrance to the Straits of Magellan The time was just before 01:00 when Laura informed me that I had 3 minutes before she wanted us to leave the hotel bar of the Cabo de Hornos and head to our new beds aboard the Laurence M. Gould. After a fantastic lamb dinner, we’d walked to Plaza…
Saturday 17 June 2017, week 5: Buldir Island Coming up with weekly topics is proving more difficult this year. Of course it doesn’t help that I’m struggling to balance it with my same two hobbies from last year, either; reading and journaling are still the evil culprits. Just to send all the blame away from myself, it’s also Kevin and McKenzie’s fault that I’m not writing. They’re always reading, so…
Tuesday 6 June 2017, week 4: Buldir Island When driving to Seattle from Fairbanks on a free ride from Craigslist a couple autumns ago, my driver Jim told me that I’m pretty much the definition of low maintenance. Given my nature of being content sleeping on any surface, living without running water, and eating basics rather than going out, I’d agree that it doesn’t take much to cover my needs….