Winter 2009-2010 02/21/2010
This is my first update since just prior to Thanksgiving and the reason is that we had left Japan by air back to the US for ………vacation??  It has been a nice getaway for Carol and me.  We spent time with our families, caught up with old friends and, of course, went to a boat show!! We put the boat "to bed" in Ashiya, ... More>
 
Ashiya, Japan update 11/21/2009
We are only 4 days away from Thanksgiving Day (depending on whose time zone you use) and I just realized that we have been living in one place (Ashiya, Japan) for almost three months!  We have seen and learned so much here that it is difficult to put it into a blog entry short enough to hold anyone’s interest long enough ... More>
 
Yokohama to Ashiya 10/09/2009
We just survived Typhoon number 2 while in Japan last night.  Ken and Roberta on Sans Souci and Braun and Tina on Grey Pearl have long gone back to the US, storing their boats here for the winter months.   You usually get three or four days of warning before the Typhoons hit you here and there are ... More>
 
Yokohama Bayside Marina 09/28/2009
Yokohama was really a terrific place and we had mixed emotions about leaving there.  Our last few days there were spent dithering about securing lines and fenders preparing for the impending Typhoon that was supposed to hit. The Marina had come and politely asked us to move to a more secure location within the marina ... More>
 
Hokkaido to Yokohama 08/22/2009
In the end, we spent 6 days in Hokkaido, just as we had planned.  Although we enjoyed being there and the people were wonderful, I look back at it as a bit of a letdown after all of the anticipation.  As I said, the people could not have been nicer and more gracious.  Our local agent, Shiba San, did everything he could to ... More>
 
 

 
 
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