Chicago
I guess our love of boating started here in 1964, in Kenilworth, a...
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Galapagos Islands
A pelican ignores a group about to land at one of the many volcanic...
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Botswana
These flat bottomed boats are called mokoros, and we rode them for an entire...
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India
Sunrise near the ghats of Veranasi, where pilgrims come to bathe and...
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Antarctica
Kayaking around the magnificence of the Antarctic peninsula was one of...
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New Zealand
Trying to circumnavigate the two islands.
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New Zealand
The seas were too rough, and we'd soon be turning back. So much for...
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Ireland
Across the Irish Sea, an overnight journey from Wales to Dublin, Ireland.
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St Maarten
One of the catamarans that take us out on sunset cruises, or day trips...
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St Maarten
As soon as these six big guys raise the sail, we'll be on our way.
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St Maarten
Sailing is fun, unless you drink too many rum punches. This picture seems to...
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St Maarten
And here is proof that older guys can handle sailing on a catamaran. But I...
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Wales
I wonder what this young boatman is doing these days, since I took his...
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Alaska
On our first cruise to Glacier Bay, we entered the passengers'...
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Cabo San Lucas
It's quite a bit later than 6 am when we motored past the famous rocks to...
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Cabo San Lucas
It's not yet 6 am , but already the little fishing boats are...
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Out at sea
Singing and dancing to the YMCA song.
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Dana Point
Whale watchers returning as we wait to go out to find some others....
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South Pacific
Keeping eyes peeled for some dolphins swimming by.
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Tahiti
A tender coming to take us over to a nearby motu for a day of sun and...
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Bermuda
Sunset over the little islands near Hamilton. I won't say we were in an...
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Pacific Ocean
Feeding time during a four day cruise off the coast of California.
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We've met some interesting people on our cruises. One was the late Rod...
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Catalina
The first tender heads for Catalina Island early in the morning.
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St Maarten
A sunset cruise about to end as the boat sails into Simpson Bay. Most...
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India
The ancient walls of Udaipur are in stark contrast to the very modern,...
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Udaipur
This postcard shows the Lake Palace Hotel ,gleaming white in the sunshine. We...
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St Martin
We were snorkeling out here, around Creole Rock, when the World Trade...
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St Martin, the French side of the island
Floats, not boats. But I admit we spend a lot of time on them. There's...
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Polynesia
As we returned from a day of fun on shore, our ship's crew conducted...
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South Pacific
A bit of quiet time somewhere between New Zealand and Hawaii.
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Vanuatu
Some singers greeted us as we left our ship for a day of swimming near...
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South Pacific
We'd just crossed the Equator when some of us posed on the aft...
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Ensenada
Our son Rick and granddaughter Andrea visited us from Perth,...
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Ushuaia
Docking at the southernmost city in the world. Next stop south would be...
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Cape Horn
Hundreds of ships have foundered and sunk as they tried to navigate...
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Cape Horn
This ship was about 45 minutes behind us, and they weren't so...
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Scandinavia
Eight years earlier, we took the Crown Odyssey from London to Leningrad, and...
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St Maarten
Engrossed in her book, Pat scarcely notices the number one off-ship...
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Poros
We stopped for a while on the pretty little island of Poros, one of...
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Cozumel
After snorkeling just off this Mexican island, Pat toasts the occasion with a...
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Bali
We're in a little wooden boat, headed to an island called...
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St Maarten
When we take a sailboat out of the bay, we first climb onto a dinghy....
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Amazon
Shortly after leaving the Atlantic, sailing up the Amazon River, we...
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Amazon
Locals from the little village of Valeria waiting for the ship's crew and...
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Vietnam
A two-hour ride from Hanoi brought us over here to Halong Bay. We were...
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Vietnam
Following another boat as we head off into Halong Bay.
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Somewhere around St. Martin
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Prince Edward Island
My four about to land at this beautiful island in 1967. I recall the...
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Mexican Riviera
Another family classic: Betsy and Bill are on the deck of a cruise...
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Stratford on Avon
We went to summer school at Oxford, England, and once every three week...
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Bora Bora
So when can we get back here? Little did we know, but we'd be back...
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Andaman Sea
An unforgettable two weeks sailing from Singapore to Phuket and back.
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James Bond Island
If the scene looks familiar, you may have seen the movie, "The Man...
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China
We were here on the Shennong River only ten years ago, but this isn't...
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China
Toward the end of a full day of sailing down the Liang River, a real...
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Virgin Gorda
This is one time we didn't want any boats around . We'd returned to...
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Fanning Island
After two days sailing from Hawaii, we wound up for half a day on this...
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Bora Bora
We spent a week at Club Med, and as luck would have it, the world's...
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Caribbean
Our first trip to the Caribbean was in 1963, when we left the Chicago...
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Saba
Thirty years later, in 1993, we took another Windjammer cruise. While...
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Nevis
Every time the sails were raised, they played 'Amazing Grace' on the...
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Bali
This is a grasshopper boat that many tourists take out on the sunrise side of...
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Bali
The beach vendor sold me this little boat. He broke it down so I could...
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St. Maarten
A little boat waiting for its owner to take it out on the beautiful...
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Xochimilco
The floating gardens just outside of Mexico City.
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Mexico
On the Grivalvi river in central Mexico. Until I saw this picture I...
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Glacier Bay
We've taken an Alaskan cruise twice, and both times the highlight was...
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Taha'a
One of the beautiful little motus that ring the edge of "The Vanilla...
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Bora Bora
Tim eyeing Bora Bora, just possibly the most beautiful island in the world.
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Bangkok
My favorite photo from our first visit to Thailand more than 20 years ago. I...
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Bora Bora
Our son and daughter-in-law learning how to windsail at Club Med, Bora...
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Cabo San Lucas
Another sunrise, and the fishing boats get ready to go out.
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Cabo San Lucas
We boarded a little boat and passed by the rocks at the end of Cabo,...
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Cabo San Lucas
The tail of a whale
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Sea of Cortez
Toward the end of a very fine week, sailing from Cabo up into the Sea...
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Cabo
Look, there's another one!
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Costa Rica
On a tour of Costa Rica we boarded this little boat and went out to an island...
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Costa Rica
Several times a day, we'd climb into a canoe and search for wildlife in...
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Sea of Cortez
There's our ship that took us up and inside the coast of Baja California....
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Pacific
One more sunset at sea. That's my Pat somewhere under that white hat.
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Galapagos Islands
The leader of the sea lion pack is the beachmaster, and here he is warily...
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Saba
From our St. Maarten deck, we watch a Carnival cruise ship sailing by...
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Ecuador
These are some of the headwaters of the Amazon in the mountains of...
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Nepal
Here we were in southeastern Nepal. Why would we take a rickety old boat like...
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Stockholm
The clock tells us it's just about time to get back to our ship...
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Suez Canal
This was funny. We were leaving the Suez Canal, headed into the...
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St Maarten
Here's 'Random Wind', our favorite ship in the Caribbean. We sail...
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St Maarten
That's the Titanic seat, considered the best spot on the ship.
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St Maarten
It's a great view from the Titanic seat, isn't it?
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Zimbabwe
After visiting Victoria Falls, we took a canoe ride at sunset about a...
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Burma
A motorboat just like ours passing by a casino on the Burma shore. Today the...
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Cabo San Lucas
The very, very end of Baja California, very early in the morning as we sailed...
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Cabo
I had my camera ready. Hope those people in that boat did too. But it...
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Thames River
This is the wedding boat that brought our newly married son and new...
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China
Our Yangtze River cruise stopped long enough for us to stretch our...
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French Riviera
The sunbathers on the beach at Nice don't pay any attention to the cruise...
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Moscow
Here we are on the Volga River, after ten days of sailing along the Russian...
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Bora Bora
A frigate bird and a seagull look rather menacing as they seem to...
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Oman
Near the town of Muscat, fishermen bringing in their catch of the day...
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Acapulco
Pat's headed back on board for a well deserved dinner, and...
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Oman
Our first stop on a marvelous three week cruise from Bombay to Athens, up...
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Montana
White water rafting at Big Sky, Montana with our daughter Betsy and grandkids...
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Lake Titicaca
Sitting between Peru and Bolivia, this is the highest lake in the world. The...
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Uglich
Our Russian Waterways cruiser docked so we can explore another little town on...
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St Maarten
The skipper of our larger sailboat actually sailed this little one across the...
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Caribbean
Over the side for another swim & snorkel. Lunch will be ready when...
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Thailand
Our raftman taking us down the river near Chiang Mai in one of most basic of...
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Chiang Mai
Here we are, cruising down the river in northern Thailand with Carol...
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Democratic Republic of Congo
This is Lake Kivu, once called the Lake Geneva of Africa for its...
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St Barts
Our motor launch stopped off at a tiny island near the more famous...
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St Barts
A four foot barracuda hovered below. They tend to like the shade or...
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New Zealand
This is Milford Sound. Soon the skipper will cut the motors, drift...
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New Zealand
Pat listening to the sound of silence.
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Zihuatenejo
On a cruise down the Mexican Riviera just last month, we stopped off at a...
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Zihuatenejo
Headed back to our cruise ship after a day at the beach.
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France
The harbor at Honfleur, a beautiful little seaport we discovered in Normandy.
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St Maarten
Okay, they're not really boats, but we spend so much time floating around...
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Australia
Headed out from Cairnes to go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef,...
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Costa Rica
On the western side of Costa Rica, a fisherman heads out into the Pacific.
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Moorea
We're in Cook's Bay, in our favorite Tahitian island. And...
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South Pacific
It doesn't sound very romantic, but we'd just sailed by Tin...
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Somewhere
How many times have we gazed out our cabin window at the passing...
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