USA | Friday, 11 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [17]
WE HAD AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE FOR STOPPING in Virginia. Of course we wanted to see old friends Steve and Roz but we had also arranged to have our South Dakota absentee ballots forwarded to them in Fairfax. This year especially, voting—forgive the expression—... Read more >
KUWAIT | Wednesday, 9 Oct 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
See all 131 photos >>
USA | Wednesday, 9 Oct 2024 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery
See all 6 photos >>
USA | Tuesday, 8 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [22]
CONNIE, BLESS HER HEART, WAS ON DECK at 4:30 AM when Venezia passed beneath the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and sailed by the Statue of Liberty so the photos from the Hudson were taken with her iPhone. We were packed and breakfasted by half-past eight ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 4 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
See all 25 photos >>
BERMUDA | Tuesday, 1 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [38]
AFTER TWO NIGHTS AND A DAY OF SAILING the good ship Venezia docked at the aptly named Dockyards in Bermuda, about 800 “seagull miles” from NYC. While Hurricane Helene was wreaking havoc on the Southeast US, we were barely affected. Seas ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 27 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [33]
BERMUDA WASN’T EVEN ON OUR TRAVEL RADAR—resorts on the island are obscenely expensive and the flight schedule is inconvenient. But the idea of sailing from New York, down the Hudson past the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings and Lady ... Read more >
BERMUDA | Thursday, 26 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
See all 46 photos >>
USA | Friday, 20 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [49]
MYSTIC SEAPORT, MADE SEMI-FAMOUS by the Julia Robert’s film Mystic Pizza, is the largest seaport museum in the US. I often thought of stopping on my way to Boston but never quite made it. Until today.
... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 19 Sep 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [48]
A GLANCE BACK AT OUR JOURNALS CONFIRMED IT—it’s been twenty-one years to the day since last we were in Southern Vermont. A lot has changed since then and much of what hasn’t isn’t quite like I remember it!
... Read more >