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It is Saturday and where are we headed?

Today we were going to try and do the Route 66 sign but since we had been advised to still not go into the desert we were off south to do part of the HMD series (Heart of the Mojave … Continue reading

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Okay now what? It rained last night…..

As I said in my last post we had thunder and lightening on the way home last night. Well it turns out it continued throughout the night in the area we wanted to cache – The Route 66 Sign. It … Continue reading

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Route 66 here we come, again….

Okay here it is. It was two years ago that sweet-marie was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. Rumrunner 1 and I whisked her off to Barstow weeks after she was diagnosed. We only manged to get to 449 on Route 66 … Continue reading

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Laughlin, Nevada here we come

Today marks the departure of myself and sweet-marie, Rumrunner1 and Wifey of Tugman and Wifey for Laughing Nevada. We departed sweet-marie’s at some early hour of 6:15 and had to make a couple of stops on the way to Bellingham … Continue reading

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Idaho here we come.

Sweet Marie and myself had been talking about doing this trip for some time. A third cacher who normally travels with us Rumrunner1 decided that he would pass on this trip and go sailing for 2 days. We left mid … Continue reading

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Madeira (Funchal), Portugal

We arrived at Funchal at sunrise and I was out on my balcony watching the arrival into the port. I have to say this is one of my favourite ports to sail into or out of. It is spring and … Continue reading

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilies

Today we docked at Philipsburg, St. Maarten which as a half Dutch and half French island. The plan was to go ashore with our cruise friends ( I cruised with Christian 6 years ago) who are from Germany and don’t … Continue reading

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

Today we sailed in around 11:00 AM to San Juan harbour passing by Castillo San Felipe del Morro at the entrance to San Juan. After docking we headed off the ship with kissingamee at 12:30 PM to grab some geocaches. … Continue reading

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CoCo Cay, Bahamas

Today we tendered ashore to Royal Caribbean’s Private Island (Celebrity Cruises Parent Company). This is one where one either uses the ships tender or in this case where small ferries come alongside and take you ashore. There are 7 caches … Continue reading

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Sail from Fort Lauderdale to Civitavecchia, Italy

Today I head to the the Port of Fort Lauderdale to board the cruise ship Celebrity Silhouette for a 15 night cruise to Italy. I have done transatlantic cruises the last two years and this will be my 3rd year … Continue reading

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