Thanksgivings Through the Years

Thanksgivings Through the Years

Over the past two decades, we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving in many different places … sometimes in the USA where it’s actually a major holiday and sometimes in foreign ports where we sought to share some American traditions with local friends who considered it just another Thursday in November.  Come take a look at past Thanksgivings with us.

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There to Here – Southern Africa Travels & a Circumnavigation

There to Here – Southern Africa Travels & a Circumnavigation

After a challenging Indian Ocean passage, we were ready for some land time and what better place to explore than southern Africa! Come with us as we travel inland to incomparable game parks and unique experiences, then make our way down the Wild Coast of east Africa, around the Cape of Good Hope and complete our world circumnavigation in Cape Town.

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Upfitting Blue - Project 2: Mounting Solar Panels

Upfitting Blue - Project 2: Mounting Solar Panels

The second project of our van conversion on Blue, our Ford Transit 250, is now complete. He now has two 180 watt solar panels mounted on his roof.

 

Unlike the first project, installing the roof fan and ventilator, this installation didn't involve cutting a huge hole in the roof - just a few small ones. The hardest part was getting the panels up on the roof without damaging them or the van – or falling off the makeshift scaffolding in the process.

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