Grand Atlantic

... the prairies (we'll do that some other time - really!), flying straight to Ontario and then motor-homing to and through Atlantic Canada. Who is we? It's our entire family of seven (Dennis, Sandra and 5 kids). I have travelled vicariously through many ...

A life...a journey...a discovery.

... determined for English               exploration across the Atlantic.     1590      The settlement at Roanoke had vanished.   ...

... hochalpines Klima in Kolumbien, Dschungel im Amazonasgebiet und schlussendlich für Social Parties vor und nach der ARC (Atlantic Race for Cruisers) reichen. Ebenfalls mussten einige Bücher, Fotoausrüstung, Computer, Notfall-Apotheke, ...

... and found a top of the line Levi jean jacket with just a few salt stains for five dollars -- I'm sure I will quickly add more marks. Also ironic that it has an Atlantic Salmon picture plus label "Ross Island Salmon" when nobody lives on the island ...

... nbsp; I highly recommend that if you have the opportunity to swim with a horse that you do so.  Watching those waves from the Atlantic crash into the horse while he remains steady and strong.  All you have to do is hang on.  And you ...

... back). A lot of Jason Aldean's song "Johnny Cash". We made our first stop at a Tim Hortins on the way, because when in Atlantic Canada one must stop at every Tim Hortins you can. Its a rule (evidently). Our second stop was another of Rays brother, ...

... force of the 18 to 25 knot winds from the SE right on the nose as we turned south off the Little Bahama Bank into the Atlantic. We furled the Genny but kept the reefed main up to stabilize us as we continued to roll. Dave was feeling the effects and we ...

... and thought about how thin 1" steel plates seemed for a hull when faced with the wave action and pounding fury of the Atlantic. The Captain pointed out the extra thick plating and the heat radiating from the hull where we were standing.  That spot ...

Our resort... beautiful. We bought a plan that gave us three 4 course meals inculding 2 glasses of wine, your choice of red or white and a dessert wine with dessert... I've never ate so much in my life.... Our view from our room was fabulous too... We ...

The first two and a half days were relatively rough.   While the seas we no more than 8', we had a good bit of motion and we had a couple folks sick.  We found this to be the case on other vessels as well.  Luckily, Sue and I were ...

... spare parts from the UK that got stuck in customs in Madrid, so missed a couple of weather windows to get out into the Atlantic. We spent the time upgrading the boat for the crossing. We even have an emergency flood pump connected to the engine, new ...

... to the Arctic Ocean, West to the Pacific, South to the Gulf of Mexico, and East to the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean. Whereas the the land rises up to one thousand feet from Lake Superior in under a mile, all the way from Duluth to Thunder ...

... be performed while at sea, we decided to renew our vows on black and white formal evening. It seemed appropriate somehow. The Grand Princess has a wedding chapel called Hearts and Minds, a simple but elegant room. We met with the Wedding Coordinator, ...

... . All passengers had to show up and be accounted for, or we're not docking in Great Britain! Life aboard the Grand Princess has taken on an enjoyable pace. There are morning announcements by our activities director Tim (with his lovely British ...

... of coffee and breakfast...we were ready for the day. We had so many choices, it was hard to decide...morning yoga or Pilates...a grand tour of the ship, ballroom dancing classes, doubles ping-pong challenge, and the list goes on. We decided to enjoy the ...

... diameter). After a 50 mile run, the poles come into view dead ahead. WOW ... the navigation is working great. We enter the Atlantic through a small opening in the coral and rock. Immediate we are in the midst of 6-8 foot seas. The waves are hitting ...

May 15, 2005 Somewhere in the North Atlantic - Kim After so many bad reviews from my friends I was not sure how Dave and I would take to 17 days on a cruise ship. Well, we are halfway through and so far it has more than met expectations. I've been ...

... a five-year-old American space station (Skylab) broke up and fell to Earth in the area around the town (instead of over the Atlantic Ocean as planned ... NASA with its finger on the pulse!). It was amazing that no-one was hurt, nor property damaged, by ...

... Us" --they only roast fair trade coffee that they import directly from Mexico and Central America.  They sell their coffee in the Atlantic provinces and as far as Toronto, as well as fair trade sugar and chocolate.  We were able to get a little ...