This page contains the posts from Facebook during our journey to the Caribbean and back in 2014 to 2016

Arriving New York
15/05 2016 Sassafras River - New York                                    
Thank you!
15/05 2016 Thanks for the help!   Twenty years ago, when Kristine was 19 years old, she worked as an au pair for the Burke family in Sassafras River, Chesapeake Bay. Thanks to Facebook, they recently got in co...
Preparations
09/05 2016 Preparations   Today we have been to Walmart and stocked up for the Atlantic ocean. 200 liters of water and soda, and hopefully enough food to last three weeks+. We have also bought three new batter...
A different cinematic experience!
05/05 2016 At the movies   In Norfolk we went to an old-style cinema. In stead of regular seats, it had lots of small chairs and tables with lamps. On the tables, there were phones. You picked up the phone and...
Norfolk
05/05 2016 Docks in low places   In Norfolk they have not one, but two free public docks! Very good for cruisers! But the genius who built them did not consider high tide. So twice per day, the dock is about ...
Oriental - Norfolk
04/05 2016 Oriental - Norfolk   No more palmtrees.   Gaia and Villvind.   Villvind passing us.   A marina along the way.   Rain!   Kristine steering.   Moving along.   A safe plac...
Emergency rations
04/05 2016 Canned meat   We're preparing for the Atlantic crossing. Testing canned meat. The result is.... interesting!        
Intracoastal Waterway
29/04 2016 North on the ICW     Early morning on the ICW, North Carolina.    
Charleston
26/04 2016 Brunost!   Today we visited the city of Charleston, South Carolina. It is one if the oldest cities in America. Downtown was very nice, with lots if brick buildings, a nice market and several pubs an...
Savannah
22/04 2016 Pause   A day off from the Intracoastal Waterway. Visiting Savannah.   A typical street in Georgia.   Another street...   Having a beer in Savannah.   Walking down the street.   ...
Lasagne on the ICW
19/04 2016 North   Motoring north on the ICW...   Finally the cold north wind has stopped!   Kristine at the helm.   Sailing vessel Gaia anchored next to us.   Getting a ride from some local fi...
Free beer in Brunswick
16/04 2016 Visiting a marina   We have now moved our boat from Titusville, Florida to Brunswick, Georgia. We went offshore for a day to gain some distance, and made it to shore just before a strong northernly...
Leaving NASA-land
11/04 2016 Leaving NASA-land   Aaaand we're off again, after a week at anchor in Titusville. We're now heading for Smyrna. After a night there, we'll go offshore to Brunswick, then follow the ICW further north...
Falcon9
09/04 2016 Rocket launch party   Yesterday we got to see a live rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX sent up one of their new Falcon9-rockets carrying supplies to the International Sp...
Space history
06/04 2016 Kennedy Space Center     Today, we visited the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The visitor complex is very touristy, but they have preserved a lot of important space history. It wa...
Titusville
04/04 2016 Titusville   Another couple of days on the ICW, Florida. We're motoring north. Yesterday we had a pleasant meeting. Suddenly we saw the Norwegian boat "Lucky Strike" on our AIS. We met them first in...
On the road again
31/03 2016 A rainy day   Driving the Intracoastal Waterway is like driving a car along the highway. Today we had a lot of rain, but it cleared up in the afternoon. We have now pulled up to the side of the road...
Kommandøren
30/03 2016 Kommandøren   Like nord for Lake Worth, Florida, fekk vi oss ei overrasking i dag. På vår babord side låg gamle KOMMANDØREN fortøyd til kaia!  
Sixteen bridges
29/03 2016 Where the money piles up   Another day on the Intracoastal Waterway. The ICW is an inshore sea channel that runs from Miami to New York. The channel is dredged, so you can't stray much off course be...
A visit from home
28/03 2016 A visit from home   We've now had a visit from Kjell Arne's family in Pompano Beach, Florida for almost a week. We anchored Emma in a small bay by the Intracoastal Waterway, and moved into a house t...