Since 2007 I've been using a Nikon D300 with an 18-200mm VR lens as my travel camera. I've got a D700 in my studio with a variety of fixed lenses, and I love that camera, but something like the D300 with one good, versatile lens seems perfect for travel…no changing…
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Friluftsliv — pronounced free-loofts-liv translates directly from Norwegian as "free air life." It's a concept we don't really have a word for in English, and doesn't translate easily, but it's a word used in Norway to describe a life spent exploring and appreciating nature. YES! (I know, I used that water…
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New zincs on the transom, the rudder, and the bow and stern thrusters, a good pressure washing, another coat of bottom paint on the hull, and a coat of antifouling paint on the running gear: I hate not being to watch all the fun in person, but Herve at Nordic…
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Okay so what does everyone love for cookware? In the Airstream I've still got this set of nesting cookware by Magma that I got a while back, and it's fine, but it's not particularly sexy. In the boat I have the same set, because it nests, it's space saving, and…
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Fossil Bay, Sucia Islands, March 2015
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Now that we've spent about a hundred days/nights in our Nordic Tug (since the end of September 2014! Can you believe that??), there are a few details in Nordic Tugs that we think Airstreams should have. 1. Locking cabinet/drawer pulls Obviously, the real wood (sapele) cabinetry in the Nordic Tug…
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We worked this morning over at Friday Harbor for a while, and then headed back to Anacortes. We're going to have some work done on the boat this week/next week (haul out, bottom paint, zincs replaced, stuff like that). Sad to say goodbye, but it's just for a short bit.…
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Kevin shot some aerial/quadcopter video of us in Fossil Bay over on Sucia Island the other day and made a short video. The weather wasn't quite as beautiful as as it was for his previous Sucia Island quadcopter video, but this is a different view of the bay on a…
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Fossil Bay on Sucia Island last night at dusk: Sucia Island sky from bed this morning: Fossil Bay, not from bed: In the stateroom up front there are two portholes and one skylight, and I can usually tell by the color of the light if I should get up and…
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I wish everywhere I walked was flanked by this gorgeous fairy land moss and fern: So far in our travels around the San Juan Islands, Sucia Island is our favorite for hiking. Today we hiked two more trails we had not yet hiked: the trail out to Fox Point (not…
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