File this one under: Mystery of the Universe When we opened up the camper on the docks here in Valparaiso only one thing was out of place. Our wine opener, a heavy, boxed SrewPull, was on the floor. The door…
Fuso vs. Valparaiso Dock Crew – Part 2
We returned to the docks on Wednesday, 16 January, 2008. We were scheduled for an inspection meeting involving three of the parties that operate on the docks: MARVAL, the overall operating company; TPS, the German company that operates the portion…
Fuso vs. Valparaiso Dock Crew
The ship carrying our Fuso, Seaboard’s Thor Nectar, arrived late morning on Saturday, 12 January. Thor Nectar
The Long, Dark, Dead End Alley
Have you ever been in a new city, in a new country and done something that broke every safe traveling rule you’ve ever been told or learned? Have you ever been in a new city, a gritty…
The Best and the Brightest?
As my friends and family back in Iowa head to the caucuses today I am half a world away. This year, of all years, with the most wide-open and potentially interesting presidential campaign of my lifetime in progress, I am…
The Second Quest
One of the little known upsides of foreign travel is exposure to obscure movies subtitled in the local language. We’re holed up in a hotel in Santiago, Chile, waiting for our expedition truck & motorcycles to arrive via…
The Big Gulp Effect
We flew in from New York to Santiago, Chile two days ago. We spent about five hours walking around Santiago today. One of the things we immediately noticed here, as we have everywhere we travel in the world, is the…
Emergency Beacon / GPS Tracker
I just came across this company and their product launched 1 November, 2007. Small, lightweight and portable, it combines EPIRB type emergency beacon functions with a general purpose GPS locator tracker and simple “I’m OK” message functions. It looks like…
Ready to Ship – Final BEV Buildup Photos
We are pulling out to put the rig on the ship to Chile in a couple of days. I am still working down the last items on the endless “to do” list. Today I discovered that the spare main circuit…
Buchanan’s Book, America and Immigration
What do you think of the idea that the United States of America is probably destined to disinegrate into clusters of independent states? What is your opinion of the idea that America is divinely appointed as the world’s leader, now…