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Étude settles in
In the past month it’s become apparent that delivery is not likely to be on time. Small parts are not a problem but Cummins has yet to deliver the engine. Labor is also short and competition for good craftspeople is fierce. There are a lot of boat builders in
Étude moves on
Have you ever noticed that sometimes people say “I could care less” when they really mean that they could not possibly care less about something? I mention this because… Some of you may care less about how a Nordic Tug is built. Tough. Others have expressed interest and I’m
Étude begins
It’s been quite a while since I announced that we would replace Impromptu with a new Nordic 40. What’s been going on since then, you may wonder. Construction has been delayed by the twin curses of the pandemic: labor shortage and supply chain delays. Whether they can make
Les Musées de Tacoma
OK, why the French? Search me. As I said in the last post, this voyage is light on photos. Just a few things that caught my eye. If you are in Tacoma with time on your hands, I recommend a visit to both the Washington State Museum of History and
Going Down…
I published a ton of photos of South Puget Sound last year. Since we’re covering a lot of the same ground (er, “water”) this year, I’ll just post photos of a few things I found attractive or unusual. From north to south…
One More Thing
During our first visit to Petrified Forest National Park, I asked: Here’s what I don’t get about petrified wood: how come when the organic material is replaced by minerals, it generally comes out still looking like wood? I mean come on, minerals come in every color of the
Painted Desert - Part 2
We left the charms of the El Rancho in Gallup, New Mexico, drove west on Interstate 80 for an hour or so, and re-entered the Petrified Forest National Park at its northern entrance. We were early. The park had just opened for the day, not too many people were around,
Home of the Stars
If you find yourself traveling along Interstate 40 near Gallup, New Mexico and in need of a place to lay your head, you could do worse than to check yourself into the El Rancho Hotel. It’s an historic hotel built by R.E. “Griff” Griffith, the brother of film
Soda Water
The area along NM Highway 4 south of Los Alamos has a number of hot spring spas. Perhaps it’s because the Valle Grande volcanic area is nearby. One hot spring, rich in calcium carbonate, slowly built the Soda Dam through pretty much the same process that forms stalagmites and