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29 Seconds Overlooking the Trent River at Sunset

01,November, 201709,November, 2017 Sailor

Sunset over the Trent River in New Bern, NC 2017-Nov-01

29 Seconds of sunset video footage Took this beautiful 29 seconds of sunset video footage tonight overlooking the Trent River in New Bern, NC. The railroad trestle and bridge are visible in the foreground as well as the Trent River Bridge in the background. The weather today was in the mid-70’s and perfect. We don’t know about y’all, but we could watch this video on loop all night. The original video is much longer and we are limited to our upload size. We added this and other videos to our…

July-Aug 2017, sushi and Irma

06,September, 201709,November, 2017 Sailor

July-Aug 2017 Sweltering heat and oppressive humidity makes for a challenging creative environment for blogging, or doing much of anything really besides hiding from the climate. In this post we will share our experiences with July-Aug 2017, sushi and Irma. We learned this lesson during the month of August here in New Bern, NC where, as the old saying goes, it wasn’t so much the heat but the humidity that made our days a struggle. We did what we could to stay cool and endured very well with the pups…

Offshore Sailing with Dolphins: June 2017

19,June, 201711,November, 2017 Sailor

Offshore Sailing with Dolphins On the second day of our second offshore sailing passage, SV Banjo was, without warning, surrounded by a pod of dolphins. Shannon was the first to notice our visitors. We saw dolphins on every trip away from the docks until now, and this experience set the bar even higher. SV Banjo was on her second offshore passage since Shannon & Shawn became her “new people.” Her position was just off of the North Carolina Coast between Myrtle Beach, SC and SouthPort, NC. Mid-day, without warning, we…