Alameda CA, United States

The Charter Company and the Vacation Yacht

10 days and man are we counting. Our charter history started with a company we came to call the “Get what you pay for Yacht Charter Company”. They’re out of business. We’ve chartered with Tradewinds, Moorings, Horizon and this year we’re using Footloose, the second tier company for the...

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Mark & Karen Brunelle on November 13, 2008 from Alameda, United States

from the travel blog: British Virgin Islands Thanksgiving Cruise 2008

Oh NO! Another blog from people who are supposed to be in recession gloating about being some cool place YOU'RE not!

Blogging our 5th sailing trip to the Caribbean came about in the serendipitous way that I imagine most blogs do. While looking for tools to produce an online presence for my business newsletters, I ran into a travel map on a friend of mine's business partner's site. It showed a cool map of the...

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Mark & Karen Brunelle on November 11, 2008 from Alameda, United States

from the travel blog: British Virgin Islands Thanksgiving Cruise 2008

Getting Ready

So we're 12 days from leaving and we're already almost packed. Care for our little zoo is covered. Quito, the Lori is going on his own vacation to Tracy CA where he visits an oversized family of other birds. He'll come home with a few new words and a more humble attitude after realizing that...

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Mark & Karen Brunelle on November 11, 2008 from Alameda, United States

from the travel blog: British Virgin Islands Thanksgiving Cruise 2008