A Ride On The Racing Sloop Sparkle – Port Hadlock, Washington

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Because we have 4,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
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GOOGLE JUST DROPPED ALL PICASA WEB ALBUMS IN FAVOR OF GOOGLE PHOTOS WHICH I HATE! ALL OF OUR 4000+ BLOGS THAT HAD A PICASA WEB ALBUM INCLUDED NO LONGER ALLOW VIEWING THOSE PHOTOS! I HATE GOOGLE AND WILL IMMEDIATELY SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT METHOD!

IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE THE PHOTOS IN THE ALBUM OF A PARTICULAR BLOG POST…THE ONLY OPTION IS TO FIND IT IN THE 700+ ALBUMS. USE THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POSTING.

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The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Mount Vernon RV Resort in Bow, Washington. I’ll depart here August 9th. I’ve been here a number of times in past years.

 

I’ll be hanging out in this general area until about the beginning of October, taking maximum advantage of my Thousand Trails membership and very agreeable weather.

 

(Note: I’m currently a little discombobulated right now. My normal mode is to blog what I experienced yesterday. Right now, I’m a number of blogs behind my experiences. I expect to be back in my normal mode in about three weeks.)

 

 

Today’s subject…

A couple of weeks ago while in the Port Hadlock area, I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and got an enjoyable 45 minute free ride on the racing sloop Sparkle. Known as the ‘boat to beat”, Sparkle has an interesting history which you can read by clicking this link…

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Here are some photos that I took…

 

 

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

 

 

 

 

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Thanks to co-boat owner Guy and crew for a fun ride on Puget Sound!

 

 

 

 

To see the other 43 photos that I took, click this link…

https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273/album/AF1QipPwROJw8uYfoHwNpKMArzuijgk-dTfTX4L0gjOJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To read all about Port Hadlock, click this link…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hadlock-Irondale,_Washington

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos!

Yesterday was cloudy/sunny and 77 degrees. Forecast for today is cloudy/sunny and 72 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Washington. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

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Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

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My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

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On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet 2016

 

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