A Pig

A perfectly proportioned, partially perturbed Pohnpeian pig, perambulating ponderously, possibly perusing a pasture for palatable protein. Probably particularly prefers the prenom Petunia. Sorry about that one guys! Anyway, it’s a pig.

A Walk Around Nan Madol

In the spirit of keeping up with our travels in a timely manner, I mentioned in the last post that we were on Pohnpei for some surfing. This is not that post. Instead, it is a post about a trip we took there in July, to hike, visit a million waterfalls, and visit the ruins […]

Fishing, on Kwajalein, From Pohnpei

We are sitting here on Pohnpei, on a rainy, windy day, arms sore from a few long days of some great surf on P-Pass. Today the surf is blown out, and we are laying about, and I suddenly remember that I have a blog… Okay, not exactly, but we were talking about how long it […]

Here Be Dragons…

I have always loved the saying – the legend on maps – from the Middle Ages and the time of oceanic exploration that says, “here be dragons”. It was such a great description of those places marked on maps, yet to be discovered, where people had not yet traveled, or had not explored fully enough […]

Ye Olde Patches McGee

It’s been a little bit! I have been terrible at keeping up lately. For reasons I am not able to go into (for reasons I am not able to go into), I have been kind of buried in my own misery of working too much and sorely missing my status as a curmudgeonly old retired […]

Just a typical day on Kwaj

What do we do on any given day here on this little island? Mostly we work. Which is a lot tougher than I thought it would be after retiring and traveling for the last couple of years. But, it is all made up for in a moment when we remember that we get to live […]

Happy New Year!

Just a few weeks late… New years here on Kwajalein is a pretty big deal. Everyone was out, and everyone was festive. Tam and I were on call on New Years eve, so we found ourselves curled up in bed by ten-thirty that night. I would say the highlight of the night was the fireworks […]

A Very Ebeye Christmas

Another Christmas was coming around, and Scrooge and Scroogette were wondering what to do to shore up their sagging holiday spirit (actually, they were trying to find a quiet place to hide), so they went to the neighboring island of Ebeye for something a bit different. Kwajalein (where we live) is a tiny island itself […]

What a strange little place.

Well, I have been here three weeks. I definitely have a bunch of thoughts about life here on Kwajalein. First, let me just say that I will not put a bunch of pictures in here until I go through all the rules with someone high up in the garrison, because I don’t want to get […]

My walk yesterday

I took a walk yesterday, in the morning, and, yes, it was freezing cold. Strangely, I ran into a couple people I know, and of course the topic of the election the night before came up. All right, before I go too much further, I will apologize ahead of time for any statements in here […]