Exciting Plans!

[aggienaut]

   This weekend the tallship Spirit of Dana Point (pictured above) is sailing up to Santa Barbara, a trip I'm told will take about 24 hours, and I'm going with it!


   Also today I was communicating with the the coordinator for the tallships Lady Washington & Hawaiian Chieftain, and it sounds like I'm in!! So I'll be doing that probably starting around the 29th of November! Provisionally I'm thinking for like 3 months.
   Haven't decided yet if I'm going to go on the Lady Washington sailing up the Colombia, or the Hawaiian Chieftain, which will be bouncing around the Bay Area I think.


   Also, next Wednesday I'm boating (no sails ): ) out to Catalina Island with my boss. We're going to go anchor in the little cove of Little Harbour and camp there overnight Wednesday and Thursday night. In addition to having a campfire and snorkling and all that fun stuff, we'll be lobster fishing (lobster catching? bobbing for lobsters?), as it will be the first day of the lobstering season.


   After returning to the mainland on Friday I'll be flying up to the Bay Area (again), for my good friend Ben's wedding.


   Aaaand of course we're now down to about 15 days until I leave for Turkey.
   21 days until I arrive in Israel.
   25 days until I arrive in Egypt.
   Etc. :D


Also be sure to vote in the current ljshootout poll, IT'S THE SEASON FINALE! And at the present moment it's a tie!! Exciting!!!

Comments

[a-joyous-life.livejournal.com]

That is so frickin' awesome! Yay you!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[beki.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous picture and its so cool that you are going to be able to do that. I am soooo jealous!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[drippedonpaper.livejournal.com]

I want to go to Israel and Egypt too!!!

Does that mean you are not in the Real LJ Idol this time?:(

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

It's going to be hard. ): I might get a week or two in before I leave. If at all possible I'll post from computers in hotel lobbies or something, or try to get friends to write entries for me. If all else fails people sometimes are able to get inducted in to idol later so I can always aim for that. /:

[http://users.livejournal.com/amalie_/]

Actually, it's 13 days til Turkey! We leave on the 15th!
And don't forget it's 27 days until Petra, Jordan should you choose to go!

Which reminds me, give me your passport number ASAP if you want to climb to the top of Mt. Sinai with Bedouins!!

I'm quite excited.

And don't worry, I made sure that every hotel we stay at has internet access!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Wooo!

Emailed you my passport number

Also, I have all my visas in order. (:

Also hooray for internet access! And computers one can use I'm assuming? I'm presently leaning towards not taking my lapity.

Also, did Aaron tell you my genius idea about sailing the mediterrainian?

[http://users.livejournal.com/amalie_/]

Yay for visas!!!

And yes, there will be computers you can use. All the hotels claim that they have a computer with internet access that is free. The hotel in Hurghada goes so far as to boast that they have an "internet cafe". Israel may be different since we are staying with family some of the time and I don't know about their personal computer and internet use. But never fear! Tel Aviv and Jerusalem have plenty of internet cafes. Our hostel in Massada offers free internet access but I don't know if there will be a computer so get your internet stuffs done while we are in Jerusalem before we go. Same deal with Eilat but if the hostel doesn't have a computer you can use, there is one internet cafe in town.

And yes, Aviv has told me all about your Mediterranean sailing schemes!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I've got a full plate of exciting vacationing in front of me already yet I'm still excited about this sailing the mediterranean plan. (: Went so far as to see online how much sailboats rent for these days ... but got distracted by how affordable it is to buy them ;) (40 footer for $8,000! granted its twenty years old and probably crappy...)

[spiderlilyfairy.livejournal.com]

*iz totes jellis*

hope its a great trip!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

...and I'm back, two days later than I was supposed to be. Man do I have stories to tell.

[cooljameslb.livejournal.com]

thanks for the add :D look forward to knowing you more!

I would love to take that trip!!! and to another country, lol. Sounds like you have lots of excitment ahead of you. :)

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

You have no idea. Apparently _I_ had no idea. Stand by for an entry about the time I got stuck in a squall and had crazy misadventures for 24 hours more than I was supposed to. And by "the time" I mean these past two days. (:

[bruised-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Where did you find me, please? You made no comment or message to show as such.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Oh sorry, I believe it was the Eriksangel15 friending frenzy.

[bruised-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Oh! Welcome aboard then. :)

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Haha don't get me started on nautical terminology right now, I just disembarked! (:

[gaeln.livejournal.com]

wow...dude, life's being very very exciting for you. Enjoy and we can expect photos, yes?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha of course! (:

[impoetry.livejournal.com]

Oooh I hope the trip to Santa Barbara is peaceful! (Lol sorry, been reading your LJ in reverse chronology).

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha it totally wasn't! I dunno if you saw the post I made after the trip but what was meant to be a 24 hour trip turned into 49 hours, because we ran into a gale! 15 foot seas and gale force winds headed straight at us added a whole day to the trip!

Jolly good fun! :D