After crossing into the eastern hemisphere last night, today we crossed into the southern hemisphere, and the boys officially graduated from pollywog to shellback status. Huh, you say? Well, a longstanding tradition among seafarers dictates […]

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Our last day in Ghana was spent on a service visit to the City of Hope Refuge, an orphanage and school about an hour north of Tema, in Doryumu, Ghana. The founders of City of […]

Today Heidi decided she needed a break, and let Reade, Tate and I go it alone. Apparently, virtually ALL of the families stayed on the ship except for us, needing a break from the stress […]

Having gotten the contact information of a great taxi driver from one of the faculty who had used him the day prior, we spent the day with Eric, who works at the port as an […]

After receiving our Cultural Pre-Port lecture two nights ago, last night was the Logistical Pre-Port meeting. Stuff like: don’t wear your passport folder hanging outside your shirt, don’t flash money around, jewelry not recommended, alcohol […]

Today at 12:47 local time, the entire ship’s Moment of Silence occurred somewhere off the coast of Liberia. This 10th anniversary of 9/11 was not lost on us, despite the fact that few of us […]

As we sail southward along the west coast of Africa, it seems to get warmer and more humid. Traversing relatively shallow water off the coast of Senegal which is quite warm (72 degrees F), as […]

Another term for ‘getting fuel’, as apparently it is both cheaper and better quality, here on the island of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. We floated jsut outside the port for about 6 hours […]

For those of you who don’t yet know, Heidi, the boys and I will spend the next four months going around the world via the Fall 2011 Voyage of Semester at Sea. We depart for […]

Spent an hour or so with the kids and grandparents exploring Red Rocks. Could brothers be any different? We then took a walk down by Clear Creek to check out the kayakers. The water is […]

Here’s a few from Saturday’s first swim meet. Tate and Reade both rocked it with 5 first places ribbons each, both getting State qualifying times in some events.