Yesterday I finished writing about visiting every building in America that use to have the title of tallest in the world by writting about the World Trade Center memorial. What…
When I visited the Burj Khalifa in Dubia, the tallest building in the world, during my travels in 2014 I realized I had been in three of the last six…
Since the World Trade Center was once the tallest building in the world I visit the memorial site as part of my tour to see all the building in the…
If you are into visiting building and getting great views from observation decks, then there is none other than the Empire State Building in New York City. This is where…
You read that correctly. Today’s photo of the day is taken from the main observation deck at the top of building, but there is another one at the top of…
I continued to visit each building that once was the tallest in the world during my offseason road trip and on Sunday I wrote all about how the 40 Wall…
As we follow my quest to see all the buildings once labeled “tallest in the world” I visited 40 Wall Street, which is a 71-story neo-gothic skyscraper in downtown New…
The Woolworth Building is the next stop as we visit all the former “tallest building in the world” in America and it held the title from 1913 until 1930. The…
On Sunday you read how I was going to try and see all the buildings in America that have claimed to be the tallest in the world at one point…
I am on a quest to see buildings that were deemed the tallest in the world at one time. Yesterday I wrote all about Philadelphia City Hall and tomorrow I…
This offseason I broke my tradition and did not travel overseas. Instead I took a two and a half week road trip in America. I started off by flying into…
Warren & Erica join me as we talk about their three-month road trip around the southwest USA in a pickup truck that Warren modified. We had a great time chatting…
When I visited my parents in Kansas City the first thing we did before heading to their house was go downtown and check out the main library. What this branch…
When I went to Denver, CO from Oslo, Norway I flew on Iceland Air and had a two hour layover in Reykjavik, Iceland. My flight was pretty cheap ($460), but what I…
I spent the entire week hanging out in the north part of Lake Worth, which is in North Palm Beach. There is a dinghy landing a quarter of a mile…
November 1st is the day my insurance says I can start heading south due to the hurricane season ending in 30 days and the likelihood of a storm is greatly…
My name is Eric McKenzie. I’m 25 years old and a full time firefighter/paramedic for Chillicothe, MO Fire Department. I have never been sailing before but love the ocean and…
This week started with me in the Bahamas and ending with me in the United States. On Sunday Paul, Nancy, & I hung out at the fantastic Old Bahama Bay…
This week I thought I would let Bluie Foster (the mom of the family who is sailing with me this week and next) provide a recap of our activities. Hey! …
I snuck into Miami before a strong cold front hit the area. I dropped my anchor on the south side of the Venetian Causeway between Di Lido and Riva Alto…
On Sunday I met a representative of the Seven Seas Sailing Association in order to pick up boxes of books donated for schools in The Bahamas. I originally stated I…
The constant chop at the exposed anchorage in Titusville was starting to get on my nerve, but I had to wait until a battery temperature sensor arrived. On Thursday I…
After church (and a healthy breakfast of donuts) Dad and I went to NASA for the day. He had taken me when I was 8-10 so it was fun to…
On Sunday we all slept in and relaxed until my dad and I went to church. After that we walked around St Mary’s and Lennie found a washer and dryer…
On Sunday we all milled around until noon. At that time Mark said his goodbyes and we headed offshore for an overnight to Charleston. We started with 20-25 knots from…
We left Manteo on Halloween morning and headed for Oakracoke, but the winds were a bit too much on the nose, so instead of a southwest route we went westward…
We rented a car and picked my dad up from the airport. On Tuesday we went to the historic triangle and saw Jamestown (the first permanent English settlement), Williamsburg (preserved…
This week I finished up my annual haul out and I think it was successful (although expensive). I had the bottom scraped and painted, the sail drives serviced, replaced three…
For the last two weeks I have been hanging out with the other boats in my anchorage in Spa Creek. This is a great place as it is in the…
On Sunday I decided to bike 14 miles round trip in order to see Lucy the Elephant. This is a six story building built in 1881. It was a fun…